These are two of the best photos of Nancy at her happiest, with Barrie whalewatching in the Vancouver Strait, and surrounded by incredible flowers.
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In Memory of Nancy Waxler Morrison, our Aunt, Sister, Wife, Colleague, Benefactor, and Mentor. She was a brilliant educator, academician, leader, explorer, companion, and friend, and brought great compassion to her work, those around her, and the world.
Nancy Waxler Morrison
Birdwatching in Canada
Poetic Quote
“ ...for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.”
- W.B.Yeats, The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Nancy's Sudden Death
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- Nancy died on Tuesday, February 13, 2007, from injuries suffered in a fall while on vacation with her husband Barrie in Costa Rica. Her friends and colleagues are encouraged to share their memories here with all of us in her honor. Nancy's family wishes to thank you for your kind thoughts and condolences.
Obituary
Nancy Ellen Waxler Morrison, February 11, 1931—February 13, 2007.
Nancy was the daughter of Kenneth and Winifred Waxler of Urbana, Illinois. She grew up in Urbana and graduated from the University of Illinois with the highest honors. She received a PhD. from Radcliffe and was a Researcher at Harvard Medical School for many years. In 1978, she moved to Vancouver to marry Barrie M. Morrison. At that time she became associated with the University of British Columbia from which she retired in 1994. She leaves her husband, Barrie, sister, Mary Carol, step-children Peter, Sara and Doug, and niece and nephew, Leslie and Christopher, and five grandchildren. Nancy loved her family and her home on Pender Island and most of all she couldn’t wait for spring to come to plant her garden and watch things grow.
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2 comments:
Dear Prof. Barrie,
It is with lots of sadness that I write this note on behalf of Loyola Family.
Every visit of yours has been a beautiful memory.
I remember the last one...your meals with us in the Jesuit refectory...and the long chats..and my remark that we dont have some good texts in Sociological theory ...and She remembering it and sending me a few books..
The Generosity and the care...and the gentle presence that she was..
Prof. Barrie, we know you will miss her more than anybody..
Just to assure you that we are with you and that we too have warm memories of your dear one.
prayers and love
Fr M .K.George, on behalf of Loyola College Family
Dear Barrie
My deepest sympathies to you and to all who, like us at Satyodaya, loved her. So many things at Satyodaya, left behind by Barrie and her when they had to leave after work and vacation periods in Sri Lanka, remind us of her and Barrie: the computer table now used by our Chairperson, spoons and forks and table ware, the HP printer used by our computer colleague, the Mozart/Mutter CD given to me by Nancy when she was last leaving Sri Lanka, I did not then even remotely suspect, for the last time. Let me know if the remembrance below is in order for the blog and worthy of her noble character.
Goodbye, dear Nancy.
Barrie, we are all with you in your great grief. - Paul
Nancy - It was not many months ago when I was at dinner with Barrie and her in the compact little flat they had rented out for a few weeks in Kandy, Sri Lanka. My memories of her are all without exception happy ones. - admiration, respect, and most of all devotion and friendship. I never at all expected her end to come so soon and so abruptly. May the shades of night fall lightly around her!
- Paul and companions at Satyodaya.
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