MYRTLE HARPER JONES (BOTTOMLEY)

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MYRTLE HARPER JONES
(nee BOTTOMLEY)

Died on Sunday, March 29, 2020, at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC. She was born in Roland, Manitoba on September 30, 1917.
She is survived by stepdaughter Sandra (Maarten), Tannis Pond, Diane (Terry) Fikowski, Dat (Lin) Lam, Sheila Christie and other friends and relatives.
She is predeceased by her parents, James and Elizabeth; her siblings, Thomas, Nora, Dorothy (Karl), and Leonard; her first husband Hap Harper; and second husband Arthur T. Jones.
Myrtle went to Winnipeg to go to accounting school. She then worked for a furrier in Winnipeg. During the war she worked as an accountant for a munition's factory. Myrtle married Hap Harper and they bought the Betula Lake Resort located 120 kilometers east of Winnipeg. They would spend the summers running the resort and winters in Anaheim, California. After a number of years, they semi-retired to West Vancouver where Myrtle started working for her brother-in-law, Karl, who in 1966 started and operated Buy-Low Foods grocery stores. Myrtle supervised the stores and always fostered employee development, especially for women.
In the late 1990s she and Hap sponsored three young Vietnamese boat children. They were brothers. Dat, the youngest, still refers to her as "mother". They went on to prosper in Canada. In 1995, Myrtle and Hap retired to Sidney BC. Myrtle became involved with Silver Threads, volunteering to prepare taxes for the elderly. She was also member of the ACW Holy Trinity Church. When Hap passed away, she later married Arthur Truman Jones in 2000. They had eight happy years together, travelling, boating and volunteering for "Meals-on-wheels" with the Saanich Peninsula Volunteers. When Art passed away, Myrtle moved into Parkwood Place.
She will be remembered for her beautiful smile, kindness, generosity, great sense of humour and love of dogs.
We would like to thank Dr. M. Davison, the wonderful staff at Harmony Health Care and Parkwood Place, Julie Graham, VIHA nurses and Royal Jubilee Hospital.
A Celebration of Life service is planned for post COVID-19 at Parkwood Place. Myrtle will be placed in a family gravesite in her hometown of Roland Manitoba.
No flowers by request. Donations may be made to the SPCA or your favourite charity.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 11, 2020