February 25, 1933 – January 20, 2025
Jean May Cleary passed to her rest on January 20, 2025, awaiting our Lords return. She was ninety one years old. She was born to Bessie and Bert Wright on February 25, 1933 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Jean married Ernest William Cleary on September 26, 1953. They had five children together. She was predeceased by her daughter Dale (Phillip) Wollman in 1985. The family moved to Alberta in 1972, and then Jean and Ernest purchased a retirement home in Sechelt, B.C. in 1991. They have enjoyed their friendly Sunshine coast community for thirty four years. Jean had a great passion for Jesus, and was a member of the Roberts Creek S.D.A church with Ernest. Mom has always been a very friendly, helpful, gentle woman assisting people wherever she lived, seeking their best good. She loved to write Christian articles, posting 370 short articles of faith in the Coast Reporter. She volunteered in the kitchen of the Senior Center for many years. She will be missed by her family, husband Ernest, their daughter, Carol (Jim) Lewis, three sons, Wayne (Kerrie), Allan (Donna) and Michael (Debra) and many extended family members, seven grandchildrenand two great grandchildren, and friends.
