ZACHARIA, Dr. William Vasillie (Bill).Born in Port Pirie on April 16, 1932.Passed away suddenly at A

ZACHARIA, Dr. William Vasillie (Bill).Born in Port Pirie on April 16, 1932.Passed away suddenly at Ashford Hospital on July 24, 2015.Aged 83 years.Beloved husband of Dula.Dearly loved father of Helena, Lee and Michaeland father-in-law of Carlo, Sharon and Kim. Loving Bapou of Danielle, Anthony and Sophie,William, Rebecca, William, Katherine, Ella, Sam, Zoe, Gia and Alexa.Words cannot express the heartache of your passing, my dear Father.Thank you for all the wonderful moments we shared together.The last few years have not beeneasy for you with your blindness, but I am glad I was beside you every dayto offer you comfort and to talk and share so many special moments with you.Thank you for teaching me that life is not about things, but about love.Life will be so hard without you,but I will carry you in my heart always.Your loving daughter, Helena.Dad,Even though you are now resting without pain or torment, I still selfishly want you here. It's hard to imagine we won't be having any of those long talks I cherish so much.Your wisdom and guidance will live with me forever.There is nothing better in my world than seeing and hearing you laugh so much at my jokes. Your love of the occasion and most importantly, your love of familywas so important to you. I promise you your legacy will live on and I will do my best to make you proud. I love and miss you so much already.Your son, Lee.To Dad,I just wanted to say how muchI love you and miss you having left us so suddenly only a few days ago. I was looking forward to sitting down with you and having a few more chats, but that will never happen.I'll remember you for your extremes, your extreme love for Mum, my family and me, your extreme generosity to me, your extreme pride as I strode into your medical shoes. Life will go on, but those cherished moments will be lost to a memory, but at least I have plenty of those.Thank you for being such a honourable, extreme, generous Father, the man I have been proud ofand the man I have tried to emulate. The reason I am me, is because of you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.I already miss you terribly, but my family of Kim, Sam, Zoe, Gia and Alexa love you to the depths of our hearts and thank you for being such an influence on our lives. All my love, Michael.P.S I will be having a glass or two of red wine to celebrate your life. We would like to sincerely thank,for their efforts and care, Dr. Peter Waddy, Dr. Jamie Craig, Dr. Angela Tsirbas, Dr. Steven McDonald, Dr. Sam Hall, Dr. Ron Lehman and all the wonderful staff at Ashford Hospital