Irm was born in Belgium on January 19, 1956. Shortly after immigrating with her family to Saskatchewan, she enrolled into the Dental Nursing Program at the Wascana Institute in Regina and worked as a dental therapist for a while. She married David Mueller and they raised their son on the farm in Edgeley. In 1998, she returned to university to obtain her teaching degree. She taught French Immersion in different locations all over the province and met some wonderful colleagues that way.
She loved to be creative, travel and listen to music. After her diagnosis at age 65, she lived with metastatic colon cancer for a number of years. Irm died on March 23, 2024.
Irmgard was predeceased by her father Frans Van Opstal.
She leaves behind the three loves of her life: husband David, son Jordan and grandson Gavin Mueller.
She is survived by her mother Greta Van Opstal; brothers: Bruno, Steven and Joris Van Opstal and families; and sister Veerle Royal-Van Opstal and family. She was very grateful for the continued love and support for over 50 years of her special friends Myriam (Mieke) Speeckaert and Annemie Elick-Corten.
In lieu of flowers, please direct any donations to the Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Children’s Wing, 200 - 4545 Parliament Avenue, Regina, SK S4W 0G3 or to the Canadian Liver Foundation, National Head Office, Suite 101, 3100 Steeles Ave. East, Markham, ON L3R 8T3 (www.liver.ca).
A record of Irmgard's battle with cancer may be found on her blog www.chemoandsavvy.ca.
A celebration of life will be held in Qu’Appelle, SK at a later date. When the date of this service is known, it will be updated here.
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