Blanche Melba Excell passed away on January 22, 2023, in Victoria, BC at the age of 90 after a recent battle with cancer. She was born in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, and moved to Toronto in her late teens. She moved out west to Vancouver and Victoria to be close to her sons in the 1980s. She loved working in the world of fashion, Liptons, Holt Renfrew, Danier, and finally at Charmaine’s when it was on Oak Bay Avenue. Blanche retired at the age of 73.
She is predeceased by her sisters Eleanor and Norma, her brothers Gordon and Ken, and her son Warren.
She is lovingly remembered by her sister, Shirley, her sons David (Patty) and Bruce (Cathy), her grandchildren, Andrew, Stephanie, and Michael, her great-grandchild, Tristan, and her many nieces and nephews. We will miss her beautiful smile and wonderful laugh.
God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be,
So he closed his arms around you
And whispered “Come to me”.
You suffered much in silence,
Your spirit did not bend,
You faced your pain with courage,
Until the very end.
You did not deserve what you went through,
And so he gave you rest,
God’s garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best.
And when he saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain,
We could not wish you back
To suffer that again.
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