Sarah Mizhir

WINCHENDON – Sarah Mizhir, 52, world traveler and adventurer who fulfilled her dreams on a trip to Lebanon to hike the Lebanon Mountain Trail, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2016.  She was in the country on a guided 30-day trek through the nation of her father’s heritage.  After the trek, she had gone for one last hike on her own in Jezzine, the mountain village where her grandfather was born.  There she accidentally slipped and fell, sustaining fatal injuries.  Her fellow travelers report that she shared her remarkable spirit, experienced total joy, and was an inspiration to all she met.

Born in Winchendon, Sarah was a graduate of Cushing Academy and Boston University.  She had a successful career at Charles River Laboratories in Worcester, MA and resided in N. Grafton and Leicester, MA.  Upon leaving her job in 2009, she opened a new chapter of her life, moving out West to Lake Tahoe, NV and embarked upon a phase of extensive backpacking and skiing, pursuing her passions with gusto.  She hiked the John Muir Trail in CA, the Andes Mountains in Patagonia, and many of the New England “4,000 footer” mountains, while spending winters skiing.  She spent her final summer working as a horse wrangler at the Grand Tetons National Park in Jackson, WY.

Sarah was a treasured friend, stepmother, aunt and provided incredible spirit to her loving family.  She overcame significant struggles to successfully attain her philosophy of life, which was to embrace one’s wildest dreams and to have courage to live them out.  She felt she had achieved her life’s purpose, and all who met her in Lebanon were touched by her great joy and fulfillment.  Her legacy to all who love her is to follow your dreams and have courage to live a life that makes you truly happy.

Sarah was preceded in death by her father, George, and leaves behind her mother, Catherine; brother Joseph Mizhir and his wife Amy; brother George III; sister Rebecca and her partner John Strunk; nephews Tucker and Joey Mizhir; and stepchildren Tanya, Kristina and Jon Gill.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 1:30 PM in Cathedral of the Pines, 10 Hale Hill Road, Rindge, NH.

Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 Central Street, Winchendon is directing arrangements.

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