In Memory
Dorothy "Dot" Kershaw
Dot was
born October 1, 1921 in Edmonton, Alberta to Christine and Roy Adam. While
still a young child Dot and her parents moved to a farm approximately 4½ miles
northwest of Didsbury. She walked across the fields to the Springside School
where she got her schooling to Grade 9.
In 1943
she married Lloyd Kershaw and moved approximately 1 ½ miles across the fields
to the Kershaw farm where she lived and worked for the next 55 years. In 1946,
their only child, Marion was born. Dot was an active participant on the farm
through the years. In 1989 Lloyd died and the last dairy cows went to the
Auction Mart. Dot continued to live on the farm until 1998. Upon moving to
Didsbury, Dot started to volunteer at the hospital, Meals on Wheels, and with
the church thrift store. In 2004, she was awarded the Outstanding Senior
Volunteer for the town of Didsbury. In 2019, she moved to the Chinook Winds
Lodge in Carstairs where she remained until the spring of 2022 when she moved
to the Bethany Care Centre in Didsbury.
She is lovingly
remembered by her daughter, Marion (Clifford) Scott, 1 grand daughter, Patricia
(Stuart Lomas), 1 grandson, Murray (Karen) Scott, and 2 great granddaughters, Brittany
(Rhett) and Natasha (Kole), and 1 great great grandson Colt Kenneth Bloomfield.
Dot was predeceased by her parents, her husband and all of her sisters-in-law
and brothers-in-law.
A Celebration of Life was held at the Zion Evangelical Missionary
Church in Didsbury at 2 p.m. Wednesday January 11, 2023. The family would like
to extend their gratitude to both the Chinook Winds Lodge and the Bethany Care
Centre for the exceptional care given at both locations.