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Jessie Echevarria
January 2, 1921 - November 30, 2013
Remembering Jessie Henrietta Echevarria
Jessie Echevarria passed away in Duncan at Sunridge Place on November 30, 2013.
Jessie, née Davison, was born on 2 January 1921 in Liverpool, U.K. Jessie had a gentle, quiet, disposition and a love of flowers, children, and animals. She met Nick her future husband when she was 15, he 17, and they later married in 1942. They had two children Paul and Lynn. After the war, the shortage of housing in badly-bombed Liverpool, and the opportunities elsewhere for their children, precipitated the family’s move to Canada in 1956.
Jessie’s most fulfilling work, beside child rearing and homemaking, was her work for eight years as a teacher of special needs children; it was the kind of work for which she was well suited and that drew on her creative, empathetic, and loving nature.
Jessie and Nick together became Bahá’ís in 1958 attracted initially by the teaching: “The World is One Country and Mankind its Citizens”. Jessie served on Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies and was secretary for many local as well as regional institutions. The Echevarria’s also assisted with the development of the Bahá’í communities in Iceland, Spain, and their home town Liverpool. Jessie’s and Nick’s love for each other was not anchored in time or space, but in service to humanity. They were married for 71 years.
Jessie is survived by daughter Lynn Echevarria, and five grandchildren who Jessie loved dearly: Michael Echevarria, Jennifer L. Lightbody and her son Drew, Julia R. Howe and her daughters Melanie and Jessica, Geoffrey W. Howe and his sons Shea and Aylen, Gwen J. Wright and son Alexander. Jessie’s son Paul predeceased her in 2005, and husband Nicolas in August, 2013.
The family wish to thank all nursing staff, care aids, and administrative staff at Sunridge Place, for their excellent care and kindness to the Echevarria family.
Memorial service will be held at Sands Funeral Chapel, 187 Trunk Road in Duncan on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Shawnigan Lake Cemetery then a celebration of her life at the Arbor Reception Centre at Sands Funeral Chapel.
Jessie Echevarria passed away in Duncan at Sunridge Place on November 30, 2013.
Jessie, née Davison, was born on 2 January 1921 in Liverpool, U.K. Jessie had a gentle, quiet, disposition and a love of flowers, children, and animals. She met Nick her future husband when she was 15, he 17, and they later married in 1942. They had two children Paul and Lynn. After the war, the shortage of housing in badly-bombed Liverpool, and the opportunities elsewhere for their children, precipitated the family’s move to Canada in 1956.
Jessie’s most fulfilling work, beside child rearing and homemaking, was her work for eight years as a teacher of special needs children; it was the kind of work for which she was well suited and that drew on her creative, empathetic, and loving nature.
Jessie and Nick together became Bahá’ís in 1958 attracted initially by the teaching: “The World is One Country and Mankind its Citizens”. Jessie served on Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies and was secretary for many local as well as regional institutions. The Echevarria’s also assisted with the development of the Bahá’í communities in Iceland, Spain, and their home town Liverpool. Jessie’s and Nick’s love for each other was not anchored in time or space, but in service to humanity. They were married for 71 years.
Jessie is survived by daughter Lynn Echevarria, and five grandchildren who Jessie loved dearly: Michael Echevarria, Jennifer L. Lightbody and her son Drew, Julia R. Howe and her daughters Melanie and Jessica, Geoffrey W. Howe and his sons Shea and Aylen, Gwen J. Wright and son Alexander. Jessie’s son Paul predeceased her in 2005, and husband Nicolas in August, 2013.
The family wish to thank all nursing staff, care aids, and administrative staff at Sunridge Place, for their excellent care and kindness to the Echevarria family.
Memorial service will be held at Sands Funeral Chapel, 187 Trunk Road in Duncan on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Shawnigan Lake Cemetery then a celebration of her life at the Arbor Reception Centre at Sands Funeral Chapel.