Margaret Alice MacLean

September 20th,1926-April 25th, 2017

In her 91st year, Peggy MacLean passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones, on April 25, 2017. She was pre-deceased by her beloved husband of 64 years Norman Murdoch MacLean (d. January 7, 2016), her sister Norma Chartres, brothers Everett, Raymond, baby sister Gwendolyn, and parents George and Effie French of Oliver, BC.

Peggy will be dearly missed by her three children: Ross (Lorna) of Boulder, Susan (Victor) of Vancouver and Mary of Comox, her grandchildren James (Kara) and Andrew of Boulder, Emma and Benjamin of Comox, and great grand-children Porter and Elora of Boulder. Peggy also leaves her niece Lynn Chartres (Owen), of Vancouver, sister-in-law Eileen MacLean of Comox, and sister-in-law Joan MacLean of White Rock, along with many nieces and nephews.

Born in Princeton, Peggy finished high school in Oliver and pursued her nursing training at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster and Public Health at UBC. Peggy received her RN in 1948 and worked as a Public Health Nurse. She met her life partner Norm in Bralorne and they were married in Vancouver in 1953. Peggy devoted herself to raising her three children, then renewed her nursing qualifications and became the volunteer coordinator for the Canadian Cancer Society in Ottawa.

Norm and Peggy retired to Gillies Bay, Texada Island in 1982 and Peggy worked at the Texada Health Clinic. She contributed tirelessly to the community by running the Food Bank, volunteering with RCMP Victim Services, sitting on the community policing board and the Texada Health Society. Most cherished, Peggy was the go to person for anyone on the island who needed help and support. In 2000, she was recognized as Citizen of the Year.

The onset of Alzheimer’s disease forced Peggy and Norm to move to the Comox Valley Seniors Village in 2010. They missed their beautiful sea-side cottage, but made new friends and found the support they needed. Norm and Peggy were blessed to have spent their final years together.

The MacLean family wishes to thank Dr. Nikova and the nurses, care aids and staff at the Comox Valley Seniors Village who cared so compassionately for our Mom. Thank you especially to the nurses who treated Mom as a colleague and gave her the respect and professionalism she deserved.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society, www.Alzheimerbc.org.