Delight Dorothy Williams

Delight Dorothy Williams was born on July 10, 1930, in Olympia, Wash. She grew up in the Tacoma area and also lived in California and Alaska before moving to Idaho around 1960.

She passed away peacefully, in her sleep, in the Circle of Life hospice room at Kootenai Medial Center on Oct. 21, 2005. She had her affairs in order, had found homes for her pets, said what she wanted to say — and went to sleep. As she said herself, on that last day, there was not much that she did not do in this life. She was ready for what the next life had to offer — and never wavered in her faith that "The Boss," her way of referring to God, had much for her to do when she arrived.

Delight's mother was born in Scotland, and met her father in Washington state. As a child, Delight was the apple of her mother's eye. She had a younger brother, who was quite ill all of his life, and Delight spent endless hours entertaining him. As a young woman, she was extraordinarily beautiful. She was a dancer — doing both tap and ballet. In her latter years she still loved the dance, and collected all of the Cirque de Soleil performances.

Delight loved people, although she was a shrewd judge of character, and could see through to the very hearts of everyone she met. She had a great sense of humor and ability to enjoy life. She loved the outdoors, horses, her dogs and cats, literature, great movies, all kinds of music, and had a special fascination for language. She enjoyed endless conversations with others who shared her interests.

Delight also had a passion for human rights, was always a champion of the underdog. While living in the Sandpoint area, she volunteered to do the mailings for the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force. She did this even after Parkinson's disease made her hands shake badly and the process was very slow,

She also loved to go on adventures and to do new things — from riding horses to driving a school bus in Alaska. Although there was a great deal of pain and hardship in her life, she fought hard to be strong — to be a survivor. The one regret she expressed on the day she passed away was that it she was not going to be able to take a long pack trip on horseback with her friend, Jerry. However, she was certain that there were many adventures waiting for her in the next world — and she was anxious to embark.