DANIELS (nee Hillyer) Mabel Emily: Died peacefully on the morning of Sunday, February 8, 2015 in the Moog & Friends Hospice in Penticton. Mabel was 102 years old and predeceased by her husband, John Edgar, some two decades earlier. She is survived by her son Mark, daughter-in-law Cindy, grandsons Ryder (Deborah), Gray (Florence) and Aeron (Jennifer) as well as her two beloved great-granddaughters, Hayden and Lane. Mabel was born in Revelstoke, B.C. on November 29, 1912. Her parents were William and Emily Hillyer and she was the eldest of three sisters, all now deceased. Early in her life the family lived in Solsqua in the Eagle River Valley and later found their way to Vancouver on the coast. Mabel graduated from Normal School (teachers' college) in the late 1920s and found a job teaching in a one-room school in Malakwa, not far from her starting point in Solsqual. She went back to Vancouver to marry in the mid 1930s and later returned to teaching after WW2 ended. In fact, she was the first married teacher to be hired on permanent staff by the Vancouver School Board which, until then, required full-time female teachers to be unmarried. She taught in Vancouver until 1974, first at Renfrew School, then Osler and finally at the McBride Annex where she served as Head Teacher until her retirement. The family wishes to thank the staff and volunteers at Moog & Friends Hospice for their exceptional and compassionate care in Mabel's last weeks. There will not be a funeral service by request. There will be a small, private reception at a later date. Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation may do so in Mabel's name to the B.C. Children's Hospital Foundation 938 West 28th Avenue Vancouver BC V5Z 4H4 or online at info@bcchf.ca Your memories and stories can be shared at www.everdenrust.com
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