In 1981, Spohr moved to Nelson, British Columbia where she continued with her own photography; from 1982 to 1983, she was as well assistant curator at the David Thompson University Centre's MacGregor Gallery.
In 1983, she took a writing course at Selkirk College, Castlegar, BC, and did finish-line photography for horse racing associations.
[4] During this time she also worked on her "Nelson Portrait" series, photographing the town, its people and flowers from unusual angles.
In Spohr's last untitled and undated series of works, she created a wide range of images and enclosed the photos with painted borders of textured brushwork.
In 1987, after a life-long battle with Hodgkin's disease, Spohr died at the age of thirty-two Calgary, Alberta.