The women of the Alpha Phi sorority will always remember Lindsey Shapiro as “Spottie Dottie.”

The 20-year-old was killed Nov. 21 in a car accident in southwest Ontario as she was returning home to Farmington Hills from Toronto.

Brooke Pinkerton, Shapiro’s former roommate and sorority big sister, said she was the most amazing person she’s ever known.

“We were really close,” the communication senior said. “The first day I met her I knew I wanted to be her big sister. We loved each other very much and we had a very special bond.

“I consider us to be real sisters.”

Shapiro was last enrolled at MSU in spring 2000 as a packaging sophomore. However, she was still an active member of the sorority.

Members of the sorority are wearing black ribbons which are spotted white in remembrance of the woman they called “Spottie Dottie.” The nickname refers to a children’s character.

As the director of continuous open bidding for her sorority, Shapiro worked closely with Joan Marquez, Alpha Phi’s vice president of recruitment.

“She was by far the most generous, dedicated, trustworthy, genuine and loyal person that you would ever come across,” the political science and international relations senior said. “She was not just an asset to Alpha Phi, but to the actual words of friendship and loyalty.

“She’s the definition of these words - she was awesome.”

Shapiro was headed westbound on Highway 402 in Warwick Township in Lambton County at approximately 8 p.m. when she lost control of her vehicle, swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a tractor trailer head on, said Sgt. J. D. Michaud of the Ontario Provincial Police Department.

Sgt. Michaud said there were no traces of alcohol in her body.

Kellee Fournier, an advertising junior, went to North Farmington High School with Shapiro and knew her very well even before they became sorority sisters.

“We have been friends since we were 14. She was always bubbly and smiling and never had an enemy in the world,” she said. “Lindsey was very unique. She had her own style and didn’t care what anyone else thought.”

She was very active in the high school’s choir and drama club, Fournier said.

“She loved to sing,” she said.

Family and friends gathered Monday evening in West Bloomfield to mourn the loss of their daughter and friend.

Alpha Phi will hold a memorial service Thursday in East Lansing.

“She always gave whatever she took on 100 percent,” Fournier said. “She never raised her voice or spoke ill of anyone.

“I will never forget her.”

Cutler Fetherston can be reached at fetherst@msu.edu.