It is with great sorrow that the family announce the sudden passing of Annie Irene (Dowding) Winters of Wesleyville, aged 76 on the evening of July 19, 2023 at Oram's Bethesda Manor, Gander.

Predeceased by parents Mark and Emma (Kean) Dowding; brother David Dowding; sister Bernice Thorne; brothers and sisters in-law Jack Thorne, Reginald and Shirley Winters, Dorothy and Chet Gooding, Gloria Stone, Delilah Wicks, Clara and Amos Case.

Left to mourn with wonderful memories are her husband, Harry Winters Jr.; daughter and son-in-law Kim and Blaine Mills; cherished grandchildren Brandon (Abigail) Mills and Emily Mills (Grant Harris), all of Gander; sisters Elva (Claude) Collins, Bowmanville, ON, Maisie (Sandy) Hounsell, Mount Pearl, Yvonne (David) Gillard, Bowmanville ON; brother-in-law Fraser (Janice) Winters, St. John's, Jesse Wicks, Gilford, ON; sister-in law Shirley Dowding, Mount Pearl; close cousin Sarah (Eugene) Stagg, Wesleyville; a large number of nieces and nephews (many of whom very much enjoyed their summer visits to Uncle June's and Aunt Ann's) and extended family, as well as a number of longtime friends.

As per her request, cremation has taken place.

Public visitation will take place at Kittiwake Funeral Home, Pound Cove on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. followed by a Memorial Service at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. L. Daka officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date.

Ann worked in health care for over 20 years, working at James Paton Memorial hospital, Gander in the late 1960s and ultimately taking an early retirement from Brookfield Cottage Hospital, Brookfield, in the early 1990s. She truly enjoyed taking care of others and always welcomed any visitor to her home with food and dessert.

The family offers our thanks to the staff of Oram's for the care provided during Ann's time there.

As an expression of sympathy, flowers are gratefully accepted, or donations in her memory may be made to the Jubilee United Church, Wesleyville, NL or the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day, unseen, unheard but always near, still loved, still missed and held so dear.