Surjit Kaur Sidhu

On December 6, 2023, our mother Surjit Sidhu passed while surrounded by family. Surjit was one of the strongest and most independent woman we have ever known. She lived a full, happy productive life.

Surjit married Slim “Rajinder”Singh Sidhu in India over 72 years ago. They immigrated to Canada by ship in 1951, where they settled first in Vancouver, moved to Kamloops and finally to Merritt in 1971. Slim passed in 1990 and Surjit continued to live in the home they built in Merritt. Surjit is survived by her six daughters, Anita Pacey, Susan Keeler, Penny Sidhu, Wendy Main, Gail Sidhu-Perry and Annette Christy. Grandma Surjit was at her happiest when she was with her 17 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. She was an incredible woman who continued her active lifestyle to the very end. She was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, aunty and friend. We will never be able to fill the space she left behind.

There will be a service on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., Schoening Funeral Service, 513 Seymour Street, Kamloops. Following at 2 p.m. there will be prayers at the Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) on 700 Cambridge Crescent, North Kamloops.