Margaret Campbell (Townsend) Burchell
Passed on: January 12th, 2009
101, New Victoria Margaret Burchell, 101, of Victoria Haven Nursing Home, Glace Bay, and formerly of New Victoria, passed away Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, at Victoria Haven. Born in Glace Bay, she was a daughter of the late John and May (MacDonald) Townsend. Margaret was a member of Calvin United Church and received a lifetime membership award for her service with the UCW. She was an avid Toronto Blue Jays fan who, in her early years, played baseball with the Merry Makers from 1922-1932. Margaret loved to keep active and at one time ran two miles a day and would also skate daily at Waterford Lake. She also enjoyed shopping, the casino, playing poker and going out for supper. Surviving are daughter, Cynthia (Frank) McNeil, sons, Cecil Burchell and Merrill (Barbara) Burchell, all of New Waterford; sister, Thelma Petrie, New Waterford; special nephew, Greg Townsend, British Columbia; three daughters-in-law, Ruth Burchell, New Victoria, Rita Burchell, Halifax, Allene Burchell, New Waterford; 17 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. Margaret was predeceased by her husband, William 'Billy' Burchell, sons, Russell, Calvin and Roy, sisters, Eva LeDrew, Murial Stubbard, Jean Smith and Edna Budge, brothers, Cecil Townsend and Joseph Townsend. Visitation will be held today (Tuesday) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 380 Smith St., New Waterford. A funeral service will take place 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14 at Calvin United Church with Rev. Duncan Roach officiating. A luncheon will follow at Calvin Hall. Interment will be in Union Grove Cemetery, Scotchtown. Donations in Margaret's memory may be made to Calvin United Church or Victoria Haven Nursing Home in Glace Bay. Online expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at: www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
