10 — North Shore News - Sunday, September 17, 2000 Marcie Good Contributing Writer IT’S been a long time coming, but Marjorie Bezanson is building a family. Last vear, the 83-year-old North Vancouver resident located a number of relatives she lived most of her life without knowing. She found Jovee years out about a niece, Crothers, about 20 ago. Jovee was the only daugh- ter of Marjorie’s brother Jack. He had been stationed in the small town of Metealfe, Ontario, and fell in love with a woman uamed Maymie, and they had a daughter in P94E. Jack served as an RCAF fighter pilot in the Second World War and disappeared over enemy territory in’ July. 1942, Marjorie’s mother Jost contact with Maymie and Jovee. After Marjorie’s hus: band died last’ year, she decided it was time to. find her only relatives. 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They first met in May, when Marjorie went) to Ouawa to visit Joyce, her mother Maymie, and their family, Jovee has four children and two grandchil- dren. Jovee and her daughter Kelly, who dives in Calgary, returned the visit last week. “They really went all out for me,” recalled Bezanson. thought — it lovely. I expect thar.” She took stacks of pictures of her brother and his old report ecards from school. She also took a family heirloom to give to Joyee — a diamond solitaire ring. It was a gift: from her mother, who Believed every giel should bave a good dis- mond to hock in times of trouble. It had served her own family well in’ Winnipeg when Marjorie was growing up, going in and out of the pawn shop when her mother needed help. “That ring spent half the time in the pawn shop,” she recalled. “I seemed ike we were always saving our pen- nies to ged it back.” . When she met her niece, Marjorie quickly noticed a striking similarity. “She laid her hand on the table to do something, and I iooked over and noticed our hands were identical. The Bezanson building a family from scratch | “NEWS phote Julie Wverson ° MARJORIE Bezanson (left) met her niece Joyce Crothers of. Ottawa for the first tims this year. “ length from here to here and: the size of our fingers.” She gave Joyce the ring, and it fit perfectly. Now they keep in clase ; contact, speaking on the phone at least once a week and planning visits. . “They all called = me. Auntie. . Marjorie,” - she recalled. “Ie felt. fusiny at first. But ic felt good to have somebady finally that was my own.” i Mon to Sat: |fa.m.-5 pm. ot ; © Or eall for your personal tour. 2526 Waverley Ave.,Vancouver, BC VSS 4W1 Tel. 604.324.6257 “Housing's Socir ty “oP BC LAG . 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