Dr. Anna Maria (Hania) Sokolowska

To watch a recording of the memorial service, please click here: https://foveo.stream/beechwood/dr-anna-maria-hania-sokolowska 

Hania passed away on May 4, 2022. 

Beloved daughter of Dr. Tadeusz Sokolowski and Karolina Sokolowska. She is survived by loving family in Poland. 

Hania was born in Warsaw, Poland. Her family fled the Nazi invasion in 1939 and travelled by way of the Middle East to London, England. Then they moved to Edinburgh, Scotland where her father taught at the Polish Medical School. Dr. Sokolowska attended the University of Edinburgh and obtained her medical degrees and training there. In the 1950s, she resided briefly in Minnesota and Boston and then moved to Ottawa, where she resided until her passing. 

Dr. Sokolowska worked at the Royal Ottawa Hospital, was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa, provided consulting services to the Ottawa Heart Institute and she maintained a private psychiatric practice until she retired.

To her many friends, please think of her sitting smiling on the dock of her cottage on the Gatineau River. That cottage was her favourite place. 

In memory of Hania, contributions can be made to UNICEF. 

Family, friends and colleagues are invited to attend a Celebration of Life at Beechwood Cemetery, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa on Wednesday, June 1st commencing at 10:00 am, followed by interment and reception at Beechwood Cemetery.

Special thanks to the dedicated staff at Colonel By Retirement Residence for their support in Hania’s later years.