Goodbye Isabelle

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Isabelle Lottie Robinson nee Crandlemire this past July 9, 2018.  Born February 15, 1930, in Enderby, BC, Isabelle moved with her family to Okanagan Centre where she grew up pilfering fruit from the orchards along with her brother and sisters and all the other school children.

She is survived by her sister, Evelyn Keenleyside, her granddaughter Sarah Camm along with nieces & nephews scattered across Alberta and BC. She is pre-deceased by her husband Dale Robinson, her son Robert Keehn and her siblings Denise Shular, Albert Crandlemire, Nola Kabella and Anita Crandlemire.

Isabelle was feisty, funny, and loved red! She was generous and loving.  In her forties, Isabelle went to school to become a nurse after years working in restaurants.  She was so very proud of being a nurse and spent a great number of years working at the Colonel Belcher in Calgary, AB.

Isabelle was an avid reader, even though she needed a magnifying glass - that didn’t stop her.  She had a sweet tooth like no other, from chocolates to mints to marshmallows.  She loved painting, bowling, firemen, and any excuse to buy a pretty necklace or three along with matching rings. 

She so enjoyed all the visitors that came through the doors over the seven years where Cedars Villa in Calgary was her home, and in the years prior in her home on Kildare Crescent.

In her true generous nature, Isabelle has donated the bulk of her estate to the Golden and District Community Foundation in the Crandlmire-Keenleyside Family Legacy Fund.  In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider donating to thisfund in her name.

Isabelle would not have tolerated a funeral, and so at her request - rather her insistence - we are throwing a celebration of life party.  After all, she is who must be obeyed ;)

Donations in Memory

Denise Shular

We've written before about both Isabelle Robinson, and Denise Shular, but today I want to share with you how these sisters both continue to give back to our community.  Denise & Peter recently sold their home and moved into an apartment complex in town.  It was important to Auntie (great in my case) to repay a loan that Isabelle had long forgotten about.  Denise wrote a cheque and asked me to deliver it to her sister in Calgary, which I did.  After seeing it, and reading the letter, Isabelle looked and me and said "I don't remember this, I don't need it."

Isabelle Robinson

Isabelle decided to donate the money back to the Golden & District Community Foundation, in the Crandlemire-Keenleyside Family Legacy Fund.  This $3,000 gift takes our families fund to just a few thousand dollars short of $30,000.  This amount will see our fund able to provide an approximate grant to the community of $1,500 annually.




With Auntie Denny's recent passing, we wanted to share with you the power of this gift.  Auntie Denny, through Isabelle, will be giving back to Golden now and forever.  Donations in Memory of others can be a powerful way to give back and I am so thankful for the gracious example of generosity these sisters have shown us.


To make a donation to the Fund, click here.

Billy

Since my Nanny passed away last month, my mom and I have been thinking a lot about what kind of donation to the community would best suit her.  We've worked out that a direct donation to the Durand Manor's garden project and to the local Hospice Society (which is not a registered charity), will do the most good in the short term.

In the long term, while she wasn't a Crandlemire, or a Keenleyside, I'm going to make a donation in her name to our Family Fund.  I really believe in the long term impact that the Foundation can make in Golden, and know that charities like Interior Health, or others, can apply for grants in the future - so the money can keep on working for her, for us, and for our Golden.

Sending you all lots of love!
Jessie

If you're thinking of making a donation to the Foundation - you can click on the Donate Now button below and be taken to our unique Family Fund donation page.

Happy New Year!

Mom Leads the Way!

It's that time family, when we really try to grow our fund to celebrate Grandpa's birthday.  We set a Big, Audacious Goal back in February to get to $22,000.  Today, Mom (variously known as Grandma, G-Ma, Ev, and Dear mother, best mother in the world) made her gift of $500.  We don't have to wait to the last day, if this is the gift you choose for Christmas or Birthdays this year.

I'm also glad to tell you all, that the GDCF included our first grant to the Durand Manor Fence project.  Also funded was the Legion Furnace (Dad was happy about that one) and the Local Intelligence Project.

Dean Crandlemire at the Golden, BC Hospital

Here's a few more photo's from Aunty Isabelle's collection of Great Grandpa Dean at the Golden, BC Hospital.

Dean Crandlemire, Chairman of the Hospital

I don't have a date from this newspaper clipping - but here's Great Grandpa Dean having the first X-ray exposure from the Golden General Hospital's brand new X-ray machine.