Obituary
Tracy Irene Dawson
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our wife, mother, sister, and friend, Tracy Irene Dawson, on January 31, 2022. Tracy passed after a bout with cancer.
She left behind her husband Frank, two sons Zach (Khristen) and Garrett, siblings Ritchie (Jen), Wayne, and Yvonne (Gord), and close cousins Karen (Marc), Allie (Jack), Samantha (Nick), and Corinna (Logan).
Tracy was born in Winnipeg on July 21, 1962 to her caring mother Jean St. Jean. After moving around they settled in Kelowna, BC where the St. Jean family was raised. Tracy had a calling for helping people and settled on nursing where she spent many years working at Cottonwoods Care Centre in Kelowna, making many friends with her coworkers and residents. Tracy met her husband Frank Dawson while in Kelowna, married on June 25, 1994, and they raised Zach and Garrett together in a home in Rutland. She enjoyed gardening, camping, and spending time with her family. The Dawson family moved to Balmoral, MB in 2006 to a small hobby farm. Tracy started working at Goodwin Lodge in Teulon, MB, and just like Cottonwoods, she made friends with everyone who was lucky to know her.
Tracy loved caring for the menagerie of animals they acquired over the years, as well as more camping trips, quadding, and gaining an extra large garden that she was dedicated (sometimes too much) to. As much as she loved living on the farm in the prairies, she always missed the Okanagan Valley and her friends and family in Kelowna and would go back to visit as often as allowed, and enjoyed when Ritchie, Yvonne, and Wayne came out to visit. Mom loved to travel and had visited Scotland with her mom Jean. Tracy and Frank would take Zach and Garrett on road trips all over Canada and the US, notably Vancouver Island, the amusement park Silverwood in Idaho, Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota, and a family trip to Mexico. Tracy and Frank went on a couples trip and toured the UK and Scotland in 2017. Tracy was a kind, caring, generous and creative woman. She would spend her time in the long Manitoba winter months crafting interesting projects that she would then gift to everyone around her. She was loved by everyone around her and would go above and beyond for her residents and gave 100% of herself to care for them. Tracy was a dedicated wife and a loving mother who, despite the challenges thrown at her, always looked on the upside of life. She is going to be sorrowfully missed in all of the lives that she touched. We love you so much Mom.
In keeping with her wishes, cremation has taken place and no formal service will be held.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Tracy Dawson January 31 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Selkirk, Province: Manitoba