Rachel Mary Barr (neé Clark) passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital on Friday, December 14 at the age of sixty-five. Rachel is survived by her husband of four years Ken, sisters Wendy (Hans) Diehl, Di Burgess, and Jane (Brian) Burge, and brother-in-law Alan (Barb) Barr. Rachel will also be fondly remembered by her cousins, nephews and nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces, and friends.
The youngest of four daughters of the late John and Frances Clark (neé Jones), Rachel was born in Worcester, England in 1953. She attended Sibford, a Quaker boarding school in Oxfordshire. Following graduation from Sibford School and business studies at Worcester Technical College, Rachel worked in the hospitality industry before immigrating to Canada in 1976. In Vancouver, she worked as a travel agent for twenty-two years and later as a coordinator of volunteers before retiring in 2014. Rachel and Ken moved from the Lower Mainland to Armstrong in 2016. Rachel enjoyed her new community and soon became active in several clubs and organizations there. She loved to travel, plan and organize trips and events, and be with people. Her strength of character and positive outlook, even in the face of adversity, brightened the lives of everyone who knew her.
A Celebration of Rachel’s life will take place on Thursday, January 3 at St. James Anglican Church, 2315 Patterson Avenue, Armstrong, beginning at 11:00 am.
A second Celebration of Rachel’s life for friends and family in the Lower Mainland will take place on Saturday, January 5 in Sardis, beginning at 11:00 am. This service will be held at the church hall, St. John’s Anglican Church, 46098 Higginson Road, Sardis, BC with a reception following at the Kinkora Golf Course, 46050 Higginson Road, Sardis, BC.
Memorial donations may be made to the BC Cancer Foundation, 150 – 686 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1G1 or to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation, 2101 – 32nd Street, Vernon, BC V1T 5L2.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Rachel Mary Barr December 14th 2018..
Source: myalternatives_armstrong
Death notice for the town of: Armstrong, Province: Colombie britanique