THE community of Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, was yesterday morning plunged into mourning with news of the death of Principal of Precious Gems Playschool, Mrs. Surasattie Walker. Relatives said Mrs. Walker, 37, who just about two weeks ago had surgery done at a private hospital in the city for an undisclosed ailment, complained yesterday morning of feeling unwell.
“She was clutching the region of her heart,” a family member said, “and so we took her to the Leonora Cottage Hospital around 08:00 hrs. We do not know, but we surmise it might have been a blood clot causing complications, or maybe she had a heart attack. However, she was given oxygen, but did not survive. She died within about an hour at Leonora Hospital.”

Mrs. Walker has been operating the Precious Gems Playschool for about the last four years, assisted by her mother-in-law Leila Walker and a class teacher, Sharda.
She is married to Peter Walker, an employee of Guysuco’s Uitvlugt Estate and they are the parents of one boy, Peter Junior, who was still in a state of deep shock and perhaps denial when the Guyana Chronicle visited the home.
Peter Junior, 12, said the pain runs deeply. He recalls the great moments he shared with his mom and dad, noting that she was really a wonderful mother to him. “I love my mommy dearly and remember she would take me along on tours she conducted for the children of her school. I remember the great times we shared, going places together when my other grandma, Kowsilla Ganpath who lives in the United States came home for vacation,” he said forlornly.
Meanwhile, other community members noted what a great loss the community would suffer at her passing. She loved and did the best for the children in her care at the playschool and had come to be like a mother to them. “She was quiet, family-oriented and a good wife who will certainly be missed,” family members said.
Sursattie Walker is survived by her husband Peter, mother Kowsilla Ganpath, son Peter Jnr.; sisters and brothers and other relatives and friends.

By Shirley Thomas