IN THE NEWS - la Chaine des Rotisseurs
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IN THE NEWS - la Chaine des Rotisseurs
IN THE NEWS IN MEMORIAM Claire-Marie Jadot, National Chargée de Missions Honoraire It is with great sadness that we announce that Claire-Marie Jadot, National Chargée de Missions Honoraire, passed away peacefully at her home on January 21, 2015. ClaireMarie joined the Vancouver Bailliage in December 1994, serving as National Chargée de Presse and Chargée de Missions from 1997 to 2007. Claire-Marie will be remembered as an extraordinary, kind, generous and loving woman of strength and compassion and will be forever loved and deeply missed. She is survived by husband Bob Charlton, Vancouver Vice-Conseiller Gastronomique; stepdaughters Lisa Charlton and family and Laura Charlton; sister MarieFrance Minton and family in the USA; and brother Bernard Jadot and family in France. Born in Libourne (Gironde), France on August 31, 1942, Claire-Marie lived a remarkable life. She married Bob July 17, 1991. She loved to travel with Bob and they shared an appreciation for good food and wine, especially champagne and Chateau d’Yquem. One of her greatest pleasures was watching the Seymour River flow past their home while sitting on the couch holding hands with "her Bob". Claire-Marie graduated in 1965 from the Ecole de Haut Enseignement Commercial pour les Jeunes Filles (HECJF) in Paris. After her graduation, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study Transportation Economics at Washington State University Pullman. Claire-Marie immigrated to Canada in 1966 and began work at MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Vancouver, BC. She was promoted to the position of Associate Corporate Secretary in 1987, the first woman officer at the company. She retired in 1992. In 1994, she was appointed to the Lower Mainland Employment Insurance Board of Referees as employer representative and was bilingual chair of the board from 2007-2009. When Bob retired in 2004, ClaireMarie assumed an active role as secretary and treasurer for their company Riverside Engineering Inc. She was elected to the Assemblée des Français de l'étranger (AFE) from 2009-2014 to represent French nationals residing in Western and Central Canada, Northwest Territories and Yukon. Her honesty, frankness, righteousness, integrity and timeless devotion to the service of the French community in Western Canada is widely recognized and appreciated. Claire-Marie was a life member and director (1987-1990) of the Vancouver Board of Trade, was appointed by the Federal government from 1989-1994 to the Forest Products Sectoral Advisory Group for International Trade (SAGIT) and was a long time member of the Confrèrie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, serving at the local and national level for many years. Christophe Penalva, Vice-Chancelier Argentier; Claire-Marie Jadot, Chargée de Presse; and Reinhold Maier, Chevalier, toasting “Vive la Chaine.” (Fairmont Whistler Hotel, October 2004). Claire-Marie and Bob at the Vancouver Chapître du Canada 2010 Gala Dinner (October 24, 2010) (left to right) Susan Madden; Bob Charlton; Chef Manfred Wimmer; and Claire-Marie (L’Emotion Restaurant, February 2005) Bob; Christine Nicolas; and Claire-Marie at Cioppino’s Restaurant (2011). (Front right) Claire-Marie and Bob at The Bacchus Bistro, Domaine de Chaberton Winery, Langley, BC (June 25, 2006).