In her 84th year; loved partner of Lloyd for 62 years. After eight months of wonderful care at the John Noble Home in Brantford, Ontario and fighting pain and suffering for four years, Doreen mercifully surrendered on December 27, 2005; loving mother of Richard (Carol Lyons), Roger (Debbie Planz) and Christopher (Patti Kalka); grandmother of Maryann DiFelice (Gino), Celine, Leah, Laura and Christine Bentley; great-grandmother of Mia and Marco DiFelice. In her teens Doreen excelled in sprinting and raced at the C.N.E. against Stella Walsh who held the world record. Doreen once enjoyed home and school, the Colonel Colquohoun Chapter of the I.O.D.E. and the W.M.S. of the Fairview United Church. Friends will be received at the Dennis Toll Funeral Home, 55 Charing Cross Street, Brantford, from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday December 30, 2005. Service in the Chapel on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Cremation. Interment later in the family plot at Farringdon Cemetery. Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or the Canadian Diabetes Association appreciated.
