Joan Moser

Joan Moser

April 23, 1935 – March 20, 2016

With family by her side Joan past away peacefully at the Campbell River Hospital, BC on March 20, 2016. In honour of her memory, a private memorial service attended by family and close friends Margaret Sylvester and Eveline Newman was held at the Sutton’s Campbell River Funeral Home on March 22. A final memorial will be held at the family plot in Burnley, England.

Joan Moser was born and raised in Burnley, England. She was predeceased by her parents Joseph and Frances Barker, her Uncle Lawrence (Joan) Kinlin and Aunt Alice Kinlin. In her home country of England, she leaves behind relatives Lawrence Kinlin, Sharon Kinlin-Martin and Kevin Kinlin.

Her sense of adventure led her signing with the elite Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps in 1957, taking her to destinations across the world including service with the British military hospitals in Singapore and Hong Kong while qualifying as a State Registered Nurse.

Joan left the QAs as a qualified SRN nurse and continued her career at the London Chest Hospital in London, England, before pursuing nursing opportunities in Canada.

She always looked forward to visiting her family and friends in Burnley and returned to live there with her children for a short time in the seventies. Joan later served ten years in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (ARAMCO, Hospital), prior to her retirement in Canada.

Joan's friendliness combined with her travels abroad led her to attract lifelong friends from around the world. Throughout the stages of her life, numerous friends considered her a best friend and there are too many to name.

Joan, is survived by her three children, Neil Moser of Calgary (granddaughter Jemma), Kathleen Moser (James) of Campbell River (grandsons’ Alex and Charlie) and Colleen Moser of Campbell River (grandson Nicholas).

Remembered Joy

Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free!

I follow the plan God laid for me.

I saw his face, I heard His call,

I took His hand and left it all…

I could not stay another day,

To love, to laugh, to work or play;

Tasks left undone must stay that way.

And if my parting has left a void,

Than fill it with remembered joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss…

Ah yes, these things I, too, shall miss.

My life’s been full, I’ve savoured much:

Good times, good friends, a loved-one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief-

Don’t shorten yours with undue grief.

Be not burdened with tears of sorrow,

Enjoy the sunshine of the morrow.