Valentine Ruth Watt (Vaughan) (McAbee) January 23, 2022 Flip was born on February 14, 1932 in Savona BC, to Isabella Murray Browning of Cambuslang, Scotland and Jack McAbee of Walhachin, BC. She was the youngest daughter of 13 children. She was married to her first love, Wilfred Calvin Vaughan, a young man from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on June 29,1951.
They raised 6 children in the Fraser Canyon to Kamloops area in those early years. Veronica Ruth Vaughan, Debra Lee Vaughan, Leonard (Leo) Melvin Vaughan (Donna), Jayson Keith Vaughan (Irene) Patti Kim Vaughan, and a foster child Jeanine Sigalet. Flip is predeceased by Wilfred on December 15, 1982 and Debra on April 4, 1968. Flip had many grandchildren. Matt & Sam Ross, Amy, Joe & Calvin Vaughan, and Mike & Murray McKenzie. Over the years the family grew to include Angie, Malcolm Testawits, Winter Peters, David, Sharon, Niel, and Mitchell Toews.
Her family also includes numerous great grandchildren. During these years her life was in Chase, BC. In October of 1984 Flip met and married her second love. William (Bill) Holly Watt of Walhachin, BC. This brought her back to the home she would always love. With Bill came a family that became part of her circle of love. Bill’s son Gene, wife Rose and two more grandsons, Bill and Kevin Watt. Many years ensued. They travelled back and forth to Arizona every winter, and back home to Walhachin every spring. In the summer of 2017 Flip was diagnosed with the onset of Alzheimers.
Her decline was gradual at first but toward the last year of her life it was rapidly progressing. During this time her husband Bill passed away in September of 2020, at 100 years old. This illness took her on January 23, 2022. While her passing is terribly sad for us that no longer have her, it is a blessing for her to be released from this debilitating disease.
We are so grateful for the loving support of firstly Dora McQuarrie of Serenity Acres in Chase, Overlander Care Centre in Kamloops, and Gemstone Care Centre, her home for the last three years of her life. Our thanks also to Drakes Funeral Services, for their very important service. All were exemplary in their love and care of mom. Thank you all so much.
A family gathering will be held in late spring at her beloved Walhachin. In lieu of flowers or cards the family asks that you pay it forward by doing something kind for someone you know that suffers from this terrible disease, or is taking care of a loved one.
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Death notice for the town of: Kamloops, Province: Colombie britanique