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Anthea Lee passed away peacefully at the age of 77 at the James Bay Care Centre in Victoria B.C. on July 7, 2017. She will be lovingly remembered and deeply missed by family and friends she leaves behind. Anthea is survived by her sons Stuart and Matthew; brothers and sisters-in-law Colin and Lynda and Craig and Karen; nephews Blair and Neal and their wives Ariel and Amber; and her grand nephews and nieces Sophia, Graeme, Iris and Avery. She was predeceased by her father Richard Dykes in 1991 and mother Madeleine Dykes in 1999; and her brother Ian Dykes in 2011 and her sister-in-law Sharon Dykes in 2004.
Anthea was born May 1, 1940, in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Richard and Madeleine Dykes. Richard was a Canadian medical student from Thunder Bay, Ontario, studying at the University of Edinburgh, and Madeleine was an English nurse and physiotherapist from Batley, Yorkshire, who was working in Edinburgh when she met Richard.
After World War II, when Anthea was 7 years old, the family moved from Britain to Thunder Bay for several years, but ultimately settled in Wetaskiwin, a small city in Alberta located approximately 40 miles south of Edmonton.
At age 14, she attended Balmoral Hall, a girls’ boarding school in Winnipeg, from which she graduated high school. She then attended the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, where she met her future husband Robert (“Bob”) Lee, who was a law student there. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta.
Bob and Anthea were married in 1961. After graduating from the University of Alberta, Bob joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1963. For the next 9 years of Anthea’s life, she and Bob lived in locations to which Bob was posted: Karachi (Pakistan), Philadelphia, Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Ottawa, and Boston. Anthea’s sons Stuart (1964) and Matthew (1967) were born during these years.
She and Bob went their separate ways in 1973, and Anthea returned home to Alberta (Edmonton) with her two boys, Stuart and Matthew.
Upon her return, she earned a degree in Education. She then began the work that became her passion – helping hard of hearing and deaf children and their families develop communication skills so they could function as families (Anthea was fluent in sign language).
She also developed a passion for alternative healing and body work – and became an instructor in tai chi chih, a registered Swedish massage therapist, a certified Trager practitioner, and a reflexologist. With a partner, she opened one of Edmonton’s first what we’d now call “wellness centres” in 1982.
She was an avid reader and, for several years, she owned and managed a used book retail store.
Anthea’s passions and interests included: her sons; alternative healing; ‘esoteric’ spirituality; education of the deaf and their families; reading, especially mystery novels; music and singing; dance; babies; Ma-Me-O Beach & Pigeon Lake, and sunbathing there; and ice cream.
Anthea lived in Edmonton for 32 years. In 2005, upon her retirement, she moved to Victoria to enjoy its beauty, and take advantage of its mild weather, which allowed her to go outdoors all year round.
Suffering from dementia, she became a resident of the James Bay Care Centre in Victoria in 2014, where she spent the last three years of her life. The family would like to thank the caregivers and staff at James Bay Care Centre, who cared for Anthea during that time.
A Service of Remembrance (reception to follow) will be held at the McCall Gardens, Sequoia Centre, 4665 Falaise Drive, Victoria B.C., at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 14th, 2017. Flowers would be gratefully appreciated in her memory. Messages of remembrance may be left in the Condolence message box below.
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Judy Gardiner
September 14, 2017
I met Anthea in the early 1970’s when she came to work for the Association for the Hearing Handicapped, now Connect Society. Anthea and I worked as a team, teaching 3 and 4 year old deaf children. We became fast friends and that friendship has lasted through the years. As both of us were parents of deaf children, she with a few more years experience, I relied on her expertise and wisdom. I truly appreciated her ability to assess the situation or problem and help “me” to find the solution that was right for our family. In her years of counselling she assisted many families and helped scores of young children.
I also benefitted from her skill and knowledge as a message therapist. I quite enjoyed being her guinea pig when she needed a body for certification.
Not only was she a mentor for me, Anthea was a great and dedicated friend. I will miss you Anthea.
heather mah
September 14, 2017
I met Anthea at Craig and Karen’s wedding in Richmond, b.c.. I saw her as a gentle and sensitive person. Reading her obituary I see that she led an interesting, creative, adventurous, entrepreneurial and full life.
I offer my heartfelt condolences and sympathy to all of her family and friends. May she rest in peace and may you all find comfort in the memories of experiences you shared together.
sympathies, Heather Mah
yvonne Leach
September 13, 2017
Anthea and I became Weight Watcher friends almost immediately as we sat beside each other and then the next thing I knew she had me singing in the High Noon Choir. That is the kind of lady she was. I admired her intelligence, her ability to befriend most anyone, her passionate love for her family who she talked about all the time. I feel so blessed to have known her.
Yvonne Leach
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Anthea Lynne Murray Lee – May 1, 1940 – July 7, 2017.source

Décès pour la Ville: Victoria, Province: Colombie britanique

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