Funeral services for the late Blanche
Mary Elizabeth McDonald, 102,
of
Mulgrave, took place October 4,
in St.
Lawrence Church, Mulgrave, with Rev.
Hugh MacNeil officiating.
Burial was
in the parish cemetery.
Mrs. McDonald died October 1,
at
Milford Haven Home for Special Care,
Guysbrough.
Pallbearers were George Brennan,
Ralph MacDonald, Bernard MacDonald,
Jimmy MacDonald, Gerald Hatchette. Lector
was granddaughter Paula Lowe.
Eulogist was son Bernard MacDonald.
Offertory gifts were presented by
granddaughters Donna Steeves,
Shirley
MacDonald and Carmel Benoit.
Eucharistic minister
was grandson
David Hatchette. Berkley Guthro
was
altar server. Members of St. Lawrence
CWL served as honour guard.
Music
was provided by St. Lawrence Choir
with soloists Gillis Strachan and
granddaughter Nadine McDonald.
Born in Mulgrave, she was a
daughter of
the late William and Rose
(O'Neil) Power.
She was a charter member of St.
Lawerence CWL;
a member of Royal
Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary,
Cambria Branch 37, Mulgrave.
She is survived by four daughters,
Martina (Mrs. Gerald) Hatchette,
Antigonish;
Patricia Fullerton,
Brantford, Ont.; Imelda (Mrs. Eugene)
Benoit,
Havre Boucher; Corinne
(Mrs. Robert) Leadbetter, Ridgeway,
Ont.;
five sons, Basil 'Buddy' (Mary Alice),
Mulgrave;
Neil (Mary), Dartmouth;
Bert, Comox, B.C.;
Ralph 'Vesty'
(Eleanor), Thorburne, Pictou County;
Bernie ( Mona), Ottawa; brother,
Bernard 'Ned' (Hazel),
Mulgrave; 39
grandchildren; 71 great-grandchildren;
a great-great-grandson.
She was predeceased by her
husband, Jimmy;
two sisters, Margaret,
Kathleen; eight brothers, Patrick,
Donald,
John, Frank, Vester, Fabian,
Joe, Bill;
two grandsons, Eugene
Benoit, Robert Leadbetter.
Obituary typed and submitted by Martina Hatchette.
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