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4 - The O akville Beaver, Friday F e b ru a ry 17, 2 0 0 6 Oakville university student killed crossing street By Krissi Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Funeral services are tomorrow for a 19-year-old Oakville woman killed Monday at a pedestrian crossing near McMaster University. Heather Watson, a second-year undergraduate arts and sciences student at Mac, was hit by a City of Hamilton salt and sand truck and later died in hospital. Police are still investigating the accident The Oakville Trafalgar High School graduate leaves behind her father, Bob, mother, Linda and 18-year-old sister, Alison. "She was pretty much the perfect cliche of being smart and pretty and funny and kind," said Alison, who count ed Heather as a sister and best friend. "She was all of those things. She really was. A lot of people loved her." A part-time employee at the Royal Ford Veterinary Clinic for the past five years, one of Heather' s loves in life was animals. That's obvious right away at the Watson home - among the three dogs barking and running to the door when the doorbell rings is Heather' s golden retriever, Macey. "Every time Heather came home Don't let anything stand in your w ay. Not even Mother Nature. all these people who had been doing it for like, 20 years," said Alison. "It was really impressive." There's evidence of that - rib bons, awards, plaques, pictures all over the house. Heather was last home at Christmas, but her mom and sis ter visited her every Wednesday at McMaster. "We had our routine," said Linda. "The three of us would go out for dinner and I would go to my (dog obedience training) class and Ali would go back and hang out with Heather and the guys at the house. They, bonded a lot in that time." "It was nice to hang out with her," said Alison. "She had a lot of Heather Watson friends, and she was really happy from school, Macey would run to the at school." door, and she does this squealing thing Heather lived off campus with when she's happy," said Alison. five other students in a house Heather comes from a family of ani close to where she was hit mal lovers arid trained Macey at the Monday, just west of the universi Hamilton Dog Obedience Club in ty. Ancaster, where her mother has been After what Linda calls a "really training animals for years. hard adjustment year" in her first "Heather was called a ` junior handler' year at Mac, Heather returned to because she was so young, but she'd still school in September with a dif win ribbons and place and do well against ferent attitude, and had plans to pursue graduate work, though she hadn't decided which disci pline. "I don't know what happened, but she decided she really wanted to go to university and really make something of herself," said Linda. "She became really good friends with her roommates and they took care of each other and really bonded. They made the dif ference in her attitude towards life, school, everything." Heather and her housemates went to Niagara Falls for New Year' s Eve, and recently went on a trip to Guelph. "She had a good balance. She made sure she'd get all her school work done, and then she'd party on the weekends," said Linda. "She was just a very well-balanced kid." Heather was also an accom plished piano player, and played ., the clarinet in her high school band after graduating from Chisholm elementary school. "She was really smart and sh e. did really well in school," said Alison. "But she had no common sense." "Oh she absolutely had no common sense," added Linda, laughing. "And she had no sense of direction. We've lived here for 18 years and she still didn't know how to drive to Oakville Place by herself. She'd say, ` Ali, will you go with me?'" Also described as a quiet and "very girly girl," Heather's family mentioned several times her kindness and generosity. "When you needed her help, she was always there for you. If I needed a big sister figure, she was always there," said Alison. "She was really, really nice. She let me be friends with her friends, which meant a lot." And when it came to friends, Heather was loyal. "If you were her friend, she would do anything for you - any thing," said Linda, smiling. "It got her into trouble sometimes. But if you were her best friend, that was it. That meant everything to her." Visitations for Heather Watson are today at the Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, 64 Lakeshore Rd. W. from 2 - 4 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. The funeral service is Saturday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. at Glen Abbey United Church, 1469 Nottinghill. Gate. Cremation will follow. 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