Family of B.C. woman killed in landslide says teaching was ‘her life’s work’

The household of a teacher killed successful a mudslide successful Coquitlam, B.C., during the atmospheric river says Sonya McIntyre was an optimist with an unwavering affection for the adjacent generation.

“She’s been a teacher, I privation to accidental for the past 25 years,” relative Jacqueline McIntyre told Global News.

“That’s been her main mission. Her life’s work. She loved those kids.”

Jacqueline said that portion Sonya did not person kids of her own, she felt similar her students were her adopted kids.

McIntyre’s assemblage was recovered connected Sunday afternoon, 1 time aft the location she rented on Coquitlam’s Quarry Road washed away.

Jacqueline flew successful from Los Angeles a time aboriginal and present has the heart-wrenching task of sorting done her cousin’s idiosyncratic belongings.

While the 2 grew up miles from each other, they ne'er grew apart.

“She worked astatine the bank… (she was) a TV writer for a while,” Jacqueline said, earlier her 57-year-old relative became a teacher.

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Her decease rocked the assemblage of Aspenwood Elementary successful Port Moody wherever Sonya was teaching earlier her death.

Now Jacqueline is heading backmost location with immoderate carnal items from her cousin’s location but mostly with memories.

“She was a unit of nature…. truthful agleam and optimistic and sunny,” she said.