Mrs. Dorothy Smith, resident of Battleford, SK passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at the age of 70 years. As per Dorothy’s wishes no formal service will be held at this time.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Ed; children and their families:

Micheal Nykiforuk (wife -Cheryl) – Kealy (son-Grayson), Kameron; Mark Nykiforuk – Mackenzie; Jamie Smith – Nahoni, Nevaeh; daughter-in-law, Janice Smith; Chantel ‘Tilly’ Smith; sisters: Debbie Stump, Donna (Rick) Henderson, Dallas (Claire) Sobchak.

She is pre-deceased by her mother, Elizabeth Allan; father, Russell Allan; mother-in-law, Diana Smith; father-in-law, Robert Smith.

Dorothy ‘Dot’ Beatrice Florence Smith (née Allan) was born on September 23, 1952 in Vancouver, BC and moved to Flin Flon, MB (which sits on the SK/MB border) at 1 years old with her parents Elizabeth & Russell Allan. They would have 3 more daughters: Debbie, Donna and Dallas.  The 4 daughters were raised in the rocky, mining town of Flin Flon in northern Manitoba in a small house on Tweedsmuir Street below the smelter of the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company – the mine where her dad, Russell worked. Her mom, Betty, worked at a department store downtown. She spent beautiful summers where the bedrock met spruce surrounded by many, many lakes going camping, to the Trout Festival, fish fries and the many other activities the summer city still has to offer. She also enjoyed enduring its long and incredibly cold winters. She frequently told us kids about skating, ice fishing & even remembered sliding down the icy, plywood sewage boxes in the winter to & from school. She would share with us that Flin Flon’s sewage lines make it the only city in the world to be built above ground due to the masses of near-impenetrable bedrock. She remembered at a young age the winter she fell into the filthy & stagnant Ross Lake that mostly sits in the middle of the city. This wasn’t much to her mom’s amusement as she nearly ruined her brand new, partly fur coat that took days to clean afterwards. Growing up on these northern lakes across Manitoba & Saskatchewan, Dot grew to be an amazing swimmer & spent many summers as a teenager lifeguarding & water skiing. She has many, many cherished memories growing up in the northern mining city built on the rocks.

Dot & Edward (of Pelly, SK) met in Thompson, MB where she cooked and waited tables and he had come to work at the Inco nickel mine along with his brother, Owen in 1973. They got married June 12, 1976 in Thompson & then they eventually moved backed to Pelly in 1977 & would live there for 21 years. They had 4 children: Todd (Micheal), Mark, Jamie & Chantel. They would spend the majority of their time raising their kids in Pelly having 2 of their sons: Mark & Jamie graduate here. Dot loved & always fought fiercely for her children. They enjoyed their years here surrounded by lots of family and lifelong friends and it will always have a special place in Dot’s heart. They would then move onto Lloydminster in 1998 via transfer of Ed’s long-time job as a Millwright working for Sask. Wheat Pool/Viterra until 2000 when another transfer in his same job would take them to The Battlefords, SK from there they would build their current home just outside of Battleford & North Battleford would be the city in which their last child, Tilly would graduate high school in 2004.

Over the years, Dot took on many careers. From waiting tables, to cooking, to working for the RCMP as a Matron in Lloydminster & North Battleford. She also worked in mental health in Lloydminster as well as in the Battlefords at Edward’s Society Group & Battlefords Trade & Education Centre until retirement at age 65.

Dot & Ed enjoy their children, 5 grandchildren & one great-grandchild.  Dot recently celebrated her 70th Birthday in September surrounded by her husband, kids, grandchildren & great-grandchild.

Condolences for the family can be left at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to Vanessa Macnab of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium.

• Date : 2022-10-07
• Location : Battleford, SK