WHITE, Barbara E. (nee ECKERSLEY) Mar. 27, 1927 - Jan. 8, 2014 Barbara passed into eternal rest on January 8, 2014, in her 87th year, in the Webber Community of the Village at Smith Creek (VSC) nursing home in West Kelowna, BC. Born March 27, 1927 at Temagami, ON, first child of W.L. Eckersley and Muriel Hindson; survived by husband Jim; daughter Laurie Carter (Bruce Kemp) of Westbank, BC; son Geoffrey (Kelly) of Peterborough, ON; brother Pat (Virginia) of Milton, ON, and brother Bill (Diane) of Toronto, ON. In addition Barbara had three grandchildren; Brandie, Jordon and James: two great grandchildren, Alex and Sophie. Barbara was a graduate, 1948, BA, University of Western Ontario via Waterloo Lutheran College. She became a secondary school teacher of English and a library specialist. Over 35 years she taught in Englehart, ON; Bradford, ON; Val-d'Or, QC; Toronto, ON; Woodstock, ON; and Grimsby, ON. Barbara met Jim White, a student at the Provincial Institute of Mining in 1949. They were married in 1951 in Kitchener, ON. Barbara selflessly supported Jim through university and made several moves in her own teaching career to support the man she loved. Both Barbara and Jim ended long teaching careers in Grimsby, ON and subsequently moved to Westbank, BC, in 1996. Barbara was wholly devoted to her family and her students. She was fondly referred to as "Mom" by students of the Grimsby Secondary School Band for which she was "Band Mother" as chaperone on band excursions and general supervisor of various fundraising drives. Barbara was a founding member of the Grimsby Auxiliary Marine Rescue Unit (GAMRU). For many years she acted as dispatcher for the unit, which operated out of Grimsby harbour as a unit of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary. Barbara and Jim settled in Sun Village, Westbank, BC, in 1996. After some considerable travelling by camper van about the Interior of BC, Barbara became increasingly affected by a dementia. She was admitted to the VSC in January 2008 and became a much-loved resident of the Webber Community. The family is forever indebted and grateful to the staff of VSC, Baptist Housing, for the devoted, tender care they gave Barbara for six long years. Service at St. George's Anglican Church, 3690 Brown Rd., Westbank, at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, January 16, 2014. No flowers, please. Donations to the Alzheimer's Society would be appreciated.