Marti Giroux with her Order of Jopo award (Image Credit: Vernon Winter Carnival Society / Facebook)
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Long-time volunteer for Vernon Winter Carnival, other groups has passed away
Apr 21, 2026 | 3:03 PM
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A long-time volunteer with the Vernon Winter Carnival Society has passed away.
In a social media post, Vernon Winter Carnival Society (VWCS) shared an obituary for Martha “Marti” Giroux.
Giroux was born in Enderby in 1950 and lived and worked in Vernon and Vancouver as a paralegal before semi-retiring and moving back to Vernon, where she volunteered with the VWCS, Vernon’s Together for Christmas, Vernon’s Wildlife Festival. She was also a volunteer foster for the SPACE and Okanagan Humane Society.
She passed away April 9 at the age of 76. A service will be held May 4 at the Pleasant Valley Funeral Home, and people were asked to make donations to the Vernon Okanagan Humane Society or the Salmon Arm RCMP in lieu of sending flowers.
