Anne left school after grade 10 and worked, including working in Calgary for a year. She was introduced to her husband Jim Christie when he was teaching at Woodroffe High School. After they married she worked while he went to law school. They moved to Peterborough for his work.
She was going blind due to her type 1 diabetes and needed surgery. Unfortunately she died during the surgery, leaving behind a bereft husband and a five-year-old son.
Anne was very outgoing and determined to live a good life.
She is buried at Rosemount Memorial Gardens, Springville, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
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