Margaret Dorothy Becker Masters

Passed away at the Elliott Community, Guelph, on Friday, August 31, 2018, in her 103rd year. Predeceased by her husband John (Jack) G. Masters in 1988, by her parents, Henry and Eleonore Becker and by her brothers, George (Helen) and Edward (Marguerite) Becker. Dorothy is survived by her two children, Peter (Belinda) Masters and Anne Hussey, by her two grandchildren Jon Hussey and Lee (Charissa) Hussey and by three great-grandchildren Samantha Hussey and Nathan and Ella-Joy Hussey. Dorothy is also survived by her niece Betty (Jim) Stephens. A private family gathering will take place in Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. Dorothy wished memorial contributions to be made to the Mennonite Central Committee of Canada or to the Blood Donor Services Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society. Cards are available at the Hart Chapel, Gilbert MacIntyre and Son Funeral Home (519-821-5077), 1099 Gordon St., Guelph. Condolences may be sent to www.gilbertmacintyreandson.com

Dorothy was a kind and caring mother, generous with charities, lover of classical music, animals and she was keenly interested in politics and current events. She was an enthusiastic player of bridge and other games. Dorothy grew up in Waterloo, graduated from K-WC&VS and worked locally as an auto mechanic during WWII. She married her English husband Jack, an RAF navigational instructor seconded to Canada during WWII and subsequently settled in England where she gave birth to Peter. The family resettled in Canada in the K-W area where Anne was born. Dorothy was a loving mother and housewife and later cared devotedly for Jack during his lengthy fight with cancer and dementia. She worked as a Red Cross blood donor clinic coordinator in her later years. Even into her 90’s she nurtured relationships with many friends from her high school days, all of whom, to her great sorrow, predeceased her. After a hip replacement, at age 96, Dorothy resided at the Elliott Community in Guelph.