It is with shock and great sadness that we announce the sudden loss of a beloved wife, mother, friend and mentor -- a true gem. Patricia is survived by her husband of 50 years and scientific collaborator Ronald, her daughter Catherine (Douglas Bailey), her son Robert (Deborah Sigaty), her grandchildren Cole and Mikaeli Cavell, her sister Joan Warmerdam (Bert), and her brother Thomas Powers (Emily).
Patricia will also be greatly missed by her extended family including Leigh and Kathleen Skene, Gerald and Dorothy Sims, Edward Cavell and Donna Livingstone, Joanne Dansereau, Michael Norton, Frank Totten, Donna-Lynn Powers, Ken Powers, Doug Powers, Christopher Skene, Allyson Skene, Christine Sims, Suzanne Sims, Greg Sims and Sheila Sims.
A celebration of Patricia's life and contributions will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday July 23rd at the Lister Hall Conference Centre at the University of Alberta. No flowers please.
Friends and colleagues may make donations to the Patricia A. Cavell Memorial Scholarship to be created in her honour at the University of Alberta's Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department (c/o Assistant Chair Mary Jane Turnell, 126 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3).