Patricia Ann LaForge

Patricia (Pattie) was predeceased by her loving husband, Allen Keith LaForge (1937 – 2019), her brother Jim Boer, and her parents Jacobus (Jack) Boer and Iris Janet Boer nee Fraser.

Pattie is survived by her six children, Michele Ann, Michael Allen, Mark Andrew, Murray Austin Jacobus, Melissa Angela, and Laura May, as well as twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Patricia married Keith LaForge on May 3, 1963, in Edmonton. The two also lived briefly in Montreal, Quebec before settling in Coquitlam, BC, where they lived for many years and where they raised their six children.

Pattie worked alongside her husband Keith at Bee Cee Honey, Hodgson’s Bee Supplies and Bee Cee Wicks and Wax in Burnaby, BC, managing the retail aspect of the business.

After retirement, Pattie and Keith enthusiastically embraced the Snowbird lifestyle, traveling back and forth between the deserts of Southern California and Arizona and the Lake Country around Kelowna, BC, where they eventually settled.

Pattie gained great satisfaction from her work with community outreach groups in and around Kelowna, BC, and with prison ministries, sharing her love for Jesus with inmates in the BC Interior and in the U.S.

After the passing of Keith LaForge in 2019, Pattie moved to Langley, BC to be closer to her kids, grandkids and great-grands.

The family would like to thank the caring staff of Chartwell Langley Gardens and the Maple Hill Unit at Langley Memorial Hospital.

A memorial service honoring both Pattie and Keith LaForge will be held on January 15 in Burnaby, BC.