Sharon Andrée (née Jacques) Driscoll
May 15, 2025
Sharon Andrée Driscoll (née Jacques), 83, died suddenly in London, Ontario on Thursday, May 15, 2025, after a full and joyful life. Sharon was a beautiful person; her natural disposition was a smile. Even with chronic back pain, that smile, humour, strength, and positivity remained until her last breath, with her husband and daughter by her side. Sharon, alongside two younger siblings, was raised in a loving family in St. Boniface, Manitoba. She always cherished her education at the Winnipeg Sacred Heart School. Richard and Sharon married in Winnipeg on Boxing Day, 1964. An unshakeable devotion would bless them and those around their 61 years of marriage and the four prior years as “besties”. Sharon and Richard adored raising three children, starting in Montreal and continuing in London, Ontario. Seven grandchildren basked in Sharon’s devotion to family.
Sharon’s boundless curiosity enhanced her natural ability to teach. Although math was her forte, she taught many subjects, mostly to students in alternate education environments. She started in Flin Flon, MB, where she was younger than some of her students. She went on to teach in Montreal (Sacred Heart School), Toronto (Humewood House), and London (Hardy Geddes House, Bethesda Centre, London Psychiatric Hospital). Sharon had unique ways of inspiring students to learn using current events, controversy, nonsense verse, Shakespeare, math manipulatives and cinema.
In addition to teaching, Sharon loved meeting people in different milieux. She spent countless hours at the Laurentian CAMMAC Music Centre organizing facilities and events, teaching arts and crafts, and once cooking a turkey dinner for 150 people. She volunteered with Canadian newcomers through the London Cross Cultural Learner Centre, bridging cultural, religious, linguistic and age differences with ease. Sharon kept her love of music beating by taking up percussion later in life with the New Horizons Band. Two weeks ago, Sharon decided she was going to learn to play the harp.
With her family, friends and students, Sharon listened without judgment. She did so in an exceptionally warm, calm, and insightful manner. She loved connections, between people, between words, between numbers. All interactions with Sharon, including her nightly family blog posts, were infused with happiness, hope and humour. She made effective use of wordplay, rhyming, intentional adjectives, and literary references, to share her convictions. We give thanks that Sharon always made the world feel like a better place. Sharon was predeceased by her parents, Mae and Robert Jacques, and by her granddaughter, Erin Driscoll-Davies. Her memory will be cherished by her husband, Richard Driscoll; siblings, Betty (Frank) and Robert (Pam); children: Mike (Anita), Marsha (Greg) and Steve (Violaine); and her grandchildren: Sydney, Arman, Ronan, Shawheen, Olivia and Camino.
Arrangements entrusted to Westview Funeral Home. A private family Celebration of her Life is planned. Sharon cared deeply for others in need. Memorial donations may be made to the London Community Foundation’s “Health & Homeless Fund” at 130 King Street, London ON N6A 1C5 or a charity of your choice.
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Deepest condolences Richard, Mike, Marsha and Steve. Your mother was a good and kind lady.
To the Driscoll family: I am so sorry for the loss of Sharon. I knew her from New Horizons band. She was always a bright and shining star. Always ready to help in anyway she could. Sharon will be missed by all who knew her.
I was taken aback hearing the very sad news of Sharon's passing. I had only known her for a brief moment in time at line dancing. Sharon was one of my dancers and l was surprised that we hit it off so well. It was almost like l knew her from before and l believe that she thought the same. When Sharon e-mailed me to tell she wouldn't be able to come to class anymore as she was in too much pain, l knew exactly what she was talking about. I kept her on the the email mailing as she had told me that she likes to l am keeping her up on things. Sharon, you are a beautiful person with an even more beautiful soul. Rest In Peace my dear friend and as always dance like no one is watching in Heaven's Garden of Line Dancers.💕
To me, the old adage “ Apples never fall far from the tree” aptly describes the Driscolls. Sharon was a great Mom. The three kids were great students of mine. Through them I came to know Sharon. So now it’s to Mike, Marsha, Steve and your Dad I must convey my condolences. It is so apparent to me your diverse talents, attributes, sensitivity ,compassion and values stem from remarkable parents. The strength of character in her legacy has surely now been passed on to yet another successor generation. You three embodied all a parent could wish for. Who could ask for anything more. I am so sorry for your loss.✌️🙏 John Hamilton
Ever since I had the honor of knowing Sharon, I learned that she was the heart of her family—quietly strong, endlessly curious, and full of warmth and devotion. No matter how far in distance, she kept family close—with thoughtful messages, funny cartoons, and gentle check-ins that always arrived at the right time. Her love for discovering new cultures through food, music, and stories were inspirational. She was always in the middle of a new book—curious, thoughtful, always learning. Music filled her home like a soft background to everything she did. She made beautiful crochet blankets for every new baby, each one stitched with love. She never asked for praise—she just gave, remembered, and showed up. Losing her leaves an ache, but also a powerful legacy. She showed us how to care deeply, how to stay connected, how to love without borders or bounds. Her influence is stitched into the fabric of our lives—in the stories we tell, the kindness we offer, the meals we gather around. We miss her deeply. And we will try to carry her forward—with gratitude, with gentleness, and with the same sense of wonder she brought to every day. May her beautiful, graceful, strong and kind soul rest in peace.
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I went to school with Sharon at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Winnipeg in the 50’s. She was such a fun person to be around and all our classmates had a special bond. I’ve thought about her often over the years and wondered where she was living. My deepest sympathy to Richard and her children during this difficult time.
~ Susan Allery Heim