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Sarah Jo Knoebber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Jo Knoebber (75) died unexpectedly yet peacefully on August 11, 2026, at her home on Galiano Island, BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was born on March 23, 1951, to Carl Arnold (Arnie) Knoebber and Ruth Loretta Stephenson in Washington DC, and then moved with her family to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah graduated from high school in 1969 and moved to San Francisco, where she lived and began her lifelong creative work at the Artaud Project, an experimental artist collective. In 1973 she travelled to Vancouver, BC, where she remained for the rest of her life, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1993. She was a gifted massage therapist and body worker, practising for almost 50 years; an adventurous and innovative artist, training in stained glass at the renowned Pilchuck Glass School, and later developing acrylic \u201cskins,\u201d and full-scale installations. Since her early youth, she was an avid writer, journalling, and composing poetry and prose; she loved music, listening to free-jazz, dancing to live bands, and playing the piano, harmonica, and saxophone; and she had an abiding love of the earth, sowing seeds and tending her garden, hiking in wild forests, and swimming in the sea. She was a founding member and treasured \u201celder\u201d in the Therah community, where she lived her last years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She married Sean Mills (d) on April 10, 1980. Together they enjoyed a partnership of creative projects, extensive travel, lively conversation, and spiritual reflection. She is dearly loved by her two stepdaughters, Justine (Greg) and Samantha, and their children, Mara, Avery and Nola, all of whom survive her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah is also survived by her sister, Susan Knoebber (Audley) and her nieces and\u00a0nephews from all four siblings, Kristen, Shufina, Khamoor, Cosmo, Jennifer, Katherina, Elizabeth, and Patricio, whom she cherished deeply. Her three brothers, Stephen, Roger, and John, preceded her in death. She was a loyal and loving friend to many and will be missed profoundly by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Celebration of Life will be held on October 3,\u00a0at the Lions Hall at 992 Burrill Rd, on Galiano Island. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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