Marjorie Jager

Marjorie Jager, age 88, of Coquitlam,British Columbia passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

Prediseased by: loving husband Cydrick Jager as of 2016; father-Paul Buzik, mother-Nettie Berg, and stepfather-Gilbert Berg; sisters Mary Grahame, Alice Soucie, Rose Bradley, Jenny Bayes and Marvel Buzik; brothers Joey Buzik and Johnny Busik.

Survived by family: Mother to Darlene, Warren (Tracey) and Brenda (David); Grandmother to Mitchell, Tawney, Shae, Braxton, Morgan, Mairéid, Colby and Connor; Great Grandmother to Penelope and sister-in-law to Carol.

Marjorie was a very smart, loving, vivacious, outgoing and active person. She was compassionate and had a big heart helping and giving to others through her community and family. She could at times be very opinionated and would tell you exactly what she thought. She was loyal and trustworthy; she had a very authentic personality.

She was the youngest of 7 children. As the youngest she was very much loved, spoiled and taken care of by her siblings while growing up. Marjorie was born on a small farm in Borden Saskatchewan. From Borden her family moved to a small town where they owned the General Store before the war. Her family eventually lived in North Battleford, where her father had a barbershop and her mother baked pies for various restaurants during the war. During that time, Marjorie lost her 18 year old brother, Joey in a plane crash during war training. The family then made a move to Vancouver looking for better opportunities. Marjorie was 7 years old.

The family lived in one room, in a rooming house, which her mother Nettie managed. Her father opened a barber shop and her sisters opened a hairdressing shop, and later a bar.

The family moved to another rooming house and then bought a home to live in a better neighborhood. Eventually her mother bought a Rooming House of her own to manage.

Marjorie worked in a restaurant before school and she volunteered for the Orpheum Theater as an usher in the evenings. This enabled her to see the big name bands, entertainers, and shows of the time for free, which she loved.

Marjorie’s father passed away when she was 17 years old. This resulted in Marjorie forgoing her plans and dreams to become a nurse, as she was required to help her mother with the work of the rooming house.

In high school Marjorie excelled in Math, so much that her teacher suggested she go to university to study math. She got her first career job, near Stanley Park, for Sounder’s Sales as a clerk, where she worked at the front desk, answered phones, and eventually did accounting and bookkeeping. How interesting that her math aptitude led her to the accounting and bookkeeping.

While working there she made acquaintance with Cydrick Jager, a fisherman with his own Fishing Business, who lived in Shearwater, but stayed in Vancouver on his fishing boat, at Menchion’s Shipyard, next to the Bayshore Hotel. After a year he asked her out and they started to date.

As a teenager and young woman Marjorie loved sewing, swimming, dancing, frequenting the clubs, going to the beach, and attending arts and sports events. At that time there were numerous dancing competitions in Vancouver, that her and her male friends won.  When Cyd started dating Marjorie he took dance lessons, specifically “Jiving” lessons so he could learn how to dance well with her. They had great fun and loved dancing together. In their 70’s, Marjorie and Cyd won first prize for “Jiving” at a dance they attended, winning over younger people in their 20’s.

Marjorie used to visit her sister Rose in Los Angeles, California, which fueled her passion for fashion. When dating Cyd she got him visiting her boss’s “Suit Tailor” and influenced his desire to look hip and fashionable. He even started regularly visiting the barbers Marjorie recommended, that cut hair for the businessmen.

At 23, after dating Cyd two years, Marjorie married the love of her life. 1n 1960, on the day of their very first anniversary, their daughter Darlene was born.  Four years latter followed their son Warren and after 3 more years daughter Brenda.

In 1966, after purchasing a building lot in Coquitlam, Cydrick proceeded to build their family home. In 1968 they moved in. They loved the new house and hosted many events and Christmas parties for family and friends.

Marjorie was an active homemaker, taking care of her children and participating in her community. Marjorie and Cyd worked together to build a successful fishing business that did well. She supported the family business - Superfishing Company Ltd. -  by doing the books and investing the resources.

She worked tirelessly sewing outfits for her daughter’s dancing recitals, and yearly PNE Colosseum and outdoor Kitsilano Beach Showboat dance shows. She also sewed for her children’s figure skating competitions, Halloween events and team lacrosse hats. She was an expert sewer and worked with other mothers to make gorgeous outfits for the kids.

Marjorie was on community bowling teams and was an avid bowler. She revisited bowling in her senior years and participated up until just recently, when health issues interfered.

She coached her daughter’s baseball team took them to the finals and missed winning by one point. Marjorie was the hockey and lacrosse mom who got the parents “ Cheering Squad ” going for the boys when they played. She had been a cheer leader in High School at Templeton Tech in Vancouver and it showed. She was loud and vocal in her cheering. She said when she was younger, she got asked on dates to lots of sports events and big games in Vancouver just because of her enthusiasm for sports and cheering. Because of her love of sports and community, she also became the Secretary for Scouts and the Hockey Association in Coquitlam.

Marjorie and Cyd loved to travel together. There were many short trips and two notable adventures. One through the US in a camper, and one travelling throughout Australia. Marjorie also went to Hong Kong and Macao with a friend that she greatly enjoyed.

Marjorie was so excited for grandchildren that when they finally arrived, she immersed herself in their lives. She loved all her grandchildren dearly and enjoyed hearing about their successes as well as their trials and tribulations.

When Marjorie found out her days were limited, she said she was at peace with moving on, and she was happy to say she had experienced a very happy, satisfying and fulfilling life. She said almost everyone in her family, both hers and her husband’s family, were gone and she was fortunate to have lived to the age she was. Interesting is that she died on the exact same day as her best friend.

Marjorie loved her life and all her family and friends around her. She loved her house, that Cyd had built, and had the opportunity to pass away at home. She was visited by family and friends during her end days. Her daughters, Darlene and Brenda, and her son Warren, were at her side when she passed.

It is with great love that her family and friends say goodbye to a wonderful person, friend, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. We will miss you.