Obituary: Jinny Rush
Jinny Rush, 1929 – 2023
Jinny passed away peacefully at Greenwoods Eldercare on February 15, surrounded by love. She is survived by Bob, her husband for 67 years, daughters Susan (Miles) Stacey and Colleen McKee, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Predeceased by son Brian in 1974.
Jinny was born and raised in Galt (now Cambridge) Ontario. Trained and served as a Registered Nurse at Sick Children’s Hospital in Toronto. She also served as a Nursing Officer in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, HMCS York, Toronto. In January 1952, she transferred to HMCS Naden, in Esquimalt, serving in the hospital there until transferring to HMCS Discovery in Vancouver in August. She attended UBC from 1952-1954, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
She met Bob on an impromptu blind date set up by and with respective UBC nursing and engineering ex-classmates in April 1954. They became engaged three months later. From June 1954 to July 1956, Jinny was employed as …
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