EDITH EVELYN ACHESON

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EDITH EVELYN (JUDY) ACHESON Peacefully on July 13, 2009 Edith Evelyn (Judy) Acheson (nee Bainard) passed away at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock. Judy is survived by her dear husband Bill, her daughters Sue Acheson of Vancouver and Peggy Bainard Acheson of Winnipeg, daughter-in-law Alma Acheson of Winnipeg, two granddaughters, two grandsons, and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her son Bill, her mother and father Bert and Florence Bainard, her brother Art Bainard, and her brother Lorne (Hap) Bainard. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925 Judy went to school in Brandon, Manitoba and Sudbury, Ontario. After high school she worked at the CKSO radio station in Sudbury and became head of the Women's Department and later worked for the Sudbury Stock Exchange. Her lifelong passion for Bridge led her to become a Life Master. She and Bill travelled around the world playing bridge and made many friends. Judy was President of the South Surrey Duplicate Bridge Club for several years and taught bridge through the community evening programs at local schools. As a professional actress she performed on stage for the Little Theatres in Sudbury, London, and Thunder Bay, Ontario including performing in a play of the initial season (1956/57) at Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. In the 1970s she freelanced for CBC radio and television and was a member of Actor's Equity and ACTRA. Later in her career she was a Speech Arts Adjudicator, travelling across rural Manitoba to elementary schools where she was much in demand for her sensitive adjudications. As a member of the Chatelaine Toastmistress Club she was the 1961 winner of the Manitoba Toastmistress Competition, and went on to participate as a finalist in the International Competition in Chicago. Judy and her husband lived 32 years in Winnipeg and then moved to Abbotsford in 1987, and to White Rock in 1993. A Service of Remembrance and reception was held July 16, 2009 at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the SPCA.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 16, 2009