CAMERON, Jean Louise
September 28, 1929 – April 5, 2024
Jean Louise Cameron was the sixth of nine children born to George and Annie Gordon in Verwood, SK. Growing up, she enjoyed being outside and preferred helping her mother with milking the cows to doing housework.
After finishing Grade 12, Jean attended Teacher’s College and returned to Verwood to teach and take care of the household when her mother was ill – even teaching her youngest sister.
In 1951, Jean moved to Briercrest, SK to teach Grades 1-4 where one fateful afternoon she met the love of her life, Gordon Cameron, after a Women’s Missionary Society meeting. They married in 1955 and settled on their beloved farm, where they raised two children and more vegetables and flowers than the community knew what to do with.
Resuming her teaching career, Jean taught in Tilney, SK, and Caron, SK, before returning to Briercrest School, where she taught for another eighteen years, having the second generation of students in her Grade 1 and 2 classes. She saw each child as unique and tried to teach according to their individual needs. Jean ensured that music was always part of her classroom, and she produced amazing Christmas concerts and other musical extravaganzas.
Jean and Gordon were committed to their family, church, and community, volunteering and contributing wherever there was a need.
Jean was predeceased by her parents, her brothers, Jim and Ken; her sisters, Doris, Marion, Maysie, Betty, and Ruth; her son-in-law Jim, and her cherished husband of 65 years, Gordon. Left to mourn her are her children, Sandra and Ron (Susan); her granddaughter Leah (Izaak), and great-granddaughter, Eila; and grandsons, Ian and Stewart (Aime); her brother Bert (Susie), her sister-in-law Joyce Cameron, and a multitude of nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at St. Giles Presbyterian Church (1102 – 23rd Avenue N.W., Calgary, AB) on Friday, April 19, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. A Celebration of Jean’s Life will be held in Briercrest, SK, at a later time.
Family and friends who are unable to attend in person are invited to join Mrs. Cameron’s service streamed live on the day of the service at www.MHFH.com. For those who are unable to view live, a recording of the service will be posted.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, Administrative Office, 10531 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton AB T5H 4K1. Tel: (1-866) 950-5465, www.alzheimer.ab.ca, or to a charity of choice.
Condolences, memories, and photos may be shared and viewed with Jean’s family at www.MHFH.com.
In living memory of Jean Cameron, a tree will be planted in the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area by McInnis & Holloway Funeral Homes.
