Mary (Aunt Willie) Bellinger Mary Bellinger (Aunt Willie) passed away peacefully at the age of 93, at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, on January 18th 2022 with family by her side. Born in Chatham, Mary was the daughter of Bertha (Soper) and Russel Bellinger. Mary is predeceased by siblings, Anna (Chestle) Payne, Donald (Doreen) Bellinger, Marlene (Jim) Philips, brothers in law, George Cook and Robert Tuck, and survived Edith Cook and Ruth Tuck. Mary is remembered by the 14 nieces and nephews, 24 great nieces and nephews and 46 great-great nieces and nephews. Mary worked at Bell Canada for 45 years and never missed a day of work. She loved to travel both locally and internationally. She enjoyed camping with her family, from coast to coast (two favourites were Maine and New Hampshire) and would tell stories about her time in Scotland and England. Mary also loved to drive her car, in her younger years she was known to pick up friends and family in her Dodge Demon to drive all over the country. Mary sang with Sweet Adeline’s and later joined The Quinn Sister Act, singing as a Nun. She had a beautiful voice and never hesitated to be front and centre. She was outgoing, passionate and had a wonderful sense of humour. Mary once said, as a bit of advice to one of her great nieces, “I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it.” Mary didn’t enjoy cooking, but she always appreciated a home cooked meal and saved room for dessert. She took friends and family out for lunch or supper and supported the local restaurants, getting to know the staff personally. She loved her family and their children and was known to all as “Aunt Willie”. Family was the most important part of her life and despite her perfect attendance at Bell, she always had perfect attendance at sporting competitions, school events, birthday parties and Sunday suppers. Aunt Willie was a second grandma to many and her family loves her as much as she loved them. She was our Superhero. Aunt Willie believed in Angels and now she is one. Those wishing to make a donation in memory of Mary are asked to please consider Chatham Kent Hospice or a charity of your choice. Cremation has taken place. A celebration of life will be held in the spring of this year when we can share memories of Aunt Willie with family and friends at an outdoor gathering.