Dorothy Jane Windham

March 16, 1925 - December 12, 2013

Dorothy Jane Windham Obituary (Age 88) Passed away December 12, 2013. She was born in (Fort) Macleod, Alberta, Canada and grew up on the family farm in High Prairie, Alberta with sister Alice and brothers Charles and Harvey. After finishing High School in High Prairie and business education in Edmonton she made her way to Dawson Creek to live with sister Alice and husband Pete. While working for the US Dept. of Defense in Dawson Creek during WWII she met her husband to be "Duke", a US Army Sergeant. After the war ended she became a US citizen and married in 1945 in Red Bank, NJ and became lifelong friends with Tom and Louise Brasch. She had three sons with Duke: Lee, James and Robert and began raising a family while working. In 1961 her family moved to Spokane to be closer to family in Canada. As her family grew she loved to be in the outdoors of the great Pacific Northwest and especially British Columbia and Alberta traveling and recreating through their beautiful parks. She loved having a large vegetable garden and flower gardens especially at her home on west Everett that was built on two city lots. She worked for Bill Rielly, CPA and McFarland and Alton downtown as a tax specialist. She had a lifelong strong faith in God and friend in Jesus through the Holy Spirit and shared that spirit with family and friends in a quiet way. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and Driscoll Blvd. Baptist Church through the years and volunteered through her church in Spokane's Caritas programs and drove people to grocery stores to buy food and also handed out food at food banks. Later in life she developed cancer and fought and won that fight many times, ultimately succumbing to cancer. Dorothy is survived by her sons Lee Newton (Molly) Windham and Robert Peter Windham; daughter-in-law Mary (Mario) and grandchildren Nathan, Mia and Tyler; daughter-in-law Lori (Ron) and grandchildren Jason and Jessica and many beautiful great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Dunnie Lee Windham, son James Charles Windham, three siblings Alice, Charles and Harvey. Funeral Service 11AM, Friday, December 20, 2013 at Heritage Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Hospice of Spokane.