W. Christie Willis
1920-2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Willa Christie
Willis (nee Arthurs), announce her passing which occurred on November
21, 2018. Loving wife of almost seventy years to the late
Philip Watson Willis, Christie was born in Saint John on February 11,
1920, daughter of the late William and Laura (Hayter)
Arthurs.
Christie devoted her life to her family and friends, by whom
she was deeply loved and cherished. Her great kindness and compassion
gave Christie an empathy that opened people’s hearts and her
tenderness also extended to the animal kingdom and to all of
God’s creatures, « great and small ».
Christie was a source of wisdom, inspiration, and strength
to her family and to all who knew her, and she filled their world with
her love.
Christie is survived by five of her children:
Stephen (Judith) Willis of Saint John, New Brunswick, Mary
(Theodore) Osborne of London, Ontario, Katherine Willis (Jeff
Dalcourt) of Kingston, Ontario, Elizabeth (Robert) Kromer of Montague,
Prince Edward Island, and Elaine Willis (Richard Chaykowski) of
Kingston, Ontario, also by her chosen son Fentahun (Martha) Tiruneh,
of Washington, D.C., by her grandchildren Alexander, Susan, Rachel,
Matthew, Sarah, Emily, Erich, Philip, Isabel, James, Edward, and John,
several great-grandchildren, and by her numerous nieces and nephews.
Christie also leaves to mourn her caregiver and loving
friend Lois Kilpatrick of French Village Road, New
Brunswick.
Besides her husband and parents, Christie was predeceased by
her brother Glendon Arthurs and by her sister Elva Bemrose, and also
by her youngest daughter Margaret Willis, aged fifteen, and by her
grandson David Willis, aged eighteen.
Resting at Brenan’s Funeral
Home, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John, NB (634-7424) with
visitation on Friday, November 23 from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. A
funeral service will be held from St. Paul’s Anglican
Parish, 4 Church Avenue, Rothesay, NB on Saturday, November 24, 2018
at 11 AM. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, donations to the
Greater Saint John Community Foundation, St. Paul’s Church
or a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be
placed at www.brenansfh.com.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de W Christie Willis 19202018..
Décès pour la Ville: Kennebecasis-Valley, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick
