OBITUARY
Alma Joan Ross
May 27, 1954 – August 23, 2018
Devoted mother, wife, sister and daughter Joan Ross (nee Champion)(64) was born in Hamilton, PEI and received her early schooling in Hamilton and Kensington. A strong personality with an early disposition toward equality in the workplace she was the first woman to manage a liquor store in PEI and went on to work for the City of Ottawa, Trinity Western University, the University College of the Fraser Valley and the University of Northern British Columbia where she fulfilled numerous roles including parking manager, auditor, administrator and professor. Joan was a strong advocate of education and spent her lifetime learning new things. She earned degrees from Acadia (BA) and the University of Ottawa (MA) in Economics and later in life, at 56, she obtained her PhD in Psychology from the University of Northern British Columbia. She is survived by husband, Eric -White Rock, BC, daughter Bree -Prince George, BC, sons Slade -Prince George, BC and Scot-Fort McMurray, Alta, brother Willard(Sandra) – Hamilton, PEI, sister Bev(Richard) – Culloden, NS and brother-in-law Glenn(Carol)-Lower Sackville, NS. Joan was predeceased by parents Horton and Leita Champion and father/mother in-law Frank & Merna Ross. Joan is fondly remembered by her family as a person with faith who valued others and had little time for the unnecessary details of life. Joan possessed an amazing mind and memory contributing greatly to the lives of all with whom she had contact. In life, as in death, memories of her are filled with some of her most quoted sayings which perfectly sum up her attitude toward life: “Be Brave”, “Nuts to this”, “If you are not living on the edge you are taking up too much space”, and last but not least, in an obituary that cannot be too long for fear of inciting her complaint, a directive to those left behind, “Get on with it.” As per Joan’s wishes there will be no service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Alma Joan Ross 2018..
Death notice for the town of: surrey, Province: Colombie britanique