Elizabeth (Betty) Dorothy Turner

Elizabeth (Betty) Dorothy Turner, August 3, 1935 – June 12, 2025

Everyone called her Betty. She was a daughter, a sister, a wife and mother, an aunt, a grandma and a great-grandma – and a good friend.
She spent her life focused on her family, and even though she carried the heartbreak of losing her first born, Ernie 46 years ago, she still did all she could to love and protect all of us.
Betty loved her grandchildren and would do anything she could to help raise them. Helping Nicolas with his paper route, while Kaela rode in the front seat, or shuttling them to hockey & lacrosse games, practices, ballet and gymnastics. They were her greatest joy.
She enjoyed many crafts and sewed the best barbie clothes on the block! She knit, crocheted, did ceramics and participated in many craft fairs over the years with her life long friend Joyce. These were happy days.
Although Betty was shy and timid, In many ways she was fiercely independent, and never swayed by another’s influence – at least not ours anyways. She was determined to do what she wanted, when she wanted, and never liked being told what to do.
Although Betty had dementia for the last 5+ years, there was always a glimmer of the woman and mother she had always been. If we looked close enough, we could always find a slight glimpse of her in there somewhere.
Betty was the oldest of 7 siblings, who have all gone before her. She has now joined them all, and we’re certain they are all laughing and having a good ole’ time, like they always did.
Betty died on June 12, 2025, with her son Gary by her side. She is predeceased by her parents, David & Dorothy Henderson, and all of her siblings, James, George, Bob, Dick, Patsy and Dave Henderson.
She was married to Ernest (Ernie) Allan Turner for 54 years when he died in 2010. They had three children, Ernie Turner Jr. – who died unexpectedly in February 1979; and she is survived by her son Gary, her daughter Karen (Paul), grandchildren Nicolas (Lauren), and Kaela. Along with her precious
great granddaughter Soleil.

Life wasn’t without struggle and heart ache, yet Betty did all she could for all of us, as best she could.
Rest easy mom. Have some fun!

There will be no public service. The family will gather privately to reunite Ernie Sr., Betty and Ernie Jr. all at the family cabin, and we’ll all be together whenever we visit there.
In lieu of flowers consider a donation to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) or the BC Lung Association, two charities Betty regularly supported.