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Obituary ~ Dorothy T. Willier, 1932-2010
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Dorothy T. Willier, known to us as Wadi, was born in Driftpile on Nov. 1, 1932, to Francis (Wabby) and Christian Willier and was one of eight children.
Wadi battled the effects of diabetes for years. She lived in pain but rarely showed it. For all of us who knew her, we knew how she was. Wadi was Wadi. She had her own unique personality. She was strong-willed, stubborn, yet she had a very big heart for those she cared about. If she didn’t like someone, that person knew it. She was never afraid to voice her opinion whether it was good or bad. Wadi was all about the truth and she was the first to admit she was no angel or saint.
Wadi was a gambler, a smoker and she even drank once in awhile.
She raised her children with the help of bingo and welfare and she was very proud to have raised her children. She lived alone for many years.
She always helped who she could with what she had. Many times she would make her famous bannock whether it was for funerals, weddings, parties, picnics or just someone stopping to visit her.
Wadi loved to laugh and have fun. She always had a story to tell and many of them were about the good old days.
She was a fighter and no one could tell her who or what to believe. When she made up her mind, that’s the way it was. She never walked to a fight – she ran. She was a force to be reckoned with but her bark was always bigger than her bite.
Wadi had many family and friends who loved her and she will be dearly missed by all.
Wadi had a lot of faith and she believed in God whole-heartedly. Wadi is gone but will not be forgotten.
She leaves to mourn: her children Charles, Charlotte, Lawrence (Chine), Florence (Dets), Coleen (Teen), Darrald (Popio), Albert Ben (Cheech), Bev, Cynthia; her granddaughter Barbie she had raised; other grandchildren and great grandchildren; brothers Noel and Wilfred; her sister Rita McDermott; numerous friends and her traveling partner and friend Marcel Giroux.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Francis and Christian; her sons Victor Prinz and Bernard Willier; her daughter, Barbara Willier; brothers Archie, Louison, Francis, Raymond (Baldy) Cunningham, and Clarence (Bigman) Prince; and her sister, Mary Willier Giroux.
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