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IRENE (RENEE) VISART COX (DARRICADES)
Date of Passing: Feb 17, 2011
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryIRENE (RENEE) VISART COX (DARRICADES) Renee passed away peacefully on February 17, 2011 at the Marion Hospice in Vancouver. Renee was born in Chuquicamata Chile. She came to Canada in the 1950s and attended Elmwood School in Ottawa where she was head girl when she graduated. She then moved to Montreal where she met and married her husband of 50 years, Sandy. Their children, Catherine (Cathy) Lambert and William (Bill) Cox were born in Montreal. The family slowly moved west with pleasant sojourns in Toronto and Winnipeg before finally arriving in Vancouver where they have resided for the last 30 years. Renee loved words and languages and was an accomplished journalist. While living in Winnipeg she was a reporter and editor of Metro One, a community newspaper and several other magazines. In 1981 she graduated from Red River Community College's Creative Communications course winning both the best student in journalism and in best student in radio awards. She also earned a B.A. degree from UBC in 1990 along with her daughter Cathy who graduated the same year with a B.Comm. degree. Renee loved reading and wrote and posted numerous reviews of books she had read and enjoyed. Recently, she wrote and had published two books about life in Montreal in the 1960s. Renee is much loved and will be deeply missed by her husband Sandy; daughter Cathy (Vince) and son Bill (Christina). Renee also leaves two sisters, Constance (Tonton) Baumgartner of Merced, CA and her husband Edwin (Ed) and their children, Holly, Fran and Scott and Jeanne (Gigi) Darricades of Alamosa, CO and her husband Mike Gibson. Renee will also be sadly missed by her grandchildren, Curtis, Alexandra, Kiara and Wyatt Lambert; Riley, Courtney and Reid Cox and Garrett and Lindsey Seigo. At Renee's request, there will be no service. In lieu of flowers, donations in Renee's memory to the BC Cancer Agency are appreciated.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 22, 2011
Condolences & Memories (3 entries)
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Hi Constance. We have three things in common. Our fathers were pediatricians in Chuqui (the only two), the second, we were born there, Incredible place in that time, me a little later than you. And the third, we knew Luisa Varela, a young made who came to Chuqui in the '50s. Start to work at your home, and after that, with my parents in house 404 of Campamento Americano. “Luchita” for me, 86, is still alive and remember you an your sisters, father and mother clearly. I know what happened with your family. Ill try to phone you but it was not possible, the phone number of la merced doesn't exist. What about your Spanish? Try to answer (or somebody of your family) and be healthy. Best wishes, Luis - Posted by: Luis Echaniz (Parents worked in Chuquicamata) on: Aug 18, 2020
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60 years? She looks in this picture as I remember her, including the smile. I still remember the class list (mostly) from our class at Santiago College..Balmaceda, Barrra, Boke, Briones, Darricades, Diaz, Fuentes, Galves, Galvilan, Grameña, Hillegas, Jenkins, Kruskamp, Leizgold, Luft, Martin, Nicols, Pinto, Poch, Ropert, Salas - Posted by: Jo Dee Kruskamp Davis (I went to Santiago College in the 1950's with Renee.) on: Jun 26, 2015
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Very belatedly I have learned of her passing. My memories go a long way back to the 1940s when I was a teacher in Chuquicamata. Since I knew her parents, and most of the parents, well, we enjoyed a certain easy relationship. I shall never forget the time she and a friend were studying for the geography test I would be giving the next day. A fellow teacher and I found them looking at a map, so we asked them the distance from Britain to Australia. When they answered, we said they were wrong -- it was only 8 inches. They weren't sure how to take us. The next morning I included a special question at the end of Renee's test paper. The distance from Britain to Australia is _____________. I was watching as she came to that last question. She looked at me and grinned while mouthing "You!" I've never forgotten that moment. - Posted by: Ruth (Wheelock) Matheny (Her teacher in Chuquicamata) on: Mar 03, 2015