Charlotte V. McGee, 86, passed peacefully in her sleep September 10, 2016 in Nanaimo, BC.
She leaves her daughter Alison McGee, son Daniel (Jeanette) McGee, grandsons Kane, Gabriel, Daniel and step grandson Joshua Plotkin.聽 She is preceded in death by her husband Brian McGee, brother Alan Marklinger, sisters, Clara 鈥淕loria鈥� Stepp, Louise Berg and her parents John and Theresa Marklinger.聽 She is survived by her brother Richard 鈥淏ud鈥� Marklinger and his wife Kathy, as well as her many nieces and nephews. Born in Estevan, Saskatchewan she left soon after high school.聽 Living throughout western Canada for the next few years she would meet her future husband in Calgary, Alberta.聽 After raising her family in cities throughout North America, it was finally Edmonton, AB that she and her family called home.
聽Charlotte enjoyed her career providing secretarial support for companies such as the Cancer Clinic, Pan American Petroleum and was a longtime employee of Westinghouse Canada. Fervent supporter of the Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton would be home until the passing of her husband Brian.聽 Moving shortly after to Vancouver, British Columbia where, now retired, she volunteered at St Paul鈥檚 hospital and was a member of Guardian Angels Parish.聽 Eventually Charlotte moved to Vancouver Island spending her final years in Parksville then Nanaimo. 聽
鈥淭he death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her鈥�.聽 She was especially beloved and will be missed.
