| Last Name: | Winter |
| First Name: | Margaret (Peggy) |
| Second Name: | Gean |
| Third Name: | Blake |
| Title: | |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth Date: | Aug 25, 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Vancouver, BC |
| Death Date: | Feb 21, 2000 |
| Death Place: | Keates Island, B. C. |
| Education: | Masters Degree in Social Work |
| Residence: | 175 E. Windsor, North Vancouver, B.C. |
| Occupation: | Social Worker |
| Closest Friend: | |
| Neat Traits: | Well read, kindness, thoughtfulness |
| Misc. Information: | |
| Branch: | Bellevue |
| Notes: | Ashes buried next to her parents
Genn Ryan provided this newspaper clipping of Peggy's drowning. The publication is unknown.
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Well-known gardener drowns of Keats Island
by Nancy Monte
Tragedy touched the close-knit community of Keats Island Feb. 21 when long-time cottager Margaret Wick
drowned.
The 71-year-old woman spent her last day doing something she loved, tending the exotic gardens which
have made the Wicks' island property famous among local botanical enthusiasts. Margaret Wick and her
husband Larry were busy on different parts of their property, so when she went missing early Monday afternoon
her husband didn't worry at first.
"When he didn't see her out in the garden, he assumed she had gone for a walk," said neighbour Sharon
Brooker
But when his wife did not return after several hours Larry Wick phoned the nearby Keats Camp for help. A s
earch party of camp staff and neighbours started searching the island's trails and woods, hoping to find
Margaret Wick with nothing worse than a sprained ankle. Finally Kirk Pot-ter, the camp's executive director,
took a boat out to search the water and found Wick's body a few hundred yards off shore.
"It was a bit of a shock," said Potter. "They've been long-term cottagers in that area and good neighbours
to the camp.”
Gibsons RCMP, who together with the Coast Guard helped to recover Wick's body, said there is no sign of
foul play.
"We do a full investigation … There's a loss of life and you don't take that lightly," said Cst. Sheldon Lopetinsky,
but it appears Wick's death was acci-dental. There is a steep, 10-foot drop to the water from the part of the
garden where Wick was last working and she may have fallen there, Lopetinsky said.
Coroner Dan Devlin said the cause of death was drowning.
Booker remembers Wick as a lovely neighbour, "very intelligent, very bright, very caring.”
The Wicks' main home is in North Vancouver, but Booker said the sunny Keats Island place, filled with
exotic plants such as kiwi vines and banana trees, was special to Margaret Wick.
"They've had this place for a number of years and been very happy," said Booker. "This was her retreat.
They loved looking out over the water." |
| Cemetery: | St John's on the Humber |
| Section: | 2 |
| Plot: | 33 |
| Individual record created: | Jan 09, 2000 at 4:46:55 PM |
| Individual record last updated: | Dec 01, 2023 at 11:33:40 PM |
| Spouses: |
Wick/Lawrence Bernard |
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