Brian Jeff Jeffrey Babcock

Brian “Jeffrey” Babcock beloved son of Brian and Marilyn

Babcock passed away suddenly on May 7th in Surrey.

Joan, Jeff’s father’s partner shares in this mourning with

Jeff’s sister Kelly, brother-in-law Bassam and nephew

M H.

Jeff was a full of life guy who tried to help as many people

as he could. He was caring and supportive of the many

friends he had made over the years. Jeff wanted to make

each friendship grow by the nurturing of equal parts of love

and respect.

Jeff enjoyed his life fully and remained happy throughout

his working career. He never said a bad word about his

work and never shied away from some very unpopular

jobs. He would do the best he could.

After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts at UBC and excellent

references from his university professors, he was given

the opportunity to teach English to Chinese school kids

in Taiwan. Although he couldn’t speak Chinese at first, he

considered this a challenge and proceeded to help the

Chinese kids learn English while he learned Mandarin

Chinese. His love to communicate in any language was

shared and appreciated by many. He returned to Taiwan

wearing his black hat and holding his favourite guitar. He

often played English tunes to the children and thus raised

the bar on teaching English.

During this time, Jeff had decided to attend UBC Law. To

do this he had to study hard for his LSAT exam. Although

he was unsuccessful at achieving a high enough mark,

he returned to write another exam a few months later.

Ranked with one of the top marks, his next challenge

would take place at UBC where he was accepted into Law.

Jeff completed his degree in 2009 and he was fortunate to

obtain a legal position in Vancouver. Up until his death, he

bragged how he loved his job at Hughes Law Firm.

Had Jeff lived, we are sure he would have done great

things. This was partly due to his acquired academic

abilities but mainly due to being happy with his work, his

friends and with life. He always said he was the luckiest

person he knew and he knew a LOT of people.

Jeff will be missed by all that knew him. We love you,

Jeff.

In honour of Jeff, his friends have arranged a Wake at

the UBC Law building 7-2880 Westbrook Mall PSI UPSILON

Frat House on Thursday, May 13 evening at 7:00 pm.

If you would like to pay your respects to Jeff, he will be at

the Victory Memorial Park Funeral Home at 14831 28 Ave,

Surrey. Visitation times are Thursday, May 13 between 2

p.m. and 4 p.m. and Friday, May 14 between 4 p.m. and 5:30

p.m. The funeral service will be held on Friday, May 14 at

5:30 p.m.