Obituaries

Hazel Elaine Stinson

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our mom Hazel on April 21, 2018 in her 94th year. Hazel was born on March 7, 1924 in Virden Manitoba. She was from a family of 10 children and at the age of 12 her mother passed away. Being the oldest girl she had to leave school to help raise her younger siblings. At 17 she became a model for Burkes jewelry, Woolworths, and Pepsodent toothpaste. Mom married in Ontario and after a few years they moved to Vancouver. She was the mother of three boys under the age of five when she divorced and had to work two jobs to make ends meet. Hazel then met and married Ralph who had two young boys of his own. They spent the next 20 years or so ranching at Hedley, Aspen Grove and Deadman Creek near Savona. Having lost their ranch to a fire they moved to Falkland in 1968 where they bought a cafe/gas station. After a few years and on her own again she took a Real Estate course and moved to Vernon where she worked for Block Brothers for the next several years. She moved to Coquitlam for awhile but moved back to Vernon when she retired in 1993.
Mom loved life, meeting new people, and sharing her experiences with family and friends. She was a hard working mother, who sacrificed a lot for her children. She enjoyed family time and truly loved and adored her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Along the way her son

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