September 4, 1925 - July 28, 2024
In loving memory ~
Born on Sept 4, 1925, Marion spent her youth growing up in Saskatchewan where she became a Registered Nurse. Marion married Carl Sward in 1944 and moved to Vancouver, and eventually, to Matsqui, B.C. where they operated a successful dairy farm raising registered Holsteins.
In 1973 Marion and Carl moved to northern Saskatchewan to a mixed farm. In 1981 Marion moved once again, back to Keremeos, B.C., where she lost her husband, Carl. Marion remarried to Harry Blakeborough in 2000 and they enjoyed a few years of world travel together. Marion enjoyed the quiet country lifestyle of Keremeos where she lived the rest of her life, passing away peacefully at Moog and Friends Hospice. Marion was proud of being a life member of both the I.O.D.E and the Eastern Star.
Marion is predeceased by her husbands, Harry and Carl, and is survived by her son, Ken (Barb), grandson Derek and great grandson Corbin.