Margaret Howarth

Howarth, Margaret, aged 94 passed away peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital on Monday, June 17th, 2024. Margaret was born on Dec. 5th 1929 to George and Barbara Schmidt and grew up on a farm just outside of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This was the beginning of her love for animals that stayed with her for her entire life and it is where her charitable gifts were directed. As she would say “animals never let you down”. She loved books, was a voracious reader and owned her own book store for several years in North Vancouver. Her hobbies included working with wood and building things with her hands. She made lovely picture frames, small furniture items and assisted her father in the building of her Bowen home where she lived for the past fifty years. Margaret was truly one of a kind and will always be affectionately referred to as “one of the Aunties” by her nephews and nieces and their many friends. Margaret will be lovingly remembered by her nephews Bruce (Joanne), Mark, Phil (Debbie), Lorraine, Larry (Ginny), Diane, Talis (Alan) and many other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Fred and her two sons, Fred Jr. and Jamie along with her three brothers, Peter, Frank and Tommy (Schmidt) and sisters Eva (Donnelly) and Anna (Chutka). The family would like to thank Dr. Blackwood for his kind and compassionate care over the past several years and the Bowen Island Health Unit, Vancouver Coastal Health, Cates Pharmacy and caregivers Jani, Rebecca, and Vicky who enabled her to spend the last week of her life in her own home on her beloved Bowen Island. She will be profoundly missed and never forgotten. There will be a celebration of life at a later date. Margaret will be laid to rest next to her husband and sons at the North Vancouver Cemetery.