TATCHELL, Dorothy Jean "Music ... in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you." Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dorothy Jean Tatchell (Nee Inkster), 86, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 6th, 2013, surrounded by family. Dorothy was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she nurtured what would become a life-long passion for music, reading and sports. It was at the Winnipeg Tennis & Canoe Club where she also nurtured a rare love at-first-sight relationship with Spencer, her future husband. They married in 1947 and spent the next 59 years west of the rockies as they moved throughout the Kootenays, the Cariboo & the Okanagan, including an 18 year stop-over in Salmon Arm before settling in Kelowna to enjoy their retirement years. Despite raising seven high-spirited children, Dorothy was an energetic and dedicated community volunteer. As an accomplished pianist/organist she devoted her musical talents to Sunday Church services & choral groups, taught Kinderga
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