Monday, March 14, 2022 at 12:00 a.m.
Cartwright, Audrey Ione
AUDREY IONE CARTWRIGHT (née Harris), passed away peacefully at St. Michael's Health Centre, on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at the age of 89.
AUDREY IONE CARTWRIGHT (née Harris), passed away peacefully at St. Michael's Health Centre, on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at the age of 89.
Mom always said she was born "on the 10th of the July" 1932 in Champion Alberta to Walt and Ione Harris. She married Fred Cartwright on April 14, 1951 and together they raised three children. In her thirties, she took on the challenge of finishing her high school diploma and enrolled in the faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta. She graduated with a diploma in Occupational Therapy in 1972 and went to work at the University of Alberta Hospital. After the family moved to Lethbridge in 1974, Audrey worked for the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Adult Day Program at the Lethbridge Regional Hospital.
In 1976, she was the creator and Coordinator of the Family Studies Program at the Lethbridge Community College. For over 10 years, she worked on programming centered around parenting, family and community, coordinating courses and seminars with basically any group that approached her with a desire for knowledge and skills development for families.
After retirement, she kept up with friends and family; phone calls, cards, letters and brunches, travel and crafting, if there was a need, she was there - often with a pot of hamburger soup!
Audrey was predeceased by her parents Walter and Ione Harris and her husband Fred Cartwright. She is survived by her three children, Deb, Walter and Tami Cartwright, one grandchild Em Cartwright and her brother Keith (Carol) Harris.
The family wants to thank the staff at St. Mike's, who for over seven years kept her happy, clean, comfortable and above all safe - particularly over the last two years. We will be forever grateful for the care they took to protect her.
A family celebration of her life will be held at a later date.
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Please accept my sympathies for the loss of your dear mother. I worked with your Mom and Molly Mitchell in course planning and delivery of courses through Family Studies. I also worked with your father Fred in the development of school programs for challenged children. Both your parents were warm, helpful, and professional. As a young, green social worker, they gave me the encouragement and direction I needed to bolster my confidence and development my skills. One story I remember involved Molly and Audrey working late at night delivering a course to foster parents at the college. The wind was howling that fall night. Molly exited the college on the east side of the concourse joining the science building and the main campus. The wind created a vortex, lifting Molly off her feet and then dropping her to the ground with all her books, papers and purse flying off in all directions. She survived but was a bit disheveled and rattled by the experience, to say the least. God Bless Audrey, Fred, and Molly for the good and genuine people they were. Vichnaya Pamyat