ROSEMARY PATRICIA (BROWN) DADSON

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ROSEMARY PATRICIA (BROWN) DADSON Born June 12, 1920 in Winnipeg, MB. Passed away peacefully on May 1, 2004, in Sechelt, BC. Survived by her husband of 62 years, Henry; her children, Anthony (Suree), Christopher (Paulette), Julia (John Whitman) grandchildren, Carleigh and Clayton Whitman; sister Joyce Ramsay and many nieces and nephews. Since early childhood, Patricia was keenly interested in the study and performance of music and stage. She played the lead in many of her school and church operettas and plays and competed two years in solo voice in the Winnipeg Music Festival. During the war period, she sang with orchestra on radio and stage and performed with troop shows at many military bases in Manitoba. She served for a period as President of the Young Womens Musical Club Choir of Winnipeg and continued her choir work in West Vancouver and Sechelt. Patricia was a strong participant in youth and community affairs, a leader and counsellor in the Canadian Girls in Training movement and conductor of a girls choir in the St. Vital Family YMCA. She served for periods as Secretary and President of her Parent Teachers Association in Winnipeg, the Executive of the Inner Wheel Club of Winnipeg Rotary and 14 years as a volunteer in the Sechelt Public Library. She was a devoted worker in her church, serving as President of the United Church Women in Crescent - Fort Rouge United Church in Winnipeg and St. Johns United Church in Sechelt and as a member of her church board in West Vancouver and Sechelt. Pat enjoyed the outdoors, was keenly interested in bird-watching and loved skiing, curling and golf. With her husband, she enjoyed 10 years of extensive travel as a live-aboard on a sailboat and with a recreational trailer before moving to Sechelt, BC in 1983 to renew her love of home and garden. Thanks to Pats many friends, Dr. Allen Cairns and the nurses of St. Marys Hospital in Sechelt for their care and compassion. A memorial service will be held at St. Johns United Church, 5085 Davis Bay Rd., Davis Bay, on Monday, May 10 at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Parkinsons Society of British Columbia or to the charity of your choice.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 06, 2004