Obituary of Mable Margaret McRae

McRae, Mabel Margaret (ne� McNeill) Passed away on Monday, July 10, 2006 at Glynnwood Retirement Home. Predeceased by husband Colin McRae (1983), daughter Susan MacMurray (2001) and son-in-law Brock MacMurray (2006). Survived by loving sons Duncan (Denise) of Tiny Township, and Neill of Agassiz, BC, former daughter-in-law Mary McRae of Owen Sound, 10 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Mabel was an early graduate of Occupational Therapy (U of Toronto 1930) and served her profession for many years. She was offered a position in 1934 to help develop the occupational therapy program at the Astley Ainsley Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was asked to return to the Astley Ainsley Hospital in 1996 at the diamond jubilee to honor her work there and to plant a tree to commemorate the special pavilion she had designed and built to house the Occupational Therapy department. Mabel was the middle of three generations of the family who attended Havergal Collage where she was awarded the Old Girls Award in 1997. Very community minded, Mabel served in executive roles with the Brown School Parents� Association, the UTS Parents� Association, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Women�s Committee, the IODE and T. Eaton Memorial Church. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends whose lives were brightened by her incurable optimism. We would like to thank Dr. Brenda Whitney and the staff of Glenwood Retirement Home, particularly Lona Martins and Alex Semenov, for all the help they have given to Mabel and to the family. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME - A.W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. followed by a service in the chapel on Friday, July 14 at 1:30 p.m. Interment at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. If desired, a memorial donation may be made to The Canadian Cancer Society, 20 Holly Street, Suite #101, Toronto, ON M4S 3B1 or online @www.canadiancancer.ca