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Ethel Orr
February 24, 1919 - July 31, 2015
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<div itemprop="description">Orr, Sara Mowforth Dunbar <br /> February 24, 1919 - July 31, 2015 <br /> <br />Sara, beloved mother, wife, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at Harmony Homes, Red Deer. She is survived by her loved daughters Carole, Denise and Candace, their partners, Rick Pow, Gord Greer and Jack Smalley; two granddaughters, Tegan and her husband Chris Keil, and Devon Smalley and her fianc&eacute; Casey Jensen; four great-grandchildren, Felicity, Torran, Lachlan and Corbin; and her younger sister, Sandy Mayes. Sara, who always called Vancouver home, was predeceased by her parents, Thomas and Ethel Dunbar, her older sister, Jae Hodgson and her adored husband, Oscar. <br /> <br />Sara (Ethel) was born in Esquimalt, where Tom was stationed in the Navy serving on HMCS Rainbow which was the first ship commissioned by the Canadian Navy. After the war the family returned to Paswegin, SK. Sara loved being on the farm but the 1930s depression forced the family to abandon the farm and move to Vancouver. There, Sara discovered the delights of the ocean and magazines - both of which proved to be life-long loves. Sara met Oscie at Locarno Beach - he was the freckled lifeguard and she was the beauty in the white bathing suit. After a seven year engagement, they married on June 8, 1945 at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York and then returned to Bahrain, where Oscie had been working for Cal-Tex. With Oscie's career as a chemical engineer, Sara became a master at buying, selling and decorating houses all over the world, including 'the wreck', which soon became a showcase, in Red Deer. A creative seamstress and avid skier, she made herself a better golfer and bridge player through perseverance and hard work. <br /> <br />Family was all important to Sara. She lovingly gave her daughters the tools to make choices and to realize that all choices have consequences. She and Oscie loved all the 'sons' that came into the family. She reveled in being a grandmother and great-grandmother, holding all of them in her arms, save for this year's addition, Corbin. She will be missed. <br /> <br />Words cannot express the gratitude the family has for the compassionate and secure life Renee White and all her staff gave Mom over the past 7 years at Harmony Homes. <br /> <br />On August 1, the family celebrated Sara's life at a family dinner with plenty of laughter and good food. Her ashes will be added to Oscie's and they will be together forever. <br /> <br />Flowers are gratefully declined; in lieu, to celebrate her life-long love for animals, donations in Sara's memory are suggested to Medicine River Wildlife Centre, Medicine River Wildlife Centre, Box 115, Spruce View, Alberta, T0M 1V0. <br /></div>