WINTERS, Andrea “Andy” Jane (Masters); December 17, 1925 ~ November 2, 2016. There is much celebration and laughter in heaven as Andrea joined her adoring late husband Howard (2005) of 58 years. Andrea very gently and peacefully slipped into the Lord’s arms with two of her daughter’s arms wrapped around her. Andrea was a born and raised in Toronto and moved to Erin in the late 1940’s with her new husband where they established Winters’ Garage with late brother Weir Winters (2010) and where they built a home for their family. She is responsible for starting the snow removal from the Erin sidewalks when as a young mother it was difficult to wheel her baby buggy down the street. Andrea sang in a youth choir for the Queen mother. She helped with the war effort by knitting socks, folding bandages, dancing with soldiers on leave and welcoming soldiers at her family home. As a young woman she loved to dance, ice-skate, bowl, walk long distances and watch baseball. Andrea worked as an executive secretary for Fisher-Price Canada and managed an industrial and commercial furniture manufacturing company. Andrea was the original liberated woman and one of countless talents. She was a successful business woman while raising her children and helping with her husband’s business. She played an active role in raising their grandchildren, caring for elderly neighbours, sewing, knitting, curling, embroidering, making doll clothes, preserving, traveling as well as advocation for those in need. She had an infectious laugh, was vivacious and wonderfully unpredictable and fun. Andrea was beautiful inside and out. She deeply loved her husband and family unselfishly. Andrea was a cherished mother to Margaret Robertson, Marilyn Philbrook, Kathryn Winters, loving grandmother to Russell (Juliette), Sarah, Michael (Kamila), Frank, the late Glenn and magical great-grandmother of 5 great-grandchildren. She is survived by sisters Helen Meadows, Shirley Rogerson and James Masters (Ruth). Special thanks to Dr. Bull and his office staff, Dr. McKinnon, Rev. Deacon Irene Walback, nurses and PSW’s, neighbors and family, volunteers at the Erin Fire Department, the staff and pharmacists at Erin Rexall Pharmaplus, Bayshore Specialty Pharmacy and Headwater Health Care Centre (Emergency Department), Orangeville. Resting at Butcher Family Funeral Home, 5399 Main Street, South, Erin on Friday November 11, 2016 from 2 – 4 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Saturday November 12, 2016 at 1 p.m. Donations in Andrea’s memory can be made to the Upper Credit Humane Society or to the Town of Erin Fire and Emergency Services (cards available at the funeral home). You can also send a condolence at www.butcherfamilyfuneralhome.ca Butcher Family Funeral Home 519-833-2231
