Condolences
Lois was a wonderful person, filled with common sense and practicality. She knew her stuff. Late in my career with an oil & gas company, the archived research files had passed their "dispose on date": Lois decided that the files should be reviewed before disposal, and that I was the person to do the reviewing, so she sent me five or more boxes every week for a few months: note that I had no say in the matter :). During one of my consulting projects, I knew that there were data & reports in storage, that would be very useful ... the assigned records management staff could not find anything ... two days after querying Lois, all the critical information reached me. Lois knew her stuff, got stuff done, and was fun to work with.
To Blaine and Family, I just read online of Lois' passing and I want to give my sincere condolences. She was always fun to be around and we had many good times during the "scouting" years. We lost touch when you moved from Triwood but will always treasure the times we spent together. Muriel Piebiak & Family
Blaine and family, my deepest sympathies for the loss of your dear Lois. She will be dearly missed.
Lois was a wonderful friend and co-worker over the years, and very respected in the Records Management community. A woman of integrity, teacher to many, wonderful sense of humor even in stressful work situations.
May many wonderful memories bring peace and comfort.
Dear Blaine, Cameron, Tamara, and Craig,
Amy, Sue, Gord and I send you our sincerest sympathy. You have lost your soul mate and your Mom. I have lost my friend. Although our families were separated by distance in 1980, I feel we have never really been apart in mind and heart. At this time, and despite our shared sadness, my memories of Lois are at the forefront and provide me with a great deal of joy.
Our friendship began through our connection with Lakehill co-operative preschool, when Lois was expecting Craig; Cameron was in the three-year-old group, and Amy was in the fours. Tamara and Sue were too young for the co-op. Was that in ‘76/77? We were on Reynolds then and you were still on Baker St. As a co-op, the preschool required a parent to serve as helper on occasion, which meant we both needed a baby-sitter on ‘duty’ day. Lois and I found the solution by swapping kids; the care of each other’s children cemented our friendship.
The friendship grew, particularly when you moved to Ilene Terrace, where Lois produced ‘fresh-from-the oven’ chocolate chip cookies for five kids romping around in your back yard, while Lois and I sat, supervised the play, sipped coffee (or wine) and smoked ‘a fag’ or two. (How times have changed.) I can’t clearly recall our topics of conversation but most likely we talked about books, our precocious kids, the husbands, the bridge playing uncle, relatives, and most certainly not, politics. We laughed a lot, were at ease with each other, content and confident, young mothers both.
We laughed often, recalling our flight to Moclips with Jack; the disaster that was the perm she gave Carol, resulting in a hair cutting trip to the salon for all three of us; the digging of those disgusting looking ‘goose neck’ clams at Carol’s beach, (I don’t think we ever ate the things), the ‘royal wave’ lesson she gave me while I sat in the back seat of the Rolls that Carol brought to Victoria for servicing; and the non-aero-dynamic bathing suit that didn’t ‘slide’ at the water-slides in Salmon Arm.
Your return move to Calgary disappointed us. You were disappointed by the atrocious real estate prices in Calgary when you searched for a home and bought your Chick-o-Tea-Me house (Gord didn’t speak French very well). Even so, our friendship never faltered; it was strengthened by several family trips to the Shuswap and Calgary. Your return visits to Victoria always brought us great pleasure.
Over these many years, our friendship with your family gave us a great deal of joy and contentment that has not lessened despite the miles between us. Thank you all for sharing Lois and letting us be part of your lives. I am, and will always be, grateful for the gift that is Lois.
God blessed us all.
Cathy
Sorry to hear of Lois' passing. In our condo complex, we all are neighbours but many times neighbours are lesser known than others. Lois always had those pleasant words of hello and good morning that signaled recognition beyond just the words. I wish I could have known her better. Surely was a wonderful person as related by her many friends. Bon voyage, Lois.
Lois was not an enthusiastic sailor. Blaine was, but usually joined Blair and Diana in their sailing adventures in Victoria on his own. Several times, when the weather was good, Lois relented and came out on our J24. In the one Swiftsure race when she joined us, the weather obeyed her and it was so windless that we did get much past the start. This picture was taken on that day. When Blair, Diana and Gordon booked a sailing trip in Martinique, Lois suprised us all but deciding at the last minute that she would join us. We had a wonderful time. In all these experiences, Lois was a good sport and a wonderful companion. We cherish these times and will miss her very much as well as our yearly visits to Shuswap where she plied us with great food and happy times. Blair & Diana
Please add the following to the tribute from Elaine Clarke.
Each of us has a special place in our hearts for her. Know that you were loved, Coke, so deeply loved.
For Cokie
A Tribute from Elaine Clarke (sister)
I was trying to find words that would describe Coke and came up with sister, mother, wife and friend. She was a sister that was there in times of need and in times of celebration, totally committed to being my big sister and sister to Marilyn. As a mother she was patient, strong yet humble, supportive but also authoritative. She could take the place of others but whose place no one else could take. To her husband she was caring, compassionate and encouraging. A best friend, a soulmate forever linked with him. There are too many adjectives to describe her as a friend but I know everyone of you here has a memory or can find a word that describes your relationship with Coke.
All of these above qualities are embodied by Coke. There was not a kinder, gentler person I can think of. She once said to me the reason she was sick was because her lungs were too small but her heart was too big. Boy, did she have that right. Her heart included so much love for everyone. If someone dropped by especially around supper, she welcomed them. Throw another potato in the stew Blaine. She would do anything for you and she was always so gracious.
She was so proud of all her children. Of course everyone of them is a genius so she should have been.
But most of all was her joy and love for Blaine. This topped everything. She would say give it to Blaine, he will do it or he can fix it. I would watch the two of them when they were together and they absolutely radiated respect and love for one another.
Cokie is now in a better place. We all know that she had been sick for quite a while, but now that she is gone, it is still so hard to say good bye.
Sorry for your loss.
I have many special memories working with
Lois in the oil and gas industry.
She truly was an amazing person.
Rest In Peace Lois!
Sherry
My Condolences to Lois' family and friends.
I knew Lois and her sister, Carol, when we were all students at St. Mary's Girls' School in the early 60's.
I also knew their parents - Marie and Joe Morris. Marie was our music teacher at St. Peter's Junior High and took our recorder group to the Music Festival where we won first prize! And Joe, principal at St. Pius Elementary School, was instrumental in my brother receiving helpful speech therapy.
Reading of Lois' accomplishments throughout her life, it is evident that kindness and capability were strong traits in the Morris family!
You will miss Lois' strength and caring.
Lee Hunt
Lois was a special person in so many ways. Her beautiful smile, her avid sense of humor and her friendship will be missed very, very much. We spent many fun evenings together on our deck in the Shuswap and we enjoyed spending many Thanksgiving celebrations with Blaine and Lois over the years in their home in Blind Bay. Rest in peace Lois, you were loved by all who had the privilege of knowing you, Rosemary and Rudy
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