Mrs. Margaret Lois McEwen

August 12, 1952 - October 27, 2020

It is with incredible sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Margaret

(Margie) Lois McEwen (Humphries) on Tuesday, October 27, at 68 years of age.

Margie grew up on a dairy farm along the Shuswap River banks in Grindrod,

British Columbia, where she developed her innate curiosity and aptitude for all

things new and adventurous. Margie excelled at every endeavour she

attempted in her youth, including, but not limited to, local 4-H competitions,

chuckwagon racing, and other equestrian events. Following graduation, Margie

moved to Vancouver to attend UBC, where she integrated seamlessly into

campus life. It was at UBC that Margie leveraged all of her natural talents to,

among other things, convince a Mathematics TA to help her obtain a passing

grade in calculus, which she subsequently parlayed into a successful 45-year

marriage.

Despite the demands of working as a community dietician on the North Shor,e

while raising three children, Margie never ceased being a true polyglot who

wore many different hats: volunteer for any cause or person; culinary aficionado;

Sunday school teacher; hostess to hundreds; Highland history enthusiast;

Grade 6 track and field coach to a middling group of runners; consummate

cheerleader for her children’s sporting endeavours; occasional amender of

government documents for youth soccer catchment purposes; youth soccer

referee coordinator; patron saint of feral and diseased cats; goat wrangler; early

and only pioneer in the field of rodent cardiopulmonary resuscitation; voracious

reader; veteran member of a wine club that intermittenly read books and

chatterer in chief; avid horticulturalist; aspiring apiarist; skinny-dipping enthusiast;

stargazer; Tour de Pie competitor; hesitant technologist; zealous caregiver and

advocate for both the willing and unwilling; family matriarch; lifelong friend;

beloved daughter; loving baby sister; venerated grandmother; omnipresent

mother; devoted wife; Force of Nature.

Margie was the epitome of kindness. Her energetic approach to life, sense of

humour, smile and laughter were contagious to all those around her. Margie

passed away after a brave and courageous battle with bipolar disorder and

severe depression. She fought hard, and her husband and family did everything

possible to support her. We are so proud of her and the strength she showed

over many years, and cherish the memories we have of Margie and her

beautiful smile, vibrant personality, and selfless nature. She is dearly missed by

her husband Dick Humphries; her children Thomas (Kathryn), Ian (Robyn) and

Tessa; her mother Edith; her siblings Mavis (Walter), Heather, and Brian (Kate);

her grandchildren James, Ewan and Michael, and many other friends and

relatives. Margie was predeceased by her beloved father Donald McEwen.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a celebration of life will be organized at a later

date, when gatherings are permitted. In lieu of flowers, we kindly ask that you

speak openly and without judgement about mental health with those you love,

and that a donation be made in Margie’s name to the Hope Centre in North

Vancouver or towards research on the brain and mental health through the

Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC.