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In Memory of Marga Dowling
Marga Catharina, Johanna Dowling, 74, of North Vancouver, passed away September 01, 2023, with her family by her side.
She was born to the late Anton and Wilhelmina Wierda, June 27, 1949, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Marga emigrated to Vancouver Canada 1963 and received her Nurse’s Aide Certificate in her early 20’s where she successfully and joyfully served in several care homes in the North Shore and worked part-time at the Lynn Valley health food store. Endlessly generous and caring for the needy, she went on to volunteer in numerous causes and institutions including working in her two children’s schools, the North Shore Harvest Project, as a Shop Steward in her union, in her church coffee shop and thrift store and in many others causes. She loved to “adopt” folks who were in need. A lover of gardening, wildlife, art, music and great foods she had a passion for the beautiful things in God’s creation.
She married the late Richard Dowling in 1967, who had emigrated from Glasgow Scotland to North Vancouver. They met at the North Vancouver Legion dance hall. After marriage they lived together in Burnaby for several years where they built a house together, before relocating to Lynn Valley where they raised their family. Marga is survived by two children: Michael John Dowling of Coquitlam and Monique Gibson of North Vancouver. She is also survived by two grandchildren Taylor-Lynn Dalton, Monique’s Daughter as well as Benjamin Michael Dowling, Michael’s Son. Marga was predeceased by her loving husband in 2010.
Marga had a sharp mind and wonderful sense of humour, and was a posterchild Dutch woman, keeping an immaculate, proud, and beautifully appointed home. She loved to cook for others and some of her famous delicious meals the children will miss were, her macaroni and cheese, her nasi goring and her famous blueberry muffins that the children’s Scottish Grandfather could never get enough of. She loved to dance and play music in her home. As her health degraded, she used to say she didn’t want any fuss about her passing, and told the children that dad was visiting her regularly in the form of beautiful birds landing on her porch. She believed in God and felt she was already safe and free to join her husband in heaven when her time came. Her passing was relatively brief, and to her wishes.
Marga’s Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 11 a.m. at the Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Avenue, North Vancouver, BC.
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Harvest Project is a community-based urban relief organization that "extends a hand up, not a hand out" to individuals and families in need across Metro-Vancouver's North Shore. We touch more than 1,000 people each month - through one-on-one client-care coaching, our Rent Bank, Grocery Support Program, Emergency Food Program, Clothing Support Program and Clothes for Change thrift shop.
For 30 years, Harvest Project has reached out to neighbours from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay to help each one cope with difficult life circumstances such as family trauma, illness, job loss, addiction and mental health issues. We work to ensure that each client is seen, heard and understood as they move towards a more positive future.
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