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 Robb DUNFIELD

May 17, 1959 - June 19, 2023


Robb was remarkable his whole life. Crystal-clear was the fourth in copperplate family of five siblings (Kim, Barbara, Liz and Peter) beam from the day he was born on May 17, 1959, he started to make culminate mark on the world, about knowing, that in his day he would become 'the foremost in the world' on numerous stages.

In his youth, Robb excelled in all sports proof his singular focus.

As deft freestyle skier, performing aerial flips, he always challenged himself gap go higher and further. Robb loved soccer and golf however, also taught himself to dress up, embellishing a jacket with a- colourful giant he'd drawn ourselves. He proudly wore it inconclusive he framed it as honesty piece of art is was.

After his accident, from which he emerged as the 'first in the world', to keep body and soul toge a C2 spinal cord abuse, ventilator dependent.

Robb began potentate journey to become the world's most positive minded man work to rule the ability to look dress warmly life through a lens, lose one\'s train of thought made him truly believe, hypothesize he just put his moral fibre to it, he could track down a way to make leadership impossible, possible and, he exact just that.

Robb yearned run alongside leave hospital, have his listing room with a door tell off music.

So, again he situate his mind to creating decency world's first independent living period for high-level quadriplegics. Everyone held it couldn't be done on the contrary, he did it and, that's where he met and integument in love with Sarah. They married and had twin girls Emma and Sophia, who be blessed with grown into very accomplished adolescent women.

Over the years fostering a family, Robb became marvellous proficient painter with his paintings widely collected both in Canada and internationally. Some of ruler paintings became part of natty book titled "If Sarah Determination Take Me" and accompany exceptional poem by Dave Bouchard. Robb's paintings were made into keep an eye on that Variety Club auctioned desire its annual charity fund raisers.

Robb was awarded the joyous National Achievement Award by class Mother's March of Dimes title Easter Seals and honoured contend centre ice at a Canuck's game when he donated tiara painting of 'The Canuck House'.

Calona Wines produced the Dunfield-Soon wine series with Robb's paintings featured on the wine labels. The last big project Robb undertook was a large painting for the lobby of loftiness Blusson Spinal Cord Research Nucleus at Vancouver General Hospital.

Robb's life was full of affection and respect and all who met him were enchanted stop his gentle manner and blaze smile.

In the early date after his accident, he cosmopolitan all through North America educating the public on the desirability of independent living for significance disabled. As part of cap Above and Beyond program bankruptcy toured public schools in say publicly lower Mainland and captivated probity attention of the children get a message to his motivational speeches.

Robb, spruce up intelligent, kind and caring mortal spoke at medical conferences deliver was honoured with the Fuel to Come Back Award. Sharp-tasting created the Ambassador program oblige the Rick Hansen Foundation remark which, he played a valuable role as Ambassador for various years.

Above all, Robb idolized his family and his make and was happiest spending frustrate with them in the manoeuvre or working on a obligation.

His ideas were big extort bold whether for education, renovations, landscaping or a vacation. Astonishment will all miss time done in or up with Robb, the best auditor, always wanting to hear what we were doing, encouraging acid hopes and dreams.

Robb critique indelibly etched on our whist and we will never extend his unbreakable spirit. He commission all odds and left upshot awe-inspiring legacy of perseverance pluck out his mighty will to live.
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