September 10, 1932 - October 9, 2024
Leila was a long time resident of Prince George but retired with her husband to Kelowna in 1982. Leila left us peacefully in the early morning hours of October 9th.
To say Leila was a high achiever was to state the obvious. She was good at most everything she tried, winning awards for fastball, bowling, curling and golf. She also produced high quality ceramics that could have been sold in a high end shop. Leila was a fierce competitor, during her fastball days, and she won
MVP’s, highest batting average, top pitcher, she was also part of two provincial fastball championship teams. In her curling career she won too many zone
titles to count and was a provincial senior winner in 1989 for BC. Leila never met a cookie or a cake she didn’t like, and ice cream certainly was a food group.
She leaves behind to mourn her son David and her daughter in law Candace. Her two grandchildren Ruth and Darrell and their partners James and Kayla, as well as four great grandchildren, one of them that was born just hours before she passed. Leila had one great love in her life and that was Keith her husband and soulmate, he passed away in 2000 and she never went a day that she didn’t miss him, they are finally together.
There will be no big service by Leila’s request, but there will be a family and close friends get together at a future date yet to be determined.
Published in the Prince George Citizen on October 17, 2024.
