Obituary for Marjorie Alice Knight (King)
Marjorie Alice Knight
Marjorie was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on January 27,1941. Marjorie’s father, William Townsend King, was a customs officer, while her mother, Una Margaret Glover, was a trained pharmacist. Marjorie met her beloved husband Bruce in 1966 through family friends and cheerfully took a huge demotion from King to Knight. They were married in England on the 25th day of July, 1970. They were the love of each other’s lives, and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Tofino in 2020.
Marjorie was born to teach, and had a profound impact on those she taught through a diverse teaching career which included family services, special education, and the primary classroom. She taught all over the globe, starting in England, and including Germany and South Africa. After immigrating to Canada, she gained her teaching degree at Simon Fraser University, and taught for over 15 year in the West Vancouver school district. Marjorie was passionate about teaching children to read and maintaining inclusive classrooms that supported all students.
Family was the central core of Marjorie’s being, and she had each of her three children on different continents (Duncan in England, Eleanor in South Africa, and Quentin in Canada), while pursuing her passion for teaching and love of exploring new places. She is completely revered by her entire family. Friendship was also very important to Marjorie and she had a large, diverse group of loyal friends. Marjorie was always supportive of her family and friends, which usually involved a cup of tea and a kind, listening ear.
Marjorie is survived by her loving, admiring, and adoring family: husband Bruce, eldest son Duncan, daughter Eleanor, youngest son Quentin, daughter-in-law Wendy, treasured grandchildren Meghan and Trevor, and mother-in-law Yvonne.
If you knew Marjorie you would know how truly special she was. Marjorie had a joie de vivre and sense of humour that touched everyone who knew her. Her smile was contagious and will be one of the many things for which she will be remembered. When the mood took her, Marjorie did a great Northern Irish accent, remembering the days when she was branded, “A cheeky wee article”. Some things never change, we are pleased to say.
Donations, please, in lieu of flowers, to the BC Cancer Agency or Lions Gate Palliative Care. Special thanks to all of the medical professionals who helped ease mum’s life: Dr. Pawlowski, Dr. Laskin, Dr. Lafresne, the pain and symptom management team at the BCCA, and Lions Gate Palliative Care.
Marjorie was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on January 27,1941. Marjorie’s father, William Townsend King, was a customs officer, while her mother, Una Margaret Glover, was a trained pharmacist. Marjorie met her beloved husband Bruce in 1966 through family friends and cheerfully took a huge demotion from King to Knight. They were married in England on the 25th day of July, 1970. They were the love of each other’s lives, and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Tofino in 2020.
Marjorie was born to teach, and had a profound impact on those she taught through a diverse teaching career which included family services, special education, and the primary classroom. She taught all over the globe, starting in England, and including Germany and South Africa. After immigrating to Canada, she gained her teaching degree at Simon Fraser University, and taught for over 15 year in the West Vancouver school district. Marjorie was passionate about teaching children to read and maintaining inclusive classrooms that supported all students.
Family was the central core of Marjorie’s being, and she had each of her three children on different continents (Duncan in England, Eleanor in South Africa, and Quentin in Canada), while pursuing her passion for teaching and love of exploring new places. She is completely revered by her entire family. Friendship was also very important to Marjorie and she had a large, diverse group of loyal friends. Marjorie was always supportive of her family and friends, which usually involved a cup of tea and a kind, listening ear.
Marjorie is survived by her loving, admiring, and adoring family: husband Bruce, eldest son Duncan, daughter Eleanor, youngest son Quentin, daughter-in-law Wendy, treasured grandchildren Meghan and Trevor, and mother-in-law Yvonne.
If you knew Marjorie you would know how truly special she was. Marjorie had a joie de vivre and sense of humour that touched everyone who knew her. Her smile was contagious and will be one of the many things for which she will be remembered. When the mood took her, Marjorie did a great Northern Irish accent, remembering the days when she was branded, “A cheeky wee article”. Some things never change, we are pleased to say.
Donations, please, in lieu of flowers, to the BC Cancer Agency or Lions Gate Palliative Care. Special thanks to all of the medical professionals who helped ease mum’s life: Dr. Pawlowski, Dr. Laskin, Dr. Lafresne, the pain and symptom management team at the BCCA, and Lions Gate Palliative Care.