As a CUPE member Jackie volunteered many hours and was very influential at representing the rights of support staff workers on the first Joint Job Evaluation Committee which designed and tested the JE Questionnaire in the mid 90s, leading eventually to both internal equity and pay equity for CUPE 951 members.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, November 13 at 2:00 pm at Victoria Pacific Rim Alliance Church, 1792 Townley St, Victoria
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Mustard Seed Victoria, 625 Queens Ave, Victoria, BC, V8T 1L9 (250) 385-0430
Obituary, as run in the Times-Colonist:
LANGLEY, Jacqueline Mary Jackie was born in England October
22, 1942 and moved to Canada in 1962 with her loving husband
Gavin, of 6 months. The two of them started a life together in a new
country with $60 and a trunk with their belongings. Four years later
while they were living in Ontario, their son Richard was born. That
was a life changing year for them. They not only created a new life
on this earth but also found a new life in Christ. This changed the
direction of their lives from that year on. They slowly moved across
Canada to eventually find Victoria,
where they wanted to stay. As their son Richard was growing up they
wanted another child. With almost 14 years between them, God blessed
them with the birth of their daughter Christa. Jackie was very
involved in her church where she met many friends and gave a lot of
her time in the Sunday school and with the music team. She was
always full of life and took every opportunity to make people laugh
through her fun loving personality. Her caring ways and generosity
were with her wherever she went. She devoted many years working
along side her husband with their various hair salons. She then went
on to work at the University of Victoria as an office administrator
in the accounting department, where she has worked for the past 22
years. During these years she touched many peoples' lives in various
ways. It was a shock to all of us when only weeks before her 65th
birthday, in 2007, Jackie was diagnosed with a very aggressive and
rare form of the blood cancer multiple myeloma. She has fought very
hard this past year; but our time left with Jackie was very precious
and unfortunately too short. In their bed and with her husband by
her side Jackie went home to be with her Saviour Jesus Christ on
November 7th, 2008. She will be missed on earth but we look forward
to the day we are reunited with our grandma, mother and wife in
heaven. Jackie is survived by her devoted husband Gavin, twin
brother Ian, her loving children Richard and Christa, her son-in-law
Jeffrey, and wonderful grandchildren Brandon, Cheyenne, Zoe, and
Scarlett. A memorial service will be held on Thursday November 13th
at 2:00pm at Victoria Pacific Rim Alliance Church, 1792 Townley St.
Victoria B.C. A close friend of the family Pastor Jim Gunzel will
officiate. A special thanks to our family physician Dr. Chris
Pengilly and oncologist Dr. Jason Hart, also the nursing staff both
in and out of hospital. In Lieu of flowers donations can be made to
the Mustard Seed Victoria 625 Queens Ave. Victoria, B.C. V8T 1L9
(250)385-0430 511826
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