STICKENS, Dorothy Vera, (nee Roberts, formerly McPhail)

STICKENS, Dorothy Vera, (nee Roberts, formerly McPhail)

Late of Charters Towers and formerly of Maleny

Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Roberta and Tom Hogg (Charters Towers), devoted grand-mother and grand-mother-in-law of Lachlan and Emilie, Calum, and Angus, adored wife of Ivan Stickens (dec'd) and Lee McPhail (dec'd), oldest daughter of Frank (dec'd) and Vera (dec'd) Roberts, sister and sister-in-law of Steve and Jan (Imbil), Grant (dec'd) and Diana (Maleny), Kenneth (dec'd), Esther Patrick (Townsville), Ruth and Carl Bonham (Jericho), Verley and Chris Hooper (Montville), aunt and cousin to the extended Roberts and Brown families, passed 21 July 2019, aged 77.

Friend to all - the foe and the friendless; true Queensland Country Woman.

Inspirational teacher and giver of the gift of literacy and numeracy to over 1000 Queenslanders at Weller's Hill and Maleny State Schools and Charters Towers School of Distance Education.

A celebration of Dorothy's life will be held in the Jane Black memorial hall, 80 Mosman Street, Charters Towers, Wednesday 31 July, 2019 at 10a.m.

Donations in lieu of floral tributes to the Queensland Country Women's Association, Charters Towers branch.