Sara Kathleen Jamieson

Sara will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 24 years, Russell Hepburn; children, Josephine and Theodore Jamieson; sister, Arleigh Jamieson; six nieces, three nephews and numerous other family and friends.

Sara was predeceased by her parents, Clark and Joan Jamieson.

Sara was born in Winnipeg, MB six years prior to the release of Star Wars which she had little to no interest in throughout her life. (This indifference to Star Wars would later become a source of bewilderment for both her children and her husband.)

At the age of four she and her family moved to Prince George, BC where she spent a lot of time trying to leave. After extended trips abroad including Australia and Costa Rica, and sampling life on both the east and west coast of Canada, she returned to PG to attend the University of Northern BC and stumbled into love and marriage with Russell in 1996. She went on to obtain an BSc from UNBC in Prince George and an MSc from the University of Windsor in Ontario. Sara was highly creative possessing an incredible ability for writing and an amazing gift of clarity which she successfully parsed into a career in technical and grant writing.

Sara loved her nieces and nephews and delighted in playing loudly with them (even earning some serious cred with one niece after they both got in trouble for being too loud) and she was adamant that when they turned eight, Russ and Sara would fly each one out to Windsor to be spoiled for a week.

With the loud clanging of biological clocks Sara and Russell started their family at the mature age of 35 and completed it after sliding across the threshold of 40 years young. Sara’s love and devotion for her children was well known to all who knew her. She constantly worked on being a better mother and made many friends with like-minded parents.

After 17 years in Ontario, Sara and her family returned to BC and found their community in Duncan. She always felt life was meant to be filled and fulfilling and, to that end, was often trying new things – recently re-discovering ballroom dance and, at age 47, trying mountain biking which, unexpectedly, she fell in love with.

Those that spent time with Sara know that she had an amazing wit, a smile that warmed the room and an irreverent streak she claimed was from her being a teen during the 1980’s. She will be deeply missed.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.