DOLORES JAQUELINE AMY STEWART (MITCHELL)

Condolences & Memories (2 entries)

• She was my big sister. The third in our family after Billy and Iris. I am the fifth, the baby. We were 6 years apart. As a kid I looked up to her. I admired the way she dressed and the different ways she did her hair. I wanted to be like her. Being the 4th girl, I mostly wore hand me downs. One Christmas, Dolores bought me a new winter jacket. It was silver with a faux fur collar. It smelled like a new car and made me feel special. That was the best Christmas present ever! She was generous with her possessions. As I became a teenager and started dating, she was happy to let me wear some of her dresses. She even let my best friend wear one too. After I was married and living in Chibougamou, Quebec, I ended up in hospital as I was having twins and there were complications. Dolores paid for our Mom to come down to be with me. Dolores liked to help people, especially family. I watched as she was there for our sister Diane when she went through a divorce. Then she helped out as Diane went through three battles with cancer. When our oldest sister, Iris, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Dolores was there to do all she could to help. While Dolores was busy helping everyone else, we never dreamed that she would soon be taken from us. It was so unexpected that we were all stunned. I'm grateful that she was my sister. I'm so happy that I was recently able to spend time with her in Minneapolis with Diane and then in Winnipeg with Iris. I want to express my condolences to her husband and life partner, Nick and to her children, Michael and Sharon and to her grandchildren. I will always love you Dolores. Goodbye, till we meet again. - Posted by: Linda Gale Sharon Loutier (sister) on: Apr 07, 2018

• I first met Dolores was when we were both working in the same building but for two different printing companies. The first time I saw her was when she come walking down the stairs to the coffee machine. I thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest and I said to myself that I had to get to know her. But I was shy and so I would just watch her every day go to the coffee machine alone. Then one day when she was getting her coffee, myself and a couple of other people I worked with showed up there and one yelled out "hey Nick, is that the girl that you like". She turned around but saw another person and thought that he was Nick. After work I would always drive past this bus stop and see her standing there but never had the nerve to stop and offer her a ride. Then one day during a snow storm she was standing at the same bus stop and because of the bad weather I had an excuse to pull over and I asked her if I could give her a lift. She said yes and climbed in the car. I think she still did not know who I was. We talked a bit and I found out that we lived in the same end of the city. When I told her the street that I lived on she told me her cousin lived on the very next street and told me his name. Ted Davidson. I said I know him. He lives right across the lane from me and he is my best friend. That broke the ice and gave us something in common and so our relationship began. She was so very pretty and I could not believe that she would even bother with someone like. We dated for about 7 or 8 months then decided to get married. We married in Feb 25, 1967 at St. Johns Suchavsky Church on Main St. near Selkirk Ave.The following year we had a wonderful baby boy named Michael and 2 years later we had a beautiful little girl named Sharon.They were great kids. They both grew up to be wonderful adults that we were proud of. When everyone left home Dolores and I started traveling. In 1988 we were one our way to Texas for a holiday but they were getting rained out and having problems so we took a detour and went to Biloxi, Ms. We really like it there We found it quiet and it was not very built up like it is today. 10 years later we started going there for the winter months. We rented units in Mazalea RV Park where we went every winter. Sandy, our mgr. and other where so wonderful as hosts. We met and made new friendships even to this day. Dolores liked going to the casino and they had built 12 of them there by then. It was a passion of ours along with their own special buffets. She really enjoyed to the beach. It was 26 miles of soft white sand. She like the wildlife. The Brown Pelicans she called the Biloxi Air Force. And the Great Blue Heron she had given them names because they were regulars where we went. It was always a thrill to be able to go traveling with her. There was always ups and downs but we managed to get over them. Last year was the one year that we did not go south was because of ill health of one of her sisters and of the passing of another sister. Now the Lord has taken her and she is now with her mother, father, brother, and sister. I miss her so much. I could never believe how much that it could hurt. Something has been taken from me that can never ever be replaced. They say that in time you will get over it but that is a myth.There is an ache that will never stop, it may eas a little and a space that can never ever be filled again. I fell in love with her the minute that I first saw her and that love just grew over the years. She was my very heart and soul. I loved her and always will. I miss you dearly sweetheart. - Posted by: Nick Stewart (Husband) on: Apr 03, 2018