Jean Borden Willoughby passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at Edith Cavell Care Centre, where she had been a resident for the past seven years. Jean will be lovingly remembered by her sister Amy Abell of Ottawa, her daughters, Catherine (Kit) McRae (Howard), and Barbara Cavers (Lloyd), her grandchildren, Steve (Julia) McRae, Mike (Kim) McRae, Chandra (Shawn) Foisie, David (Kerri-Lynn) Jensen and Christie Jensen, and great-grandchildren, Lauren and Ryan McRae, Aiden and Brodie McRae, Matthew McRae and Breanna and Brooklynn Jensen. Jean was predeceased by her husband, George, in 2005, and her sisters, Margaret Cogswell, Libby Frost, and Mary Smith. Jean was born in Edmonton on April 30, 1916, the youngest of five daughters of Jennie and Edward Cogswell. She attended Garneau School in Edmonton and then enrolled in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Alberta. While at the U of A, she participated in numerous varsity athletics, excelling in both tennis and basketball. She was elected to Student Council, serving as President of Women’s Athletics. 1937-38. She graduated with her BSc in Pharmacy in 1939 and spent the next year working as Assistant Pharmacist at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Upon her return to Alberta, Jean and her pharmacy classmate George were married in Edmonton on September 1, 1941. They lived in Calgary and Ponoka before moving to Lethbridge in 1948 with their young family. Jean and George owned Willoughby Drugs, later known as the Marquis Pharmacy, which was located in the old Marquis Hotel in downtown Lethbridge. Jean assisted in the drugstore from time to time until 1961 when she renewed her pharmacy license in order to assume a greater role in their business. She and George then worked together until they retired in 1980. Jean was involved in executive positions in Home and School Associations and United Way. She served as president of the YWCA of Lethbridge District for two terms and often travelled to regional and national YWCA meetings. She was a member of the board of Southminster Church and also served on the Finance Committee. Jean was honored as a Life Member of the Southminster UCW. Jean lived with severe arthritis for almost forty years, but her tremendous strength of spirit enabled her to carry on an active and involved life in the community. She enjoyed being physically active as long as she was able, playing tennis and golf as well as swimming and skating. She loved opportunities to go to the park or tobogganing with her young grandchildren, and had a wonderful rose garden. In her later years Jean took up Aqua-Sizes, Tai Chi and hand bells. Constant throughout her adult life were her two passions, bridge and sewing. She played bridge twice a week for years and her bridge club friends were like her extended family. She was an accomplished seamstress and tailor and sewed wonderful clothes for everyone in the family, including her grandchildren and their dolls. Jean was a wonderful cook and loved to entertain; she always had at least three kinds of cookies on hand. She had a strong sense of family values, was a loving mother and grandmother, a loyal wife and a steadfast friend. We will all miss her. Our thanks to the kind and caring staff of Edith Cavell, and to Terry and Alana, of Quality Care, who all contributed to making her life more connected and comfortable. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jean’s name may be made to the YWCA of Lethbridge, 604 - 8 Street South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 2K1. A Service of Remembrance will be held at SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, 1011-4 Ave. South, Lethbridge, on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. with Reverend Aldeen McKay officiating.