Jack Broderick

The family of Jack Broderick of Cawston, BC is saddened to announce his passing at the age of 97 years.

Born in Penticton, BC, Jack was the son of Jack and Annabelle Broderick (nee Long).

Jack is survived by his children, Dennis Peter Ryan, Allen Neil Broderick, Patricia Anne Broderick and life partner of many years, Margret Alice Weger, as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Hi is predeceased by his brother, William (Bill) Broderick; sister, Rita Patricia Hume-Smith; wife, Mary Louise Broderick (nee Popovich); sons, Thomas Edward Ryan and Gerald James Ryan.

Jack spent his early days out at the Jura logging camp located between Princeton and Summerland where he took grade one and two at the Jura school house. After several years in Penticton and later Summerland, he joined the Service in his late teens serving first as an aviation navigator and later joined the army. After the war he went to UBC, where he completed grade 13.

Jack returned to the Princeton and Keremeos area where he worked in the logging industry. He was part of the search and rescue team that worked on the Hope Princeton Slide, and it was in the Similkameen Valley that he met his wife of many years, Mary, and raised his family of five children.

Jack and Mary owned the Evergreen Supply store for several years, and he also worked as a guard for the Princeton detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Jack and Mary were competitive sporting rifle and match shooters and shared a love of hunting and fishing.

After the loss of his wife, Mary, Jack moved to Cawston in 1993. In 2010, Jack’s son, Neil was in a severe motorcycle accident where he was left a quadriplegic. At the age of 85 Jack renovated his son’s house so that Neil could live at home. At the age of 90, he was still felling trees and at the age of 91 built a bridge on the back of his property to join his and his son’s properties so that Neil had easy access to come visit. At 92 he built a woodshed, an implement shed and re-roofed the shop. For the last 11 years he religiously brought Neil his morning coffee, lit the wood stove and filled the wood box. During the care of his son, he also assisted and was right by the side of his life partner, Maggie after she suffered a stroke and with her struggles with dementia.

Jack will always be remembered for his great love of Nature. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and an amazing gardener. A fantastic cook, he always had a Dutch oven on the stove full of venison stew or mulligatawny soup that was served with his wonderful home baked bread and ready for the friends and family that happened to stop in. He was everyone’s favourite uncle and well known for his unconditional love for friends and especially family.

After a brief illness, he passed away at home, surrounded by loved ones on June 21, 2022. He will be truly missed by all.

Jack had requested that no service be held. Jack’s children will be inviting family and friends to celebrate Jack's life in the near future.