Shrimati Bachin Kaur Birdi, wife of Late Shri Lachman Das Birdi, passed away on Sunday, July 10, exactly two weeks before turning 82 years of age, concluding her successful journey through life. Bi Ji was a sibling of 4 – one brother lives in Canada and one sister is in India.

Bachin Kaur Birdi was born in village Patara, Punjab, India, on July 24th, 1940. She added ‘Kaur’ to her name after her marriage. She was married in India at age nineteen, where her six children were born. (Harbans Kaur+Kamal Jit, Jai Paul+Nirmala, Surinder Paul + Jaswinder, Dev Raj + Harjit, Gurdeep Lal + Narinder, Meena Kumari + Balbir).

Bachin’s husband Lachman immigrated to Victoria, BC in 1972 and in 1973 called Fort St. James his home. Bachin Kaur joined her husband in 1976 flying from New Delhi.

She grew up in India, where she was unable to receive an education and even so, there was only one school in her village which was an all-boys school. In Canada, Bachin worked hard and got her driver’s licence and was the operator owner of her building maintenance company. She raised and educated the family, and contributed to society in many meaningful ways. She along with Lachman continued to visit Jalandhar during the winter months and established a school where they financed the education of those less fortunate, as well as provided countless scholarships to promising youth. Bachin also supported a number of other charitable causes that work towards the eradication of poverty and improving education globally.

Biji fought pancreatic cancer for two years. Bachin Birdi will be sadly missed by family and friends including 10 grandsons, 5 granddaughters, and 1 great grandson. Multi-faith funeral services and final prayers were held on July 15th .

There are not enough words that can describe just how important our mother and Bibi ji was to us and what a powerful influence she continues to be. Biji left many fond memories. She was a very strong and respected human being.

Biji will be fondly missed.

Regards,

Birdi Family

Badhan Family-

Jassi Family

Ghera Family

Mahmi Family

Jhally Family

Memorial Service in honor of the Late Smt. Bachin Kaur Birdi w/o Late Shri Lachman Birdi

Friday, July 15@2:30 pm

Riverside Funeral Home

7410 Hopcott Road

Delta, BC

Antim Ardass

Shri Guru Ravidass Community Center

7271 Gilley Avenue

Burnaby, BC

4:30 pm

For information, please call at 778-878-7473.