Myrtle Ruby Sadar (née Tagseth) passed away May 5, 2022. Myrtle was born in Wakaw, Saskatchewan on June 24, 1932
After finishing high school in Middle Lake, Saskatchewan, she moved to Edmonton, Alberta, where she trained as a nurse at the Royal Alexandra Hospital School of Nursing. After completing her studies, she moved to Princeton, British Columbia, where she worked at Princeton General Hospital, ascending to the role of Director of Nurses. There she met a mining engineering student, Edward Stanislav Sadar, whom she married on September 17, 1955. Their marriage took them across North and South America, from Butte and Lewistown in Montana, to the Peruvian Andes, to Britannia Beach, British Columbia; to the deserts of Mexico and Arizona; to Esterhazy, Saskatchewan; and to Kimberley, British Columbia, before settling in Kamloops, British Columbia in 1968. They moved to North Vancouver in 2017.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years Edward Stanislav Sadar, her daughter Marianne Dorothy Sadar, her son John Stanislav Sadar, and her brother Harold Tagseth. She is predeceased by siblings Astrid Lorenza Hope, Melvin Casper Tagseth, Louis Norman Tagseth, Arthur Martin Tagseth, and Edward Albert Tagseth, and daughter Elisia. She leaves behind many nieces and nephews whose lives she enriched immeasurably.
Myrtle will be remembered by all she touched as a dedicated nurse, an avid golfer and curler, an astute bridge player, a trusted friend, a treasured family member, and a loving and devoted spouse and mother.

Published by Kamloops This Week from Jun. 7 to Jul. 6, 2022.