Mrs. Pat Redman

March 14, 1936 – June 12, 2017

It is with great sadness that the family of Marguerite Patricia Redman (Pat) announce that Pat died peacefully in hospital on Monday, June 12th, after complications arising from congestive heart failure and a recent heart surgery.

Pat will be deeply missed by her husband of 62 years, Ken, their three children Debbie, Ross (Donna) and Rob (Nadine), their nine grandsons – Kenny (Danielle), Jamie, Rick, Paul, Anthony, Ben, Spencer, Sam and Alex, her sister Cookie (June), her brothers Bill and Herb (Minnie), her sisters-in-law Lois (Wayne) and Shirley (Dale), her brother-in-law Bill, and many beloved nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her parents Bill and Vicky Humphreys, her sisters Irene, Vera and Vicky, and her brothers Reg and Bunny (Jim).

Pat grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba in a family of nine, with loving parents Bill and Vicky Humphreys. In 1953, she met the love of her life, Ken, and married him on June 25, 1955. They lived in six different cities across Canada, bringing three children into the world in three different provinces, before retiring to White Rock in 1987. After retirement, she and Ken were boaters and tour directors, before taking it a little easier in later years. Pat loved to be outdoors. In her words, she loved puttering around in the backyard, always finding something that needed her attention. She was an avid walker rain or shine, and loved walking Crescent Beach. She’d often come home to Ken, dripping wet, and announce “That felt really good!”.

Pat was an incredibly strong, confidant, proud woman, who threw herself into whatever she did. Her motto that she raised her children and grandchildren with is “If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well”. She was the glue that kept the family together. She laughed easily, believed in lots of hugs, and always had a twinkle in her eye (which they all knew meant she was up to something). She was there for her family, at the blink of an eye, if they needed her. She had a special bond with Jamie, her grandson with Down Syndrome, whom she talked to every Friday night – always ending the conversation with “Grandma whistles” and a loud rendition of “I love you too!”.

At Pat’s request, a small, private celebration of life will be held in the near future. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cystic Fibrosis Canada www.cysticfibrosis.ca , in her name. Her two grandsons, Paul and Anthony, were born with Cystic Fibrosis, and her unwavering wish was that a cure is found in their lifetime.

Condolences can be received by the family via the Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre – www.victoryfuneralcentre.ca