It looks like you are viewing this on a mobile device. Would you like to use the mobile version? No thanks.
It looks like your device can support the full version of the site. Would you like to view that instead? No thanks.
Email to a friend Tweet This Send to Facebook Share on Google+
  Login
Nakhostin Badie
June 4, 1935 - February 18, 2015
Return to the Memorial Getting Started Administration Inbox  
Return to Getting Started  
Return to the Memorial Help Extend the Memorial Order a Keepsake Book  
Obituary Eulogy Guestbook Biography Photos Media Life Stories Family Tree Contribute
<div itemprop="description">Nakhostin Salari Badie passed away on February 18, 2015 at the Mackenzie Richmond Hill hospital, following a short and acute illness. She had been a loving wife to her predeceased husband, Abdolmajid Badie, and was a loving mother to Fariba, Navid and Omid, a loving mother-in-law to Maryam, and a loving and doting grandmother to Barmak, Siamak, Kian, Roozbeh and Dawna. <br /> <br />Born on June 4, 1935, she was the first child to be delivered in the newly opened Shah Reza hospital in Mashhad, and so her mother named her Nakhostin (meaning First in persian). She was a bright, precocious and witty child, showing a gift for literature in high school, but when she received conflicting advice about what to study in University, she chose engineering. She graduated with a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tehran in 1958, one of only a handful of women to receive an engineering degree in her cohort. She went on to an accomplished career in which she made significant contributions to the petrochemical, chemical, and consumer products industries in Iran, ending as the deputy director of the Organization for Small Scale Industries in 1976. <br /> <br />The 1979 revolution ended her career in Iran, as she was among the many professionals and technocrats who were purged from positions of responsibility throughout the country, and it started a new phase of her life. She emigrated, with her family, to Canada in 1981. She took up various activities, from various jobs in the retail sector to a small baking business to community support and help for new immigrants, and to every one of these she brought her energy, enthusiasm, and contagious optimism. One notable activity was her role in the founding of the Canadian Society of Iranian Engineers and Architects, a non-profit organization that continues to exist and support its community after 25 years. <br /> <br />It is in Canada that Nakhostin came to know another formidable challenge, one that was to shape the second half of her life. Her family members were afflicted with a number of consecutive and devastating medical problems that would destroy hope and refute optimism in the best of us. Yet, she faced these challenges not only without complaint, but with strength and courage, for herself and for everyone around her. She never ceased to smile, and never let go of her sense of humour. <br /> <br />She was an inspiration to us all not only as a strong, independent and accomplished woman but as a kind and generous human being, and a role model. She brightened every place and brought cheer to every person she visited. She was both a rock and a lighthouse for her family, her friends and her community. Our lives will be dimmer without her but we will cherish the beautiful memories of our exceptional Maman Nakhostin. <br /> <br />We will love and miss her forever. <br /> <br /></div>