Anne Holcroft-Weerstra

Nancy Holcroft January 1923 – September 2022 It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Nancy Holcroft at North Island Hospital in Courtenay, BC. She succumbed to complications from a hernia. She will be missed by her son Tom (Char) of Victoria, daughter Anne (Bryne) of Campbell River, as well as several nieces and nephews and good friends. She was predeceased by her husband Ron, parents Norman and Amy, brothers Alf and John, and sister Sylvia. Nancy was born in the city of Hull in Yorkshire, England. She was a teenager when the Second World War broke out, and was initially evacuated to a village south of York. Shortly afterwards, she moved back to Hull and continued her education. Her first job, in 1940, was at an aerodrome where she graphed the results of wind tunnel tests on different models of airplanes. But she realised that an inactive, indoor job was not for her. Instead, she attended Studley Horticultural College, followed by…