Obituary for Patricia Jacques
Patricia (Nichols) Shayne
October 12, 1927 – September 21, 2020
Patricia was born in Brighton, England to George and Lilly Mae Nichols on October 12, 1927 and died peacefully at Sandfield Place Residence in Cornwall, Ontario on September 21, 2020.
During the Second World War, she met and married a Canadian soldier Marcel Jacques.
In 1946, she immigrated to Canada on the Queen Mary with her son and only child Raymond to join her husband in Montreal.
After over 30 years of being together, the marriage unfortunately broke up in the late 1970s, and Pat subsequently married Jimmy Shayne and stayed with him until his death in Alexandria in 2001.
Patricia leaves her son Raymond, his wife Penelope, two grandsons Steven and Peter, and one
great-grandson Zachary.
Pat was an amazingly resolute person who, according to her son Raymond, “always gave her all,” facing adversity with characteristic resilience and tough-mindedness both in England during the Second World War and in Canada after her immigration.
Late in life, she embraced the Baháí Faith and, like her husband Jimmy were ardent promoters of its principles of the oneness of God, the oneness of essential religion and the oneness of humanity.
A funeral service for family and friends will be held at the Munro & Morris Funeral Home,
114 Main Street South, Alexandria at 2 pm on Saturday, September 26, 2020
Masks and physical distancing are required.
For those who wish to view the Funeral Service live may do so at the following link facebook.com/kavproductions/live.
Personal tributes for reading at the funeral service can be sent to her very dear friend and
companion Jane Macmillan at jbmacmil@primus.ca.
Tributes can also be posted via the Memory Will link tab at the top of Pat’s obituary page.
For any questions or further information, please contact Jane at 613-938-3875.
“Thou are My dominion and My dominion perisheth not.”
- Bahá’u’lláh
October 12, 1927 – September 21, 2020
Patricia was born in Brighton, England to George and Lilly Mae Nichols on October 12, 1927 and died peacefully at Sandfield Place Residence in Cornwall, Ontario on September 21, 2020.
During the Second World War, she met and married a Canadian soldier Marcel Jacques.
In 1946, she immigrated to Canada on the Queen Mary with her son and only child Raymond to join her husband in Montreal.
After over 30 years of being together, the marriage unfortunately broke up in the late 1970s, and Pat subsequently married Jimmy Shayne and stayed with him until his death in Alexandria in 2001.
Patricia leaves her son Raymond, his wife Penelope, two grandsons Steven and Peter, and one
great-grandson Zachary.
Pat was an amazingly resolute person who, according to her son Raymond, “always gave her all,” facing adversity with characteristic resilience and tough-mindedness both in England during the Second World War and in Canada after her immigration.
Late in life, she embraced the Baháí Faith and, like her husband Jimmy were ardent promoters of its principles of the oneness of God, the oneness of essential religion and the oneness of humanity.
A funeral service for family and friends will be held at the Munro & Morris Funeral Home,
114 Main Street South, Alexandria at 2 pm on Saturday, September 26, 2020
Masks and physical distancing are required.
For those who wish to view the Funeral Service live may do so at the following link facebook.com/kavproductions/live.
Personal tributes for reading at the funeral service can be sent to her very dear friend and
companion Jane Macmillan at jbmacmil@primus.ca.
Tributes can also be posted via the Memory Will link tab at the top of Pat’s obituary page.
For any questions or further information, please contact Jane at 613-938-3875.
“Thou are My dominion and My dominion perisheth not.”
- Bahá’u’lláh