Obituary of Dorothy Klein

KLEIN, Dorothy Anne (nee Caley) Born in Toronto on February 14, 1920, died at Mackenzie Health Richmond Hill Hospital on September 5, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Honourable Arthur Otto Klein, Q.C. Loving mother of Patricia and Douglas and his wife Marie. Proud grandmother of Andrew and Christopher. Sister of Hazel and the late Audrey, Romaine and Betty Jane. Daughter of the late Irene (DeeDee) and Albert Garfield Caley. Dorothy was a lifetime member of the Granite Club. She won numerous Canadian and North American Figure Skating Championships, both individually and with her sister Hazel. The Caley sisters were picked to demonstrate "Ladies Pairs" for the 1940 Olympics. Vivacious and outgoing, charming and high-spirited, Dody loved the camaraderie of Granite Club Ladies curling, often writing or directing the light-hearted annual Robertson Ladies Bonspiel show. She golfed enthusiastically as a York Downs and a Saugeen Golf Club member, devising an alternative method of scorekeeping to recognize the joy of many "great shots" on a hole. Her eternal passion was creating her exuberant and ever-changing garden, where she might be found, or lost, late into the night, tending the flowers and baby trees that found their way to the gardens of her many friends. The family would like to thank the caring staff at Sunrise of Richmond Hill, Mackenzie Health and, especially, Dorothy's niece Barbara Waite. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME A.W. MILES CHAPEL LIMITED, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Davisville Avenue) from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Monday, September 10. Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Tuesday, September 11 at 1:00 p.m. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery. If desired, donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, 20 Eglinton Avenue West, Suite #1600, Toronto M4R 1K8. Condolences and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymiles.com.