Jamie-Lynn Vandale

JAMIE-LYNN VANDALE Jamie, age 41, passed away at St. Paul's Hospital with family by her side on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. Jamie was born in Vancouver, February 13th, 1969, and she moved to Saskatoon in May 1970. In her younger years she took jazz, tap and contemporary dance classes. Jamie also took formal sax lessons and was able to play five instruments in total. She went to Vincent Massey and later Mount Royal High School where she became an honour student as well as a member of the Voyager's Club. She attended the University of Saskatchewan and was still working on her Fine Arts degree when she met the love of her life Don Shand. They were happily married August 31st, 2002. She also attended night classes at SIAST. Jamie worked at Dairy Producers Co-op Dairy, Mitchell's Gourmet Foods where she made many friends including her husband Don. Later she worked at Lynum Progressive as an office manager, joking that she kept the men's paperwork in line. Jamie was an avid reader, never to give away a book and was often reading three books at a time. She also loved playing as well as listening to her music. Her love of the arts was further expressed by her paintings and her book of poetry, including both poems she wrote and some that she felt the need to write down. She loved camping and canoeing with her husband Don and enjoyed going to the cabins at Atton's and Big Shell Lake. She is loved and remembered by her husband, Don; step children, Ryan and Skylar; parents, James and Bonnie-Jean; brother, Michael (Brenda) and their children, Matthew, Jessica, Brian and Tyler; mother-in-law, Louise; in-laws, Guy (Dianna), Marie (Steve), Lorraine (Wayne), Donna (Jerry), Darcy (Belinda) and Jacquie (Doran) and their families; special friends, Shelley, Rhonda, Jodine, Cindy, Shelley and Jamie's beloved cats, Killer and Midget. Jamie was predeceased by her grandparents, Cliff and Marge Vandale and Dave and Viola Fyfe; uncle, Ken and John; aunt Judy; father-inlaw, Jack and two cousins. Special thanks to the staff at RUH, Saskatoon Cancer Clinic and St. Paul's Hospital. Please join us in celebration of Jamie's life on Friday, July 16th from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall #63 (Spadina Crescent West and 17th Street West). In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to a charity of choice. Arrangements in care of David Polzen MOURNING GLORY FUNERAL SERVICES (978-5200). Until we meet again Jamie, we love you.