BG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 20, 1999 Cecile Empson passed away HERE 'N THERE YVONNE MOEN ON SATURDAY, Octo- ber 9, 1999 I was invited to join in on a special dedica- tion service of placing a plaque on a beautiful mem- orial bench in memory of Cecile Empson. The bench will be placed in the gardens at Willows Apartment on Kalum Street. Cecile had. been the wonderful, kind, and caring earctaker at Willows Apartment for 13 years, But very sadly, Cecile Rita Empson passed away on August 29, 1999 in the Kiti- mat Hospital. Cecile Rita Empson was born on March 21, 1936 at Slave Lake Alberta to par- ents Barney and Melanie Battle Cecile come from a family of nine children, four boys and five girls. The four youngest children are pone now. Cecile’s mother Melanie is still living at Slave Lake. She is now 97 years old and has lived at Slave Lake all her life. Be- fore her husband Barney died, they were six months short of being married 70 years. Cecile grew up at Slave lake and attended school there. When Cecile was work- ing at a restaurant in the winter of 1952 she met Mel Empson. It was a very cold winter and Cecile needed someone kind to cuddle her keep her warm. They fell in love and were married on August 27, 1953 at Slave Lake, Mel al the time was working at the GM dealer- ship selling gas, and later became a mechanic. Mel and Cecile lived at Slave Lake until the spring of 1957 when they moved to Dawson Creck, There, Mel went to work on the mid Canada line as a mechanic. Their first child Donald was born at High Prairie, Aiberia. Then in May 1954, their second son Victor came along. He was born at home in Slave Lake in 1955. A government nurse helped to deliver him. Mel and Cecile lived in Dawson Creek until 1966, There, Cecile worked a lil- tle for the school district-as well as the hospital as a dietician, While they lived in Dawson Creek, three more children were born, daugh- ter Dianne in 1960, son Ken in 1961, and son Robin in 1964. From Dawson Creck the family moved to Chetwynd, Mel -warked for the De- partment of Highways. It was between Christ- mas and New Years in 1973 that Mel and Cecile made the move to Kitimat. In Ki- timat, Mel went to work for Eurocan as a heavy duty mechanic. Later he became a supervisor. While in Kitimat, Cecile looked after the Whitesail Townhouses for three years as the caretaker. They took the winter off, then received a phone call from B.C. Housing to take over as the mangers of the * Willow Apartments in Ter- race, The following year, June of 1986, Mel and Ce- cile moved into Willows Apartments as the mangers. And now, for the last 13 years, both Mel aad Cecile dedicated those years as very caring caretaker to the residents of the Wil- lows, Cecile gave everything that she had to the residents there, She was an an-cail cate giver 24 hours a day. She called the residents her chicks. She was there as their chauffeur, to take Cecile Empson them to appointments or to church, on Sundays or out to special functions. She was also available anytime of day or night if someone needed someone to talk to. She was always ready to lend a helping hand, even on an emergency call late at night. Every evening before bed time, she would make her rounds to make sure everyone was Teady for the evening. She then returned to her own apartment tell- ing Mel “all my little chicks are tucked in now.” Cecile was a wonderful loving and caring person, She has touched many lives with her loving way. When they retired from the lodge, Cecile took sick and was hospitalized in Terrace. Cancer was fist men- tioned a year ago in Febr- uaty 1998. Cecile really never had one day to enjoy her retirement years with Mel. After spending some- time in Millis Memorial Hospital, Cecile was sent to Vancouver for several months for cancer treat- ment. Then in July of this year, they both returned to Kiti- mat to spend the last few months with their daughter Dianne Garcia and her fa- mily, Cecile Empson passed away on Sunday, August 29 in the Kitimat hospital. The funeral service was held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on September 2, Continued on B7 Companies Congratulations Will Congratulation and best wishes to Willy Schneider C.L.U., on your Retirement afier more than 40 years of dedication and hard work. Your service has been greatly appreciated. Have fun on the links and slopes. Auf wiedersehen / See you again from your Sun Life family. .. sun Life Of Canada The Sun Life 306 - 4546 Park Avenue Terrace, B.C. 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