Tribute

The family of Dorothy Bryant Adams is sad to announce that she passed away recently at Evergreen Extended Care.

Dorothy was born in Tyne Valley, PEI, in 1938, to William Bryant and Mary McKie, and grew up nearby in North Enmore. As a young girl she loved playing with her brothers Alvin and Ralph, and her younger sister Retta. Always a lover of reading, her parents used to find her curled up with a book behind the wood stove.

When she was only 16, she was a teacher for a year in the little one room schoolhouse in Port Hill, PEI. In 1955, she married Glenn Adams and they drove across the country in 1957 with their daughter Barbara and Glenn’s parents, looking for work.

After settling in Powell River, they had three sons, Bill, Brian and Barry. Dorothy found time to have a number of careers while raising the four kids. She worked at the Bank of Montreal, was a letter carrier and inside worker at Canada Post, a pulp tester at the mill, and finally clerked at BC Tel until she retired from her working life. She came out of retirement to become a marriage commissioner and performed three weddings, as well as volunteered for the Legion and the hospital auxiliary. As a result of her jobs, she impressively knew everyone in town’s name, phone number and address off the top of her head.

Her favourite job in the world was becoming a grandma and great-grandma to Jordan, Wesley, Janis, Melissa, Storm, Cooper, Jaxon, Ava, Seve, Austin and Wyatt. She was a very nurturing and fun presence around the children; she spoiled them and said, “Don’t tell Grampa Glenn.”
She loved to garden, ski, travel and, of course, socialize with friends and family, especially at the Legion. She was always optimistic with a glass-half-full attitude.

Dorothy is survived by her daughter Barbara Behan, sons Bill (Joanne) and Barry, as well as her best friend and sister Miretta Clickner, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son Brian in 1987, and more recently she lost her husband Glenn and “the world’s best son-in-law” PJ Behan.

The family would like to thank the staff at Evergreen for their wonderful care and compassion during her final years. Special thanks to Patti Anderson and Donna, Laura, Bernadette, and Glenda Behan for comforting her during her final moments.