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Pat Edge was a ‘model volunteer’ Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE
You can’t look very far without finding an organization in Ladysmith that has been touched by Pat Edge. An active and dedicated volunteer, Edge, who passed away June 29, is being remembered for her passion for helping others, particularly seniors. Edge was instrumental in starting up the Seniors Office at the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association (LRCA). “Pat became really involved in it when she took on the role of being the go-to person for seniors and seniors programming,” said LRCA executive director Dennis Lait. “She was at the centre almost every day. She was a model volunteer — you couldn’t ask for a better volunteer
because of her commitment to what she did and to seniors. “What I think about Pat is she’ll be missed at the Resources Centre, and it’s been a tremendous loss for this community and seniors in particular with her passing.” While Edge did all this work, her husband Gordon was always by her side, and often Edge received recognition for her work, but her husband wasn’t mentioned, noted Lait. “We found that Pat was one of those people who didn’t want to take the credit for everything she did,” he said. “When that recognition was identified and shared as recognizing her contribution and her husband’s, that was one of the greatest pleasures she could get.” In August 2010, Edge’s leadership and experience working with See Seniors’ Advocate Page 3
Food drive honours Kit Willmot’s work Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE
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Maureen Martin met Kit Willmot before she had even moved to Ladysmith, and she was “just fascinated” by how much he knew about the town. Martin, who is president of the Ladysmith and District Historical Society, had purchased a house in Ladysmith in 1996 with her husband Garry. Martin was interested in history and in getting to know the town, and she found Willmot’s name as the only contact for the Ladysmith Historical Society. She phoned him from Vancouver, Willmot invited the Martins to visit him the next time they were in Ladysmith. “I was fascinated by him because he knew so much,” said Martin. “We went to his place, and he was digging
out this and that — he was just so interesting.” Willmot’s incredible knowledge of Ladysmith’s history and his passion for his community are being remembered this week after he passed away July 3. Willmot, who was born Aug. 10, 1925, in London, England, was well-known for his work with the Ladysmith and District Historical Society. He was the society’s corresponding secretary up until about a month ago when he said he was too ill to continue this role. “He held the historical society together during a period of time when it would have ceased to exist if it wasn’t for him, and we’re forever grateful for that,” said Martin. Martin nominated Willmot for the Citizen of the Year award, which he See Willmot Page 3
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