MERKLEY, Dorothy Harriet, nee Storey - In Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington on Thursday September 27, 2007. Daughter of Leslie and Lillian of Napanee, she was predeceased by her brothers Jack, Mac, and Bob, her sister Helen, and her loving husband Alfred Merkley, P.Eng. She is survived by her son Paul A. Merkley, FRSC, daughter-in-law Lora, and by her loving sister Pauline Podhy. She was especially fond of her nieces: Penelope and Brenda Bass, Sylvia Bass -West, Abigail and Liza Podhy, Sharon Storey, and Carolyn Beamish; and nephews John, Warren, Leslie, Mark, and Chris Storey, Malcolm Podhy, and Robert Bass Jr. She taught in one-room school houses in Ontario, and lived in Kingston and London before settling in Burlington, where she was a longtime member of the Hand Weavers and Spinners Guild, and of the United Church Women (Appleby and Port Nelson chapters). All who knew her will remember her kindness and gentleness. Visitation at SMITH'S FUNERAL HOME, 1167 Guelph Line, (one stoplight north of QEW) BURLINGTON (905-632-3333) on Saturday 3-5 & 7-9 p.m. where Funeral Service will be held on Sunday September 30, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. Interment Riverview Cemetery, Napanee on Tuesday October 2, 2007 at 1 p.m. Godspeed Mom, and may choirs of angels sing you to your rest. www.smithsfh.com 10845328