Dawn LAPOINTE

LAPOINTE, Dawn Elizabeth (Kinsey)
Passed away on March 4, 2015 after a valiant two year battle with cancer. Dawn was born on November 15, 1944 at the Vancouver General Hospital to Dr. Frank and Mrs. Ronnie Kinsey. She grew up in New Westminster and graduated from The Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Vancouver in 1962. After a period of time attending UBC and working, she entered the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing and graduated as a registered nurse in the February 1968 class. Dawn worked at VGH emergency for several years and then, after travelling to Japan and backpacking through Europe, returned to the West Coast and eventually moved to Kamloops for work. There she met and married Craig LaPointe in 1976 and settled into life in the "Loops". After seven years of nursing at Royal Inland Hospital, Dawn trained to become a paralegal and worked for the law firm Fulton and Company for 18 years, retiring in 2004. Growing up, Dawn loved spending time at the family cottage in Point Roberts, swimming, scuba diving, and after marrying Craig, fly fishing, golfing and taking road trips. Dawn is survived by her beloved and doting husband, Craig; brother David Kinsey, sister Mary Ellen Rudee (John), brother Harold Kinsey, sister Jacqueline Kinsey (Paul Rea), nephew James Rudee (Joanne) and nieces Alexis Forsyth and Emily Kinsey. She is also survived by Craig's children, Jeff LaPointe (Charlene) and their daughters Stephanie and Alexandra, and Janice Stillwell (Barry) and their daughters Jena and Emily; dear friends, Rick and Marie Hunter (Aryn, Seth and Marlee), Heather and Kelly Shantz (Taylor and Carson), Carol Clifton, Cathy Eckhart, and Frank Scordo. A Memorial Service will be held at the Schoening Funeral Home on Friday, March 20, 2015, at 1 p.m. Interment in the family plot in New Westminster will be at a later date. Online condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com