It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Madeline  Scott on April 23 2022. Lois Madeline was born April 30 1943 in Prince Albert to Ken and Jennie Bird. 

Madeline, as she went by, was the oldest of 4  kids: Larry, Bev(Don) and Janet. They moved to Viking in 1956 where she  was able to attend school in person for the first time . In 1961 she married  Elair Calkins and gave birth to their 4 kids Theresia, Valerie, Jim, and Ken. 

While busy raising 4 kids she volunteered with the Girl Guides for many years  as well as working many different jobs. One she was very proud of was her  time as a pilot car driver, where she met Gerry Scott. They were married in  1982. They lived in Calgary, Saskatoon, and Kindersley, Sask where she  ran Madeline’s coffee shop, we still have mugs from her shop 30 years later. In 1989 they moved to FSJ where they bought a 5 acre property and she start ed her huge garden that everyone remembers so well. Gardening was always a passion of hers and it showed in the beautiful flower beds she made and her vegetable garden with of course her raspberry patch. She spent many hours  out in the sun turning that property into her dream. While building the house  themselves and getting the fence built. Grandkids remember painting the  fence in the summer, picking rocks, riding Kaboda mowing the  lawn,and picking raspberries. She was also an avid knitter and loved sewing,  she made piles of slippers, mitts, toques, quilts and sweaters. She was a regu lar, familiar face at the Farmers Market in FSJ for over 25 years. While doing  this, in her spare time she was a bookkeeper and had a thriving business that  kept her very busy all year round, but especially when she would get space at  the mall for tax season. In 2014, after 2 years of travelling in the motorhome  Oliver became home, with another Farmers Market to spend time at. 

Madeline is pre deceased by her husband Gerry, her parents Ken and Jennie  Bird and her son Captain Kenneth Calkins. She is  survived by her 3 siblings  Bev(Don) Larry and Janet, as well she is survived by Theresia, Valerie(Terry) and Jim (Kim) as well as 15 grandkids and 13 great grand kids. 

Funeral Service  

Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 3:00 pm 

First Baptist Church 

Dawson Creek, British Columbia  

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to 

The Red Cross or 

The BC Children’s Hospital.

For those unable to attend in person the service will be provided by Zoom link as follows: 

Sunday, July 31, 2022 from 3pm – 4pm 

https://us06web.zoom us/j/89510414335