Lorraine Lucille Harrington (Davis)

We are so sad we had to say goodbye to Lorraine – wife, mother, nana, aunt, cousin and dear friend – on March 31, 2017. Lorraine was born on July 27, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Amy and Herbert Davis. Her adored younger brother, Herb, passed away in December 2016. Left behind to celebrate her life and tell her story is her husband of 59 years, Roy; children, Roy (Nellie), Lesley (Leonard), Ross (Kim); grandchildren, Lindsay, Michael and Marisa; nephews, in-laws, relatives across Canada and in England, the US and Australia; many friends she has had for years and friends she made more recently.

Lorraine loved to talk to people and she could find the commonalities and connections in one conversation that would take most of us years to discover of another person. This trait of hers horrified her shyer children when they were young  but it was a quality of hers much admired as we matured.

Lorraine loved the preparation and anticipation of travel almost as much as the trip itself. The picture she chose for this obituary was taken in 1954 on the eve of her first trip to Europe. She and Roy enjoyed several good adventures to Washington State, up the Island, over to Vancouver, and across to Manitoba after Roy’s retirement in 1996.

Lorraine was especially proud of her almost 30 years as volunteer for Sendial at the Fairfield Thrifty’s. She was, in fact, Sendial’s 1st volunteer. She believed in the objectives of the service, but it was the friendships of those who worked with her that she most valued. You know who you are and how much she looked forward to seeing all of you each Thursday. Lorraine also enjoyed an exclusive membership, 1 of 2, in the African Violet Society, and she had a great time and good company for the occasional mandatory membership meeting and lunch.

Every morning, Lorraine would take a seat in front of her “machine” and see what messages of hers had been answered, reply to the replies, and then start some new conversations. In this way, she kept current with family and friends and we will all be at a loss for some time not seeing the messages from lldh in our in-boxes. Once her emails were done, Lorraine would check out the top news stories in The Guardian, and then take some more time to read the comments. They amused her. She was so pleased with her mastery of her machine and where she could go with it, what she could learn and who she could talk to.  She also was pretty darned skilled with her iPad and Netflix subscription.

The family would like to thank Nurse Next Door for sending so many good people to help Mom and Dad in their home these past few years. Special thanks goes to Peter Trenton, who always came with a good story and kind heart. We would also like to thank Dr. Mark Lawson of the Royal Jubilee Hospital, and the Richmond Pavilion for their excellent and compassionate care.

Lorraine asked that there be no service.

If you wish to, please remember her with a donation to a worthy cause of your choice. She loved dogs and cats and kids.

Lorraine, Mom, we were never more admiring of your great sense of humour, generosity, kindness and intelligence, as we have been these final few weeks spent with you at the hospital and hospice. You managed to make us laugh when we thought it impossible and you tidied up as many loose ends as possible to try and make what you knew was coming a little more bearable. We love you and will always miss you.

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