Passed peacefully away at the Pentecostal Seniors Home, Clarke’s Beach, on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, Vera S. Stanford of Adam’s Cove, age 88 years. Predeceased by husband: Leslie; parents: William Andrew and Patience Thistle; brothers: Frederick, Benjamin and Harold; sisters: Asceneth Cramm, Millicent McCann, Mabel Noseworthy, Jeannie Rawnsley and Bertha Rowe. Leaving to mourn, one son Harold (Rosalie), Bay Roberts; two daughters: Ruby (Calvin) Taylor, Burton, N.B., and Sandra (Lester) Butt, Salmon Cove; four grandchildren: Sonya (Gerry) Piercey, Torbay, Catherine ‘Cathy’ Stanford, Calgary, Alta., Shonette (Brian) Lollar, Burton, N.B., Michael Taylor, Saint John, N.B.; four great-grandchildren: Lesley and Sarah Piercey, Mikaela and Damon Lollar; sister-in-law Angela Thistle, Stephenville; brother-in-law Charles Rawnsley, Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.; also a large number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Resting at Noel’s Funeral Home, Main Highway, Western Bay on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.; Thursday from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. and on Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Funeral service to take place on Friday, August 30 at 2 p.m. from Ocean View United Church, Broad Cove. Interment in the United Cemetery, Blackhead. No flowers by request, donations in her memory may be made to United Cemetery, Blackhead. For additional information please call Noel’s Funeral Home at 596-5750 or visit www.noelsfuneralhome.com to sign the memorial guestbook.