Early on the morning of February 3, 2014, my loving mother passed gently and quietly away at Inglewood Manor in the company of me – (her son Christopher), and my partner, Ron. Angels cared for mother. Dr. Paul Sugar, her physician since she arrived in Vancouver in 1987 was constant in his caring and dedication to mother and alleviated a lot of discomfort during her final hours. Staff at Kiwanis Manor and later at Inglewood Manor ensured she had her medicines, helped her with feeding, with dressing, reassured her and held her hand. Mother was born on October 11, 1913 the year after the Titanic sank. Suffragettes were still campaigning for the vote for women, Irish Home Rule was a national issue, planes were bits of wire and balsa wood, cars had recently been invented, gas lamps lit streets and houses. There were no radios, no television, no people in space, no computers, no internet, little in the way of travel. All these and 1001 other changes, mother saw in her long lifetime. Mother worked for her father in his lace factory in Nottingham before meeting my father, a farmer. They were married in 1939 and mother became a countrywoman and farmer’s wife. My mother and father were a great team and built a successful farming life over many years in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire; happy days, my mother would call them. Their farming life continued until 1972 when heart problems led my father to retire and he died in 1977. Mother moved to a small village on the edge of Nottingham until she moved to Canada to be with me in 1987. Mother was a lady in the best sense of the word and always put others’ interests before her own. She was loving, loyal, humble, kind, dedicated, gracious, determined, feisty and funny. Staff at Kiwanis and Inglewood loved her. She was always grateful for their help, always interested in their lives, always ready to thank them for their help. My mother was loving, principled, loyal, faithful, gracious, humble and feisty. She shaped my values, she put me first and was quite simply the best mother a son could possibly have. My heart is overflowing with sadness for a most beautiful, gentle and gracious lady – my mother. A memorial service was held at West Vancouver United Church on February 6, 2014.