Daryl lost her battle with cancer on February 2, 2022, passing peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family and friends.
She was predeceased by her parents (Ruth, Clare), and her aunt (Lea). Daryl leaves behind to mourn: her husband of 50 years, Glenn; her brother Derek (Maureen); three children Cameron (Jamie), Kirstie and Joel (Kate); her step-son Paul (Lori) and step-daughter Shelley; and her five grandchildren that she loved deeply: Elliot, Casey, Karolina, Pashabel and Manqoba. She has enriched everyone with her playfulness, love and kindness.
Daryl taught in Kamloops from 1969 until she retired in 2002. She has worked as an English teacher, a counsellor, and an administrator but her real love was counselling. She saw people as individuals and she was able to find the good buried inside everyone. The world is surely better for all the broken spirits she has mended.
After retirement, Daryl went to China, to teach at universities in Beijing and Shanghai. The Chinese students loved her for her warmth and kindness and there was much sadness when she returned to Kamloops in 2008. She has continued with some of these friendships until her death.
China reignited her passion for travel and foreign cultures, a passion that has led to extended jaunts with friends and family literally all over the globe. Wherever she landed, she would leave behind a little piece of herself.
Wherever she was, she always found opportunities to lift spirits and ease burdens. Often on a crowded subway she would offer to help someone struggling with heavy bags, or she'd play peek-a-boo with a crying baby on an airplane and transform tears to smiles.
She was a loving force in our lives, one that bonded family and friends, and she will be dearly missed.
