Tracey Helen Dean
1960-2021
Tracey Dean passed suddenly and unexpectedly on May 26, 2021.
She was born in England in 1960 and moved to Canada in February 1969.
She eventually moved from Ontario to the St. Andrew’s area 32 years
ago on a nine month contract at Huntsman Marine Science
Centre; she never looked back. She had found home.
Her passion and love for the Fundy area and its wildlife was shared
with the thousands of students, teachers and parents that attended her
courses. She was happiest on the water: fresh or salt, a kayak, boat
or ferry. She loved Grand Manan and the whale watching crew out there.
She thoroughly enjoyed working with the Quoddy Link crew when she
could these past 5 years. In spite of the number of people she taught
and showed wildlife to, she was a very private person.
She will be sorely missed by her best friend and sister,
Joanne Dewey, her best friend and niece, Sarah Dewey and the rest of
the Dewey clan, Mango, her Huntsman family, her Quoddy Link family,
her Grand Manan family, and the friends that were near and dear to her
heart (you know who you are).
Covid has made for difficult times but it is hoped we can
celebrate her life in August when friends and family can get together
with fewer restrictions.
Arrangements in the care of the St. George Funeral Home
(755-3533) 26 Portage Street, St. George NB. If you wish, donations to
Huntsman Marine Science Centre or to the New Brunswick Nature Trust
would be appreciated.
www.stgeorgefh.ca
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Death notice for the town of: St-George, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick
I am profoundly shocked to hear of Tracey’s death. She completed a Master’s degree with me in 1999. She was dedicated to her studies of birds,and ran the bird-banding station in St Andrews for what now must be over 20 years. I saw little of her over the years, but we would meet from time to time when I was in St Andrews, and we corresponded occasionally about finding people to help run her station. Hers was, I think, the longest-running songbird banding station in the Maritimes, or indeed Atlantic Canada, and her knowledge of songbird migration in this region will be hard to replace. My thoughts are with her family and friends.