District of 100 Mile House corporate administrator Donna Bellingham has left the municipality to accept a position with the District of Hope.
100 Mile House administrator Roy Scott says Bellingham's absence is a great loss to the community.
"Donna is a pretty selflessly devoted individual who will be missed.
"She'd do absolutely anything you'd ask her to do and he organizational skills were far, far above average."
Bellingham was also "awesome" to work with and an "excellent" employee, he adds.
Born and raised in Vancouver, she relocated to the South Cariboo in 1984.
She worked in banking, real estate bookkeeping and conveyancing before joining the municipal staff in the early 1990s and quickly worked her way up the ranks into administration.
Scott notes her departure "leaves a hole" in the organization, but he's confident in the skill sets of the remaining staff to fill that gap in the short term.
"We'll assess if we want to fill [that position] over time.
"It's pretty hard to replace Donna. Her corporate history, after 17 years, will be tough to [match]."