Dot dedicated her life to her family and the town and wore many hats to make Kyabram a better place to live, work and retire in.
Dot really enjoyed her sport.
She was a life member of Parkland Golf Club and looked forward to every Saturday morning working with Peter and Lyn Fraser organising junior golf competitions.
Dot also played croquet and spent many enjoyable hours over many with the Kyabram Croquet Club.
Her love of sport and her tireless contributions to several sports clubs and organisations earned her the Kyabram Apex Club and Kyabram Free Press Administrator of Year Award in the annual Kyabram sports awards.
But sports were just some of her pursuits.
She loved her town and its people and was involved in an amazing number of community clubs and organisations.
Dot was passionate about her lengthy nursing career and always spoke highly of her work colleagues.
These combined contributions were recognised by winning the Kyabram Rotary Club’s Bill Salter Vocational Service Award.
She was a Life Governor at the Kyabram Hospital and a Life Member of the Hospital Auxiliary, of which gave a lot of time and served as its president.
She was also acknowledged with a Certificate of Appreciation from Kyabram Ambulance Auxiliary.
Dot somehow also found time to be involved with the Kyabram Historical Society and organised regular displays in the window at the Kyabram Town Hall walkway.
She also loved her Kyabram Garden and Probus club trips where she was able to catch up with her many friends.
She even found the time to be a member of the Kyabram Poetry Club.
The historical Hazelman Cottage at Kyabram Fauna Park was another of her interests and she would regularly visit it and help keep it clean.
She also found time the Kyabram Secondary College’s ‘old mate’ program.
This would see a child who needed extra attention receive an hour-long visit each week from Dot who would develop a relationship to assist with the child’s wellbeing.
She also looked forward to the Baptist Church services every Sunday and assisted with Boys’ Brigade activities during the week.
In the past two years Dot settled well into Warramunda Village and made many new acquaintances.
Her husband, Barry, predeceased her in 1995. She is survived by sons John and Wayne and daughters-in-laws Ros and Norma, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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