Deloris 'Doris' Mae (Tilker) Matheson

Deloris ‘Doris’ Mae (Tilker) Matheson, our sweet and loving Mom and Ma, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home, with Leslie and Hailie by her side, on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. She was in her 89th year.

 

The dear wife of the late Gordon Matheson who predeceased her on January 27, 2012, Mom was the biggest influence in our lives. She was greatly loved, and will be dearly missed by her children Brad and Debbie Matheson, Molesworth and Leslie and Cor Groot, Dublin.  

 

Doris was the biggest cheerleader and much-loved Ma of Lindsey and Chris White, Luc Matheson, Brady Siddall and Kelly Austin, Connor Groot and Bree Skinner, and Hailie and Bryden Medeiros.  She was loved dearly by her great-granddaughter McKenna White, her loyal companion Boots, and five step-grandchildren and their families.

 

She was the sister-in-law of Janet Boudrie, and Marion and John Pring. Doris was a dear aunt to many special nieces and nephews, and a loyal friend and neighbour.

 

Doris was predeceased by her parents Alexander and Clementine (Ebel) Tilker, aunt and uncle Edith and Howard Henry, brothers Frank ‘Bud’ Boudrie, and Bill Tilker, sister Donna Blough, brother-in-law and sisters-in-law Irma Biesel, and David and Muriel Matheson, and nephews Don Boudrie and Howard Blough. 

 

Visitation was held at the Eaton Funeral Home, Listowel on Monday, Oct. 11. A private family funeral service was held on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Rev. Charmila Ireland officiated. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery, Listowel.

 

Memorial donations to Big Brothers and Big Sisters, or the Stratford-Perth Humane Society would be appreciated.
Online condolences may be left at www.eatonfuneralhome.ca.