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Joan Newcombe

Joan Elizabeth (MacDonald) Newcombe
The Newcombe family regrets to announce the passing of a loving, wife, mother and grandmother, after a valiant two-year fight with lymphoma on December 28th, 2012. Joan will be sadly missed by her loving husband of 44 years, Retired RCMP Sgt. Bill, son Michael (Gosia), daughter Beth, and the 2 biggest loves of her life, granddaughters Grace and Olivia.
Joan was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia to James Archibald and Mary Bernadette MacDonald (Butts). She is survived by her sister, Mary Louise (Gary) Wilson, and brothers Robert (Linda) MacDonald, Michael (Deborah) MacDonald and Paul (Rhonda) MacDonald. She was predeceased by her parents and brother, James (Pam) MacDonald. She is also survived by mother-in-law, Christabel Newcombe and sister-in-law Valerie (Newcombe) and Randall Maze.
Joan’s career as an administrative assistant included the Amherst Daily Newspaper in Amherst, Nova Scotia; the Carleton Separate School Board (Pineview and Saint Matthew schools) in Ottawa, Ontario; and the Environmental Care Program for Employees with the QEII Hospital in Halifax.
She will be greatly missed by family and work-related/social friends developed over the years, both in Ottawa, Ontario, Amherst/Halifax, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
Friends and family are invited to visit at the Beechwood National Memorial Centre, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa, ON from 2-4 and 7-9 pm Wednesday, January 2, 2013. A Memorial Mass will be Celebrated on Thursday, January 3 at 10:30 am at Divine Infant Catholic Church, 6658 Bilberry Drive, Orleans, ON. Joan’s ashes will be laid to rest later in the spring with a private family graveside service in the RCMP section of Beechwood Cemetery.
We would like at this time to offer our heartfelt thanks to the generosity, sympathy and warmth provided by the Staffs of the Ottawa Cancer Clinic, 5th and 6th Floors west at the Ottawa General and the excellent care provided by the Ottawa Palliative Care Team, included Dr. Louise Coulombe, Dr. William Splinter and Dr. Megan Doherty. Their collective care and kindness have made this journey so much more bearable.
In lieu of flowers it is requested memorial contributions be made to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada.
Funeral Arrangements in the care of Beechwood, Cemetery and Funeral Services, Ottawa, ON – www.beechwoodcemetery.com
613-741-9530

 

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