Ingrid Levorson (February 27, 1934 – May 6, 2025)
With great sadness, we announce the passing of Ingrid Levorson at the Cypress Regional Hospital on May 6, 2025 with her daughter by her side. She is predeceased by her parents Torstein (Tom) and Tone Levorson, sister Elsie Mitchell, twin brother Lorne Levorson, and her faithful kitty companion Duchess Blue “PutPut”.
Ingrid is survived by her daughter Barbara of Swift Current, grand-daughters Lauren and Lesley of Toronto, brother John of Cabri, numerous nieces and nephews in Canada, and cousins in Norway.
Ingrid lived her childhood at Battrum, Saskatchewan, during the “Dirty Thirties”, and the hardships endured at that time influenced in her life the need for hard work and success. In 1952, she graduated from SCCI in Swift Current, and then studied nursing in Saskatoon, graduating in 1956. She was a Registered Nurse at Saskatoon City Hospital and was awarded a University of Saskatchewan Scholarship from the Board of Governors to further study Nursing Education and Administration.
She worked as a Nurse Educator and Administrator at Saskatoon City Hospital, Regina General Hospital, the Palliser Regional Care Centre Swift Current and Prairie Pioneers Lodge. In the early 1980’s, Ingrid was instrumental in the application to the Ministry of Health to set up the province’s first Alzheimer’s care unit at the Lodge. She was also the Diabetic Care Consultant for the SW for many years.
Ingrid was an accomplished artist in painting and pottery. She studied painting at the Banff Centre under the mentorship of Ilda Lubāne, and at the University of Regina under Donovan Chester and Art McKay. In 1975 she was contracted by the Saskatchewan government for two hundred miniature paintings of prairie landscapes as gifts for dignitaries. Her paintings were displayed in numerous galleries throughout the province, in institutions such as Imperial Life Assurance Toronto Head Office and Saskatoon office, the Judicial Chambers, Supreme Court Building, Ottawa, Adsask Agencies Ltd., Regina, Medical Arts Clinic, Regina, the Head office of the Royal Bank of Canada, and the RCMP Mess in Regina, as well as private collections across Canada and the US. Her paintings range from watercolours, acrylics on canvas, textured multiple glazes on panel board and alkyds, with the subject matter reflecting rural nostalgia, floral and portraitures. When describing her floral paintings, she said “I paint a flower as it is to me: resigned to the way they have to live; waiting to be plucked and cherished for all reasons; standing silently to catch one’s eye. We find them, grow them, always startled, and delighted for those who see. They flare with joyous colour in their hour, aware of their momentary life. We are them in slow motion.”
Ingrid also attended classes at the internationally famous Hanson Ross Pottery in Fort Qu’Appelle, and later became the pottery instructor and docent at the Swift Current Art Gallery for six years. She spent years refurbishing her beloved historical Queen Anne Revival-style home, called the Bothwell-Levorson home, where she hosted many Art and Garden shows with other local artists.
The family would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the nurses and staff at the Cypress Regional Hospital, Drs. Lim and Khosa, and the staff at Cypress House for their kindness and compassionate care. At Ingrid’s request, there will be no funeral, but a celebration of her life will be announced for a later date.
In lieu of flowers, Ingrid would gratefully appreciate support organizations that protect and care for our four-footed friends who share Mother Earth with us. Donations can be made to Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee, Ontario, the World Wildlife Fund, or your local SPCA.
When
When in the breathless hush of evening,
the sunset breezes ‘shiver’.
When the rain, soft and grey as the wings of a moth,
beats upon my window pane.
Tho your steps no longer fall
I will feel you near.
Tho your voice is but a memory
I shall hear.
Memories are the greatest of gifts
for they are eternal.
(Ingrid Levorson)
Funeral arrangements are in care of Swift Current Funeral Home. For further information please call 306-773-8355 or to leave a personal message of condolence on the family’s obituary page, please go to www.swiftcurrentfuneralhome.com/notices/ Ingrid-Levorson