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Jean Helen Dewar (nee Scott)

May 12, 1921 ~ January 1, 2016


Jean was born on May 12, 1921, in Regina, SK, to W.J. Scott and Mary Eliza Sharpe. She passed away January 1st, 2016, in Kamloops, BC.

The family moved to Edgewater, BC, during the depression, and later to Creston, BC. On February 15, 1945, Jean married Roy Dewar. After WWII, they settled on an orchard in Erickson where they raised their family; two daughters and a son.

The family moved to Richmond, BC, when Ray was transferred to Vancouver, and then retired in Winfield.

Jean was predeceased by her parents and two brothers, Tom and Wes, and husband, Roy.


She is survived by her children, Patricia Louise Coates (Garfield), Peggy Bennison (Norman), and Scott Dewar; five grandsons, Ben, John, Matt Bennison, Andrew Coates, and Bradley Dewar, as well as seven great-grandchildren, Carmen, Morgon, William, Colby, Brooke, Autumn and Meadow.


She will be badly missed!

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