Jeffrey William Wise
August 19th, 2019
Jeff passed away suddenly, aged 52, at home on August 19, 2019. Jeff is survived by his wife Adrina (nee Tatoolian) his son Zaven, his parents Sylvia and Dennis, sister Carole, brother Ken, 1 nephew and 3 nieces.
Jeff was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England in 1966. He spent most of his happy childhood in South London, growing up in a colourful neighbourhood in Catford. Jeff and Adrina met prior to his joining the Metropolitan Police Service in London and married in 1994.
Jeff enjoyed a successful career with the London Met, rising quickly to the rank of Sergeant. A notable point in his career was joining the Diplomatic Protection Group. This work involved interacting with many ranks of British and Foreign Government officials. It was his search training with the Met that eventually led him to Canada. His experience was instrumental in his work during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Jeff, Adrina and Zaven embraced their life in Canada. Working for the Vancouver Police Department facilitated the lifestyle and warm, enduring friendships that Jeff welcomed. Jeff’s warm personality, sharp wit and tremendous sense of humour resulted in many strong friendships and several, new Canadian “families”. True to his character, Jeff passionately adopted his hobby of deep sea fishing, and filled many a friend’s freezer and pantry with fresh fish.
He enjoyed life to the fullest, sharing many friend and family dinners, too many parties to mention, travelling and having fun. He will be sadly missed by all who loved him.
Services will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 1pm at Church in the Valley, 23589 Old Yale Road, Langley B.C, Officiant VPD Divisional Pastor Jim Turner.
Donations in lieu of flowers or in memoriam can be made to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of BC.
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
COURAGE HUMOUR LOVE
Funeral services provided by Aternatives Funeral and Cremation services 3070 275A Street, Aldergrove B.C. V4W 3L4. Funeral Director John Romeyn.
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Where do I start. Jeff has been my neighbor for almost 10 years, and a solid member of our family ever since. Jeff has always been there, for everyone, whenever something was going on, or needing done, he was there. He and my husband would often be found outside our houses, washing cars (or rather my husband washing the car, and Jeff watching him wash cars), drinking beer together, or just chatting. They would stand on our balconies, they have their BBQs facing each other, so they could chat about their days, comment on eachothers cooking and have a laugh. He loved getting together for random pizza nights, fish and chip dinners when he had a good weekend of fishing, Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays .... even though he liked to pretend he didnt like new babies, I remember when my daughter was born, him and Adrina stayed at the house till the late hours in the morning just holding her, and secretly I think he loved it, she was quieter then. He would always be first to make a rude joke, that would have everyone laughing, and set the tone for the whole family dinner. He would say he was scared of my angry side, but never hesitated to push my buttons just to see it and get a laugh. Jeff, Christmas pass-the-present will never be the same without you, when we go around the table this year at Thanksgiving, it wont be the same, the idea that you are not going to be here for Owens first birthday doesn't feel right. You were always there for me for anything whenever I needed (like the dreadful 2am airport pick up disasters).....and I am so so sorry, I could not do more for you when you needed me. I am sorry I didn't give you the bigger, longer hugs like you always asked for. I'm sorry I didn't see you in more parades. I am thankful for all the memories, and laughs, and am so grateful that I can look back on them now. I will be there for Adrina and Zaven, the best I can in any way I can, and live my life to the fullest like I know I should be, how you would want me too. We love you, and thank you for being such a good friend to us.
I had the honour of Wisey being my Skipper in the Metropolitan Police in London prior to him departing for Canada. He was a one of the best Skippers I had worked with. His sharp wit and humour never failed. I worked with him on many MetPol search operations in London and within the UK. What a tragic end to a fantastic bloke. RIP mate.
Well I really got to know Jeff on the motorcycle course...echoing everyone else probably he was a riot! I got to know Jeff even more on the drill team and I was a victim too many times to count! When it really mattered, and he was only one of two and the better of the two, was when I had my accident in June. Even though I don’t remember the first week I was told what Jeff did...the sources were my kids. Jeff took my kids from the hospital to a family friends house, and my have used lights and sirens along the way...much to my kids glee despite the circumstances with dad in the hospital. After that Jeff made a point of dropping in to see me, which nobody else was doing. This made a huge difference in my wellbeing and recovery. Even though Jeff and I talked a lot since my accident it is awful that I’ll never be able to tell him how much he helped me. Thanks for sharing him as much as you did and if you ever need any help please ask...I, like Jeff, don’t offer anything that I don’t expect people to take me up on. Ian Christie
I will always feel that my great buddy is still around. Jeff, you were a huge personality and unique on so many levels. A very clever man with so much to offer to anyone who needed a bit of advice. The memorable moments you have left so many people with will live on forever and the smiles will be raised again and again!. The clever pieces of advice you have given will be remembered and will be passed on beyond this generation because they are SO clever! I think I took your many talents for granted because you made it all look easy. I will miss you my friend. I’ll see you on the other side and I look forward to more of those laughs where I can barely breathe and that hurt my stomach muscles so much that I actually panick and think I’m going to have a heart attack!! RIP my brother.