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Feisty and funny
Rani Mahrukh Shroff (pictured) who passed away suddenly in January 2017 at age 72 is missed immensely by her family and friends in Vancouver and abroad who knew of her strength and perseverance in the face of a long-term illness. Despite the illness, 
which she did not allow to define her, she was smart, feisty, courageous, funny and charming. In 1996, she had a consultation with Dr Andrew Weil who marveled at her ability to outrun her illness. For decades, her husband and youngest daughter formed an interconnected daily care tripod with Rani, working seamlessly together as an inter-connected team so that she could still enjoy traveling, fine dining and adventures. She doted on all her family pets.
Education was important to Rani (née Munshi), but what mattered more was how people expressed themselves as "good humans.” She valued kindness, care and love above all else, and believed in good thoughts, good words and good deeds.
With a masters in social work, her beautiful smile and lively humor were two of her best features and earned her much popularity as a psychiatric social worker at Riverview Hospital. She lived on three continents, traveled extensively, hosted animated dinner music parties with her husband, played a gutsy hand of bridge and enjoyed swimming, yoga and scrabble. Up until the last, Rani loved mangoes, sushi, chocolate cake, ginger tea and dining at the Teahouse.
This quote used to sit on Rani’s desk blotter: "But these are human things, the Point of it all is Out There, a Little Beyond that last rise that you can just barely see, hazy and purple on the sky.”
VEEDA SHROFF
Vancouver, Canada
shroff@telus.net
which she did not allow to define her, she was smart, feisty, courageous, funny and charming. In 1996, she had a consultation with Dr Andrew Weil who marveled at her ability to outrun her illness. For decades, her husband and youngest daughter formed an interconnected daily care tripod with Rani, working seamlessly together as an inter-connected team so that she could still enjoy traveling, fine dining and adventures. She doted on all her family pets.Education was important to Rani (née Munshi), but what mattered more was how people expressed themselves as "good humans.” She valued kindness, care and love above all else, and believed in good thoughts, good words and good deeds.
With a masters in social work, her beautiful smile and lively humor were two of her best features and earned her much popularity as a psychiatric social worker at Riverview Hospital. She lived on three continents, traveled extensively, hosted animated dinner music parties with her husband, played a gutsy hand of bridge and enjoyed swimming, yoga and scrabble. Up until the last, Rani loved mangoes, sushi, chocolate cake, ginger tea and dining at the Teahouse.
This quote used to sit on Rani’s desk blotter: "But these are human things, the Point of it all is Out There, a Little Beyond that last rise that you can just barely see, hazy and purple on the sky.”
VEEDA SHROFF
Vancouver, Canada
shroff@telus.net
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