June 2, 1918 – April 26, 2021

GILBERT, Margaret Evelyn

(Lynne) Denholm,

passed away peacefully

at Mariposa Gardens

Residence in Osoyoos,

BC, on Monday, April 26,

2021, in her 103rd year.

Loving wife for 53 years

of the late Harold. Cherished

mother of Graham

(late Bernice), Glenda

(Ron) Bauman, Pat (Ray)

Smith, Vivian, Meredith (Mike) Brophy, and the late

Lorraine. She will be sadly missed by seven grandchildren

and thirteen great-grandchildren. Predeceased

by grandson Conor Brophy. Fondly remembered by

her nieces and nephews.

Evelyn (as she was called by her Denholm family) was

born on June 2, 1918 at St. Boniface, Manitoba. Her

father’s career with Canadian Pacific Railway later

took the family to Calgary, Alberta. Her early career

was in teaching, at the Lethbridge Business School,

where she also served for a time as Acting Principal,

a rare opportunity for women at that time. She met

a dashing RCAF lad in Lethbridge, and they were

married in 1943. Life as an Air Force family included

moves to Charlottetown, Ottawa, Metz France, and

back to Ottawa. On retirement, Mom and Dad moved

to the sunny Okanagan, where they lived in Kelowna

and Oliver.

Lynne, as she was known most of her adult life, loved

music and theatre, and appeared in several community

theatre musical productions over the years. She was

a lifetime, faithful Sister of the Order of the Eastern

Star, and rose through the offices of that organization.

Her community involvement also included volunteering

at church, recreation associations, school boards,

and the local Agricultural Society. Lynne also held

many administrative jobs in the various communities

where she lived, including on Parliament Hill, in the

offices of Hon. E.W. (Ted) Brunsden, MP (Medicine

Hat) and Hon. Deane Gundlock, MP (Lethbridge).

All the while raising six children with a great deal of

love, patience, grace, and humour; and instilling in us

a strong work ethic and sense of giving back to our

community through volunteerism.

We are thankful for Mom’s happy, productive life,

good health, and peaceful passing. “A life well lived”

indeed. Due to COVID restrictions, arrangements

will be private.

Lynne’s family asks that those wishing to do so may

make a memorial donation to the charity of their

choice.