Patricia Ann DeMuth
Patricia Ann DeMuth, formerly Watts, was born June 1, 1929. The eldest of 3 daughters of Monty and Faith Watts, in Essex, Great Britain. She moved to Montreal, Canada from Britain after WW2. After working for a while in Montreal, she drove across Canada and fell in...
Elizabeth (Betty) Lowe Neill (née Boag)
Elizabeth (Betty) Lowe Neill (née Boag) Dec. 4, 1933 – Feb. 17, 2022 Elizabeth Lowe Neill (née Boag) known as Betty, born in Dundee, Scotland, passed away peacefully in the presence of family in Nanaimo, B.C. at the Regional Hospital at the age of 88 due to...
Dr. Barrie Humphrey
Dr. Barrie Humphrey Born in Vancouver 1940; died, Nanaimo Dec. 23, 2020 Best known locally as a stalwart of the Gabriola Museum and Historical Society (board member 1994-2004 and frequent contributor to the Shale). Barrie was characteristically modest about his...
Michael F. Garrett
Michael F. Garrett Michael F. Garrett, 68, passed away on February 4, 2022, leaving his loved ones devastated. He received the shocking diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2020, celebrated remission months later, and then received crushing news this past summer that...
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