Sarah Marietta TOOTH

SARAH MARIETTA TOOTH
B.Sc., M.A, M.Stat., PhD (Candidate)
January 29th 1988 - October 30th 2014

Bright angel, warrior, kind heart and quick mind. Beloved daughter of Jeff and Julie, and adored older sister of Emma.
  After a long battle with cancer, Sarah passed away in her loving parents' arms.
  Sarah was a PhD candidate in the Department of Statistics at Rice University, Houston, Texas. With the unwavering support of her faculty and advisors, Sarah continued her studies, researching financial statistics, all the while undergoing treatment at M D Anderson and the Cross Cancer Institute. She recently published two of her PhD Thesis papers. At Rice University, with her many friends and colleagues, Sarah was truly at home. She was a graduate of Queens University, Kingston where she was a President's Scholar, graduating with B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry. Sarah attended Webber Academy, in Calgary and graduated in the first class. Her teachers there, had a lifelong influence on her.
  Sarah was an active person, using physical and mental well being to fight her disease. She was an outdoor counsellor at Rice, FIS ski racer, and ski coach. Her travels took her around the world, from Calgary to Easter Island to Bali where she became an avid diver, and on to Japan, where she and her sister discovered 'beginner sushi'. At home in Houston, and later on the national circuit, racing autocross in her car, 'Benny' was her passion. Her many friends in the Houston SCCA, and National SCCA welcomed and encouraged her. In 2014 she was named recipient of the SCCA Wendi Allen Scholarship. Sarah, you brought JOY into our lives. We will miss you.
  A Celebration of Sarah's Life will be held at EDEN BROOK FUNERAL HOME (corner of 17th Avenue SW and Lower Springbank Road) on Friday, November 7th, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. as well as in Huston at a time to be confirmed at Rice University. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by visiting www.edenbrookcemetery.ca. Arrangements entrusted to EDEN BOOK FUNERAL HOME AND RECEPTION CENTRE, 24223 Township Road 242, Calgary, AB T3Z 3K2.