Elizabeth Anne Dally December 28th 2022, death notice, Obituaries, Necrology
On December 28th, our beautiful Anne was picked up by her Dan to travel ‘home’. It is with great sadness and loss for our beloved mother, grandma, sister, aunt and friend that we celebrate the life of this kind and loving soul.
Anne was born in Toronto to John Melville (Mel) Christie and Isabel Marguerite DeLaplante. Anne’s birth mother died and Mel Christie married Florence Johnston in 1934. As a child, Anne grew up in Preston, Ontario. She attended Preston High School, where she met Dan Dally, four years her senior. As a young woman, she was employed by the Ma Bell telephone company as a switchboard operator. She married Dan in 1954. Their two children were born and she became a loving and caring full-time housewife, tending to the needs of her family. Dan’s employer, General Motors, relocated the young Dally family west to Kamloops in 1961, where they quickly purchased camping gear and a red chestnut canoe to enjoy a family getaway at Shuswap Lake Provincial Park. Anne and Dan became lifelong parents to Charlotte and Mike Jensen, much-needed siblings for Bruce and Diane. The 1960s living in North Kamloops was very special for the Dally family.
The Coquitlam years (1969-74) were active and fun. Anne and Dan played curls and golf and took their children to the Coquitlam Sharks Summer Swim Club. Anne volunteered with the Girl Guides of Canada and was the Provincial Commissioner of Songs for the Province of BC.
In the summer of ’74 she returned happily to Kamloops with only her youngest, Diane, in tow – the Syd Smith Years. Anne volunteered at the Royal Inland Hospital and worked briefly in the Acorn Gift Shop at the Stockmen’s Hotel singing with the Sweet Adelines. They spent many weekends in their Walloper Lake trailer. Anne was so proud of her 1983 European tour with her mother and her 1988 solo China tour.
In 1990, Anne and Dan retired to Vernon, where they enjoyed their fellowship at Ironwood, curling, cross-country skiing, golf, picnics at local provincial parks, and walks at Kal Tire Place. Anne was a member of the North Okanagan Naturalists’ Club, volunteered at the Salvation Army Food Bank, and sang in the Halina Choir and the Vernon Community Singers Choir. They have taken many wonderful road trips through BC and Alberta, visited Preston, Hawaii and vacationed in San Francisco.
Anne was died by her husband Dan Dally, to whom she was married for 62 years, her brother Eric Christie and her brother-in-law Bob Brown. She is survived by daughters Charlotte, Diane (Jeff), sons Mike, Bruce (Cindy), grandchildren Kyle, Megan (Jordan), and sisters-in-law Grace Brown and Fran Christie, as well as family members.
Many thanks to: Minds In Motion, Age Action, Interior Health, Debbie P. and Community Care Aids, Lee-Ann and The Hamlets at Vernon. Like Dan, Anne loved to see the big day that dawns and the light that fills the world. Anne and Dan left many happy memories that are dear to all of us. They had great friends and relatives and were always up for an adventure.
Mom’s wish was to join her ashes with Dad’s at Walloper Lake. We children are so grateful for the values they instilled in us and for the love, protection, guidance and support we have received in pursuing our own dreams. No service on request.
Anne wishes us all
“a vote for you”
with a 4 p.m. beer
We send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Elizabeth Anne Dally on December 28, 2022 and hope her memory can be a source of comfort at this difficult time. Your thoughts and kind words will be greatly appreciated.
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Obituary Elizabeth Anne Dally December 28, 2022
Obituary Elizabeth Anne Dally December 28, 2022
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