Dorothy Roberta Downer
August 19, 1937 – February 11, 2022
As published in the March 21, 2022 World-Spectator
Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much
Dorothy Roberta Downer was born on August 19, 1937 at Fairlight, Saskatchewan. During her childhood she lived in Fairlight, Oak Lake, Kelowna and Maryfield.
Dorothy married Jim Downer on February 7, 1957. They had three daughters, Sandra, Wanda and Brenda. Jim and Dorothy moved from Maryfield to Virden in 1982.
Through the years, she spent time working at George’s Solo Store and the Arlington Hotel in Maryfield and the Virden Legion. She retired from the Legion in 2002.
Dorothy passed away on February 11, 2022 at the Virden Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband Jim, parents, Charles and Beatrice Fowell, and her siblings, Gwen (George) Poll, Catherine Sproule, Ed (Evie) Fowell, and special friend Roy Simpson.
She leaves to mourn her loss, daughters, Sandra (Rick) Johnston, Wanda (Mark) Wielgoz, and Brenda (Gary) Falkenstein; grandchildren, Jamie (Jenn) Johnston, Candace (Brad) Chisholm, Joni Wielgoz (Greg) Budd, Corrie-Lynn (Jeff) Borle, Zoe Falkenstein and Carly (Murray) Barkway; great-grandchildren, Rylee and Raegan Johnston, Cooper and Beau Chisholm, Rooen and Kobielle Locke, Easton and Nash Borle, and Jack Barkway; brother Marshall (Gertie) Fowell; sister Val Stevenson; Roy’s daughters, Karen Forster, Kerri Price, Angie Rhodes and Shelly Aunspaugh and their families; as well as sister-in-law, Evelyn Downer, brother-in-law, Claire Sproule; Uncle, Art Lundstrom; many nieces and nephews, cousins and many, many dear friends.
Family was very important to Dorothy and she was so proud of all their accomplishments. She was extremely kind and well liked by everyone she met young or old. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
A funeral service was held at Carscadden’s Funeral Chapel in Virden on March 10, 2022. Private interment will be held in Maryfield Cemetery at a later date.
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