Jean Isabel McCurry

Peacefully on Friday December 9, 2022 Jean Isabel McCurry passed away at Gladstone Third Crossing Manor at the age of 99.

Jean was born on 23 June 1923 to parents John and Lillian (MacLean) Brown at Shoal Lake. She attended Wolfe Creek School, until her family moved to the Arden district in 1934, where she attended Winchester and Arden schools until grade 8. After school; she, like others, worked as a helper in the house in the Helston and Gladstone areas.

She met and married her husband Samuel McCurry on 15 March 1942.

In 1945 after Sam was released from the Army, they moved to Plumas and worked for the Parson family for a time, until they decided to farm for themselves. They first rented land until they bought their own. They farmed until Sam moved the family to Dauphin where he was working with highways dept.  Jean remained living in Dauphin after Sam’s passing (2006) until recently.

Jean leaves to mourn her loss her Sons; Samuel Lawson (Lorraine) and family, Neil Gordon and family, and a Daughter; Vivian Brezden and family.

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