She was the skip for the winning team at the 1980 World Curling Championships,[3] and the 1980 Canadian Ladies Curling Association Championship, the forerunner to the Scott Tournament of Hearts.

She also played softball, winning the Saskatchewan Senior A championship in 1971 and 1972, and played fastball, winning provincial championships in 1973 and 1974 with the Saskatoon Baldwinettes.

[1] At the time of her death, Mitchell worked as a rehabilitation consultant with Armstrong and Associates.

She had also worked with the government of Saskatchewan's Social Services Department as a vocational counsellor.

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