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Constance Isherwood, B.C.'s oldest lawyer, closes deal hours before dying at 101 | iNFOnews


Louise Dickson, Victoria Times Colonist
Constance Isherwood is shown at the Holmes and Isherwood law offices in Victoria, Oct.20, 2016. Isherwood died Tuesday at the age of 101 just hours after she left work at her office. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Victoria Times-Colonist-Adrian Lam MANDATORY CREDIT
January 29, 2021 - 11:13 AM
VICTORIA - Constance Dora Isherwood, a trailblazer for women in B.C.’s legal profession and the oldest practising lawyer in the ­province, was still working two hours before she died Tuesday at the age of 101.
“She worked that day and was very, very worried about closing real estate deals by the end of the day. She didn’t want to put anybody else out and passed away at 6 p.m.,” her son George ­Isherwood said Thursday. ....

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