April 12th, 2021

Margaret (Peggy) Mary Beauchemin (née McGuire) of Kamloops passed away April 12, 2021 at 81 years of age.  She is survived by her loving husband Robert Beauchemin, her children Marquise Beauchemin (Gord Max) of Foothills Alberta, Andrée Beauchemin (Mike Holman) of Kamloops, and her grandson James Holman. She will be greatly missed by her very best friend Evelyn Wal of Prince George, BC.

Margaret was raised in the Village of Hastings and the city of Toronto in Ontario. There she studied piano through the Royal Conservatory of Music. Margaret was an avid skater, and reader. She loved all animals, but especially dogs.

Margaret graduated as an RN in1961 and went to work at the Moose Factory hospital in northern Ontario.  There, she met her future husband Robert.  In November of 1963, they married and moved to Kamloops BC where she worked as a nurse. In 1970, she gave birth to her first daughter, Marquise.  Four years later, her second daughter Andrée was born.  Her grandson James was born in 2014.

Margaret is predeceased by her father, James Raymond McGuire, her mother Teresa McGuire and stepmother Alma McGuire.

Special thanks to Dr. Ruth Farren, Dr. Bill Stinson, Interior Health nurses and care aids as well as her pharmacists.

There will be no formal service by her request.  Memorial donations may be made to the Kamloops S.P.C.A or Make a Wish Canada.

You may offer condolences by visiting Alternatives Funeral & Cremation.

• Date : 2021-04-12
• Location : Kamloops