Felicia Sharon Folk passed away peacefully on August 26th, 2023, four years after being diagnosed with cancer. She is remembered with love by her husband, Alan Farber, her brother, Harold Folk (Kathie), her three children, Jessica (Les), Alexander (Katie), and Kyra (Ori), as well as her grandchildren, Sam, Miri, Lital, and her step-grandchildren, Edo and Yanai. Her parents were Lilli and Izak Folk.

Felicia was born in a Displaced Persons camp in Eggenfelden, Germany, on September 29th, 1946. Her parents, survivors of the Holocaust, immigrated to Vancouver when she was two years old to join Felicia's great uncle and cousin. Her brother Harold was born in 1952 in Vancouver. As survivors, her family had little, yet Felicia described a very happy childhood. Lilli and Izak worked hard to give their children whatever they needed, emphasized the importance of education, and provided a joyful, loving household.

Felicia spoke Yiddish at home and learned English and French at school. As a child, she was the official translator for her parents, aunts, and uncles. She graduated from Eric Hamber High School at the top of her class and took leadership roles throughout her schooling. As a teenager, Felicia was involved with the B'nai Brith Girls youth group. At the age of 16, she won a public speaking contest and went on a bus tour of the USA with other winners, speaking in various American cities.

Felicia studied Political Science at UBC and then Bryn Mawr. In her third year, she did an exchange program in Geneva, Switzerland. She then went on to study Law at Osgoode Hall, as one of eleven women in her class of 300. There, she met Alan, who was to be her devoted husband for the next 53 years. Felicia had an exciting law career; she and Alan had a small family law and civil litigation firm that evolved to include several other lawyers. Later in her career, she worked for the Law Society of British Columbia, assisting lawyers with ethical and procedural problems. In the years before her retirement, she became an accomplished mediator and wills and estates lawyer. Known for her excellent writing, teaching, and law practice, Felicia led a career that earned respect from lawyers across Canada.

Felicia was committed to her community. She was not only philanthropic, but she participated actively in service: she spent time as a member of the Vancouver Police Board, President of Jewish Family Services, and President of Beth Israel Synagogue.

Felicia showed great strength over these past four years, reflecting her strength throughout her life. Since her diagnosis, she was driven by the desire to extend her time with her family and friends. Throughout her treatments, she made the most of every day. Although to her family and friends it felt too soon, Felicia lived and died on her own terms, having decided to quit treatment in July and passing a month later, after just a few hours in the hospital, with her children and husband by her side. She was lucid, alert, and reasonably comfortable until shortly before she passed.

Felicia was, as many friends and relatives have shared with us, a force. She was an intellectual, a curious and adventurous person, a voracious reader, a music lover, and a world-traveler. Her kindness and openness were matched only by her high expectations of others. In their messages of consolation, our friends and family have sent us the following words to describe Felicia: brilliant, vibrant, formidable, magnetic, warm, and welcoming. She will be dearly missed.

Donations can be made in her name to the BC Cancer Foundation and Jewish Family Services.