Wendye Gai Wilson

          Wendye Gai Wilson

17 September 1940 - 3 August 2019

Our mum, Wendye passed away peacefully with us by her side after a 2 year fight with liver cancer. She was determined not to let the cancer beat or define her and right until the very end she was still her glamorous, sparkling, stylish self.

Mum was the adored only child of our grandparents, Valda (deceased) and Jack (deceased). She was the apple of her parents eye and could never do anything wrong.

She met the love of her life our dad Darrell (deceased) at 15 and married him at 18. He was her soul mate. Their life together was never boring and they were inseparable until our dad's death in January 2013.

We Lexia and Justine arrived in 1962 and 1965 and were adored and cherished by our mum. During our early years mum was actively involved with our school Danebank organizing debutante balls, school fetes and heading the parents association. As a family we spent many memorable weekends at our beloved "River" waterskiing with mum driving us and all of our extended river family all day every day behind Boat.

In 1988 Justine married mum's devoted son in law Gary who instantly became part of the family. In 1989 mum became a grandmother when Blake was born. She refused to be called grandma or nanna and announced to us all that she would be Nonna or Non. After Blake there was Josh in 1993, Sacha in 1998 and Tiahna in 2000. She adored her 4 grandchildren and future granddaughter in law Laura. She enjoyed getting up to mischief with them and spoilt them rotten. In more recent years as they grew up she delighted in dining with them regularly at her favourite restaurants where she would hold court with her grandchildren.

One of her favourite things to do was to travel the world and she particularly enjoyed over the years taking all of us at varying times on safari to her special place Motswari in South Africa.

Mum was one of a kind and is completely irreplaceable. She was exceedingly generous, sometimes to a fault. She loved people and people loved her. The way mum conducted herself through out her fight with cancer gave us the strength to let her go. She will be missed but will forever be in our hearts.

In keeping with mums way or the highway approach to life we were instructed by mum not to have a funeral and we will honour mum's wishes. We will however have drinks in celebration of mum's life details to be advised shortly.