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February 6, 2003
Margaret Peterson, 1933-2003
Margaret Peterson, the wife of former AAEC President Roy Peterson of the Vancouver Sun, died peacefully on January 18, 2003, surrounded by her family. She had been diagnosed with cancer just two month earlier.
Born Margaret Elizabeth Brand on April 13, 1933, in Dundee, Scotland, she immigrated to Canada in 1954 and met her future husband Roy in 1955. They were married in 1958, and their family eventually grew to five children: Lawrence, Gillian, Lisa, Karen and Geoffrey, and nine grandchildren.
Margaret was a business partner and executive director of Royﾒs freelance-cartoon business, which the couple ran out of their home in West Vancouver, British Columbia. She was a regular and delightful presence at AAEC Conventions, including last yearﾒs meeting in Washington, and contributed greatly to the success of the 1983 AAEC Convention in Toronto, which was held during her husbandﾒs AAEC presidency.
As a talented hostess her Christmas Eve open-house gatherings were legendary for over two decades. She also acted as a volunteer canvasser for the Kidney Foundation and supported a number of charities, including Canine Companions for Independence.
Margaret loved to travel and as a result she met presidents, pundits and politicians from various countries, and visited such disparate locations as the White House, the Playboy Mansion and NORADﾒs Cheyenne Mountain Operation Center.
In lieu of flowers, Margaret suggested that her friends enjoy a small gin and tonic and/or send out for a Chinese meal (her favorite), and contemplate the wonders and possibilities of life in all its variations.
A memorial service was held on Saturday, January 25, at Boal Chapel in North Vancouver.
--from the Vancouver Sun