Marion Harbin passed away peacefully on March 12, 2024, at the age of 91. Marion spent 87 of her 91 years in Sudbury, the majority of them living on her beloved Lake Ramsey. Her father owned Sudbury Boat and Canoe and her mother, who was a nurse before having Marion and her cherished sister Nancy, worked at the hospital in volunteer roles. The other four years she proudly spent at Queen’s University, the Alma Mater of her aunt, sister, and cousins. She met her husband, Doug, while teaching at Nickel District Secondary School where she taught Phys Ed and coached many teams. It was impossible to go anywhere in Sudbury and not run into former students from Nickel District or Chelmsford High School where she finished her career. A fierce competitor, Marion earned titles for skiing, swimming, tennis, canoeing, curling, dragon-boating, bowling, and bridge, and enjoyed fun games with her family such as golf, ping-pong, French River bocce, card games and board games, although she could manage to turn any of them into a competition. She loved to host bridge groups, Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties, dining groups and invited many people to join family dinners. Marion often said she helped build two houses holding the other end of a piece of lumber. In the first house in New Sudbury, they raised their four children and in their retirement house on Lake Ramsey they hosted many family get-togethers with Jeff and Penny (Scott & Diane), Karen and Mike (Jaime), Greg and Dolores (Darolyn & Mathew) and Laura and Gerard (John, Cory & Julia) and their treasured great-grandchildren, Audra, and Lyla. Always at home on the water, Marion loved canoe trips with her family into Killarney, particularly when they included her sister and nephews Rod, Neil, and Andy. She could whip up a blueberry pie at a moment’s notice, and the ones made with wild Killarney blueberries were the best. Marion was an active community member at St. Stephen’s on the Hill United Church and St. Andrew’s United Church and at the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) where she held many positions and participated in fund-raising and scholarships aimed at creating opportunities for women. Marion and Doug also delivered for Meals on Wheels for over twenty-five years. Abundant with life-long friends, Marion and Doug travelled the world and had numerous gatherings at their chalet in Michigan and cottage on the French River with the Dicksons, Hanns, Pettits, Ryans, Perrys, Evans, Fields, Millikens, Stanyons, Bartolis, Stoltes, Dunns, Wells, Masihs, Urquarts and many more. Marion was happiest when surrounded by family and friends and her pets. Donations in her name will be gladly accepted by the Sudbury Food Bank or CFUW Sudbury. The family invites anyone who would like to share a story and celebrate Marion’s life, to join us on Saturday April 6th, 2024, from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the Idylwylde Golf & Country Club.