Jean Anderson passed peacefully on 3 August 2021. She is the daughter of Jane Priestly and George Anderson. Jean is survived by her children Alex (Heloise, Ryan, Kirk), Shannon (Larry, Jonathan), George and Louis. She is predeceased by her sister Georgia (David Anderson of Nanton Alberta, Jane, Ross), her brother Derek (Lea in Hawkesbury Ontario, Christine, Joanne) and survived by her brother Roger (Lynn in Coburg Ontario, Donna, Jennifer).
Jean was born in Montreal, Quebec. She had a lively sense of adventure and started travel at an early age. She crossed the ocean on a ship twice as a child. Family lore had Jean and her sister Georgia swinging on the ships rails, the Captain arranged a child play area for them away from areas where they may fall into the sea. Mom sailed to England in her late teens to visit family in Scotland and England. She brought her sense of adventure to her family. In 1969 Jean and her husband Alex bundled their kids into the car, and, towing a tent trailer drove from Montreal to the Grand Canyon, to Los Angeles and up the west coast. They stopped at David and Georgia’s ranch in Alberta, then drove back across Canada to home. The years after saw family trips to the East coast, back down into the States and back across Canada. After retirement Jean continued her travels sailing on Cunard cruises to England, around Norway and to St Petersburg, travelling to Egypt, the Holy Land, Iceland and for her 80th birthday, sailing around Hawaii with a childhood friend. Jean moved to Aylmer Quebec outside Ottawa in 1974. She lived in the family home until her final years at la Residence.
Jean, Mom, loved her children and grandchildren. She baked, enjoyed picnics, visits to the museum and family get togethers. Mom set an example for volunteering. She volunteered in the elementary school assisting children to learn to read, with St Vincent de Paul, and the UCW. She belonged to a local bowling club and bowling with her friends.
2022
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Jean Irene
Anderson 2022..
maccoubrey funeral home
Décès pour la Ville:Cobourg, Province: Ontario