BARTEAUX, Victoria Louise, aged 83, passed away Thursday, December 4th 2025, at home. Born in Bridgetown, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Louisa (Wullum) Shaw. She was dedicated to family, friends and community, conveying compassion to all who were fortunate enough to be part of her orbit.

When she moved to Clarence in 1954, Vickie met the boy next door, Ronnie Barteaux. There began a beautiful love story that was to last throughout their lifetimes. They married in 1961 and together, they built an enormously successful farm, raised two daughters, and inspired dozens of employees, many of whom also had the good fortune to live-in and enjoy Vickie's legendary hospitality, delicious meals and mentorship as they found their ways through life.

An excellent multi-sport athlete.  She was a member of the 1959-60 Provincial Champion BRHS Girls Soccer team that was inducted into the Bridgetown Sport Hall of Fame in 2015. Vickie was a beloved leader at the Clarence 4-H Club, the Annapolis County 4-H Council, and served numerous years on the NS Provincial 4-H Council. She also worked as Secretary to the Annapolis County 4-H Office, drawing from the experience she gained while working at Greenwood Air Force Base in the 1960s. During the 1970s, she hosted a youth weekly drop-in at her home, where food, rock music, and dancing created a convivial atmosphere for young people who might not always have felt as warmly welcomed elsewhere. It was this perspective that she brought to her work as a Member of the Annapolis County School Board. Always politically engaged, she volunteered during many elections across all levels of government. She had a beautiful singing voice and deep appreciation of music, something she passed along to her grandchildren, who were the lights of her life.

Vickie also had an affinity for nature – particularly bird life, landscape and the seaside. She excelled at crypto quotes and crosswords, was a killer bridge player, an accomplished gardener, and a gifted navigator, which came in handy during her many journeys by car, train, float plane, helicopter, airliner, motorboat, ferry, and cruise ship around North America, Hawaii, Europe, UK and Scandinavia. She knew her way around Manhattan and London as well as she did across remote Labrador and Canada's Northwest Coast. An avid sports fan, particularly baseball, she cheered for the Blue Jays from their inception and was a regular at their Spring Training Camps and the dome in Toronto.

She was a natural beauty who possessed deep inner strength alongside a joyful, impish sense of humour. Vickie loved life but when it was her time to go, she embraced death with great dignity, elegance and composure.

Vickie was predeceased by her husband, Ron; she is survived by her daughters, Jeannie (Tim) Shoveller, Clarence and Jane Barteaux (Victor Melendez), Halifax; grandchildren, Jonathan and Rosa Melendez Barteaux, Halifax; as well as sister, Shan Kerber (Saskatoon). In keeping with Vickie's wishes, cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2026 in the Middleton Funeral Home, 398 Main Street (902) 825-3448 from where a memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery, Lawrencetown. Donations in memory of Vickie may be made to the Clarence Community Club or Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens.  Online guest book may be signed by visiting: www.middletonfuneralhome.com