Cynthia Scott

In loving memory of our Mom, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and friend, Cynthia Marie Scott (Cindy), born April 24, 1938 in Victoria, BC passed away Sunday, September 18, 2022 at age 84 at Royal Jubilee Hospital.

She leaves to mourn her children, Dennis (Victoria) Starck, Sheryl (Rick) Plante, Neil and Leslie (Les) Starck, as well as her step-children Robert (Pam) Scott, Debbie (Vic) Hunt, Norman (Rosemarie) Scott, and Franny (Steven) MacDonald. Along with her many grandchildren and great grandchildren. I would have loved to list them all as you were all very special to her.

Mom was pre-deceased by three of her sons; Darrin (2008), Scotty (2011), and step-son Billy (1994); her husband Norman Scott (2009), her first love Roy Starck (2003); her father Frederick (Fred) Forster (1985); her step-father Johnny Malloch; her mother Emily Forster nee Cook (2003); her sister Dianne Tremeer nee Forster (1975); her brother Glenn Forster (1985); and so many more loved ones before her.

Mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in the first week of September and succumbed to her illness in less than two weeks. Prior to that she suffered from chronic back pain and Peripheral Neuropathy, affecting her balance and making it difficult for her to walk. But she soldiered on just at a much slower pace, nothing would stop Mom from doing what she was able to do and she always enjoyed her times out with family and friends.

Mom was one special lady, very caring of what others were going through, supportive and ready to help when you needed her, such a wonderful warped sense of humour, could always make you laugh, sharp as a tack right up to the end, never missing a beat, and was always there for you when you needed a chat. Her children and their families were her biggest gift in life and she treasured the special times she had with each of us.

There was nothing Mom couldn't do once she set her mind to it, self-taught in many crafts such as knitting, crocheting, sewing, cross-stitch and quilting, as well as her love of cooking and baking. Mom could sew everything from fancy undergarments to wedding gowns and everything in between. During the pandemic she made hundreds of masks, her way of giving back, all at her own cost. She spent many hours knitting and crocheting to keep herself busy and we all have these treasures to hold onto.

Mom always had a smile for you and tried not to focus on the constant pain she was in by doing things for others. She was a hardworking woman that loved to please her family and friends, and she loved them all.

In Mom's later years, when it was more difficult for her to walk any distance and forced her to slow down, (this did not come easy for her), we enjoyed a more slower lifestyle with Mom, with our Sunday's together doing a bit of shopping, lunch at one of our favourite restaurants, a drive through McDonald's for an ice cream cone, and when weather was nice we would take our chairs down to either Saxe Point Park, the Gorge Waterway, Dallas Road or over to our place, always with a knitting or crocheting project in hand. She always greeted us each Sunday with the biggest hugs and a hello "Ricky Baby".

Mom, you will be sadly missed by so many, because you took the time to talk to people, you were always up for a friendly chat, sometime a little hello, sometimes a little more. You loved to make children smile and feel important, you were so wonderful with them.

Thank you to all the nurses and doctors at Royal Jubilee, who helped Mom and us through this difficult time, special mention to her many nurses, especially the two Rachelle's and Alex of the 3rd Floor North Patient Care Centre, we couldn't have gotten through this without you, and Mom was so appreciative for all the care you gave her.

You were an amazing Mom and I'm not sure how we will get through life without you. But I know you are looking down on us and I feel your presence, calming me and telling me to take care of me, and to have fun and don't forget to be silly. I'm trying Mom and I will remember all the advise and love you have given us over the years and especially in the last few weeks of your life.

If you wish to make a donation in remembrance of Mom's, please do so to your favourite charity or to the BC Cancer Society.

Mom has requested no funeral service, however we will hold a celebration of her life in the spring of next year when we can all be together.