Obituary of Holly Burn Crain

Holly passed away peacefully at home in the loving presence of her family on Monday, May 19. Beloved wife of Stephen Crain for 25 years, loving mother of Connor and Madalaine, cherished daughter of Audrey and Kenneth Burn, dear sister of the late Janet Burn. Fondly remembered by Ollie Crain Finnie and James Finnie (Ottawa) Michael Crain and Linda Crain (Vancouver) Edwin Crain (Toronto), Viveca Crain (Toronto) and brother in law Chris Dunham (Ottawa). Loving aunt of Geoffrey and Nicholas Crain (Toronto) and loved deeply by many cousins and relatives around the world. Dancing since they age of 5, Holly graduated from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario with a double major in dance and psychology and then received a MA in Dance Therapy from Goucher College in Baltimore. After college Holly began building her Dance Therapy practice in Ottawa, Canada and also became the President of the Canadian Dance Therapy Association. For the last 14 years Holly has lived in the Mountain View area and has continued to work as a Dance Movement Therapist as well as teaching and working at the Waldorf School of the Peninsula where she had many beautiful friends and is fondly remembered. A renaissance woman of many talents, Holly was also Sacred Circle Dance teacher. To Holly, Sacred Circle Dance perfectly integrated the mind-body-spirit triad and expressed her belief that by dancing in a circle we share and weave intentions, heighten our awareness of our interconnectedness as a community, and connect with the cycles of the earth. Holly also studied at the Sophia Foundation of North America and at the Pacific Mystery School in Pacifica, CA and had many years of personal study in Celtic Spirituality and Shamanism. Holly was also deeply involved with CISV, an international all-volunteer organization whose mission is peace through global friendship. As a child, Holly attended CISV peace camps in Italy and Romania. Holly brought her great passion for CISV with her from Ottawa to California and infused her energy into the San Francisco Chapter, including creating the annual "Walk/Run for Peace" and spearheading the chapter's 30th Anniversary and Reunion. Earlier this year, Holly received the SF CISV founder's award for her many contributions and for embodying the principles of CISV in all that she did. One of Holly's greatest desires was that more children, regardless of economic status, could participate in CISV's travel programs. A memorial "Holly Burn Crain Peace through Global Friendship Fund" has been set up as a donor-advised fund through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to honor this wish. Tax-deductible donations can be made to: Silicon Valley Community Foundation FBO Holly Burn Crain Peace through Global Friendship Fund Attention: Gifts Administration 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300 Mountain View, CA 94040 Visitation hours will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 22 at the Spangler Mortuary Chapel at 799 Castro Street in Mountain View. A Celebration honoring Holly's life will be held at Unity Church at 3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto at 4:00 on Friday, May 23. A service is also being planned in Ottawa, Canada for later this month.




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