« Men and women filled with avarice still prevail and endeavor to diminish our lives. In my case, they have dismally failed. Life remains good.”
Elaine McCrorie
Elaine passed away peacefully at her home in Regina, Saskatchewan on Monday, September 12, 2016.
Elaine was predeceased by her adoring husband of 49 years, James (Jim) Napier McCrorie.
She is survived by her children Ian, Ann (Alistair Mackenzie) and Aaron (Carmen Abela); and grandchildren Nicole, Liam, Jenna, Kennedy, Reuben and Keira.
Elaine was born and raised on a farm near Moore Park, Manitoba by her parents Hector and Olive Cameron (nee Grant). With her four siblings (Don, Neil, Jean and Hector) she attended a small two room school, did chores on the farm and, she was proud to note, created their own entertainment.
In 1951, she had to leave the farm to complete high school at Brandon College. In her own quiet and determined way, Elaine was a trailblazer.
She graduated from Brandon College with a B.Sc. in 1955. She entered the male dominated oil and gas industry as a geophysicist, working in Calgary, Dawson Creek and Denver Colorado. But she found the work and work place culture to be stifling and frustrating. So she turned to nursing – as an opportunity to care for others, but also as a means of funding her desire to travel.
Elaine was a very proud graduate of the Winnipeg General Hospital’s (WGH) class of 1957. In 1962, Elaine finally got to travel, visiting England, Norway, Belgium, Germany, and Spain. A highlight was water skiing in the Mediterranean – she was always looking for adventure.
Upon her return to Canada she moved to Saskatoon, working at the University Hospital to save money for another adventure. But life had a different adventure in mind for her. It was in Saskatoon that she met Jim and they married in 1964. Elaine and Jim moved to Regina in 1965 and it was there that they built a family and a life together.
Elaine would work for 20 years in the Emergency Room of the Plains Health Center and for several months during one memorable year at the Western General in Edinburgh Scotland.
Elaine enjoyed travelling throughout her life, including trips to China, Scotland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Ireland, the Baltic nations, Mexico, Iceland and through-out Canada (including Yellowknife).
Elaine was a lifelong golfer and during the last year no cancer diagnosis was going to keep her off the course. The golf course was also where Elaine taught her children and later her grandchildren (with varying degrees of success) the importance of decorum and patience.
She was equally passionate about genealogy and traced one branch of the Cameron family tree to 1621 in Ayrshire Scotland. Somehow between golf and genealogy, Elaine found time to knit and sew. For her grandchildren, no Christmas was complete without a new pair of homemade pajamas. And her sweaters are stilling warming her family and friends today.
Reflecting her prairie farm roots and personal experiences, Elaine believed in gender equality, universal day care and equal rights for all. Elaine was always very proud of where she came from and where she went. Elaine regularly attended the WGH and Brandon College reunions. And she never lost her sense of adventure – one of her last flights was a biplane ride over Ottawa. She was loved by her family and friends and will be greatly missed.
A CELEBRATION OF ELAINE’S LIFE will be held at the Hotel Saskatchewan (Blue Lounge) on Friday September 16, 2016 from 3:30 to 6:00. And then Elaine will be going home to be interred in the Moore Park Cemetery on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 3:30.
Arrangements entrusted to Regina Funeral Home and Cemetery (306) 789-8850.

Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Elaine Margaret McCrorie
4 mars 1934 – 12 septembre 2016.source

avis deces Elaine Margaret McCrorie
4 mars 1934 – 12 septembre 2016- avis mortuaire Elaine Margaret McCrorie
4 mars 1934 – 12 septembre 2016