Friday, March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024

Dickie (Armstrong), Dorothy

 

Dorothy Dickie (Armstrong)
1924 – 2018

Dorothy, 93, of Salt Spring Island, BC, passed away May 4th, 2018, with family at her side.
Dorothy was one of a set of twins, born in Long Beach, Calif, August 8, 1924. As a student she loved sports and excelled at track, volley ball, bowling, and tennis. She majored in Physical Education in college and graduated to become a physical education teacher, coach, and health instructor in Chowchilla, Calif in the high school, middle school, and elementary school systems until her retirement from teaching.
In 1975 she moved to Salt Spring Island, BC where she submerged herself in her yard and her love of gardening, watching deer, and feeding the hummingbirds. One of her favorite memories was rescuing and hand feeding an abandoned baby humming bird that she named “Twerp” and raising him to healthy adulthood when he was released. Each year Twerp would migrate back and visit her in her yard, calling out to her as he darted among the feeders, danced through the sprinklers, and perched in the beautiful flowers in her garden.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Kenneth Armstrong. She is survived by her sister, Elizabeth Dickie Pellett, daughters Sylvia Ann Armstrong Key (husband Thomas) and Kathleen MacInnis, and her son, Dan Richard Armstrong (wife Lan), 8 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was a kind loving woman who impacted so many lives and will be terribly missed
No services will be held per her request.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

More obituaries

GRIFFITHS, Robert John (Bob)

 Bob passed away peacefully in Victoria, BC, on February 17, 2024. Bob is survived by his son Jeffrey Griffiths and Jeffrey’s wife Anne and...

STRIKE, Arthur Kenneth (Ken)

 On Saturday March 16, 2024 our father, grandfather and great grandfather Ken, passed away peacefully at the age of 89, in the care of...

BRITT, Constance “Connie”

 Connie Britt passed away on March 6, 2024, at age 99. She was born into the Crandall family in Kalamazoo, Michigan, joining older sister...

PEAT, David Wood

 David Peat, aged 98, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 7th at Heritage Place on Salt Spring Island with family present. Born in 1925 in...

Weather

Salt Spring Island
overcast clouds
5 ° C
6.8 °
4.3 °
97 %
0kmh
100 %
Fri
7 °
Sat
8 °
Sun
9 °
Mon
10 °
Tue
10 °