Thomas 'Tommy' Michael Edward Edgell
Born In: Glace Bay
Passed in: Victoria Mines
Thomas 'Tommy' Egdell, 72, of Victoria Mines, N.S., passed away peacefully in his sleep, on Oct. 15, 2013, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, after a long, hard battle with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).
Tommy was born in Glace Bay to the late Edward and Mary (Colson) Egdell and moved to New Wateford as a very young boy.
He lived many years in Ontario where he worked for Ontario Hydro until his retirement. Tommy moved to Oxford, N.S., for a few years before moving home to Cape Breton, N.S.
Tommy was the president of the Oxford Branch Legion. He loved fishing in Margaree every chance he could get and while there, he also enjoyed sitting around the bonfire with his family and friends. The highlight of his fishing days was the trip to Kississing Lake Lodge, Northern Manitoba, with his wife, brother, Bobby and wife Linda.
Tommy was a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He loved you all deeply.
He is survived by his loving wife, Frances (Barbe) Egdell; son, Thomas 'Doozer' (Pearl); daughters, Susan (Charlie) McLeod, Karen (David) Nemis, all of New Waterford, Sherry Pederson and extended family Brenda Pederson and Jerry Pederson; stepson, Daniel Lamothe; stepdaughter, Jacqueline Parsons; grandchildren, Jennifer and Danielle Egdell, Jason, Darryl and Renee McLeod, Samantha and Chelsea Nemis; grandson, Jerry Pederson; granddaughters, Ashley Saunders and Latisha Pederson; step-grandchildren, Christopher and Katerina Parsons; great-grandchildren, Alicia and Natalie Bauld, Emma Pederson, Lucas and Zackary Saunders; brother, John Robert 'Bobby' (Linda); favourite niece, Allison Egdell, 'always in my thoughts'.
There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place under the care and direction of V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 380 Smith St., New Waterford. A private funeral service will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Deacon Leo Penny officiating. Burial will be in Dartmouth Memorial Gardens, Dartmouth, N.S. at a later date.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Association, Halifax.
Online expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at: www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
A special thank you to the staff at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital and a very special thank you to the PAH doctor, Simon Jackson, and his team of doctors as well as nurse Linda Ferguson. Also to his family doctor, E.B. Johnson of Halifax, N.S. We would also like to thank our good neighbours, Darryl and Pam Landry, Fraser and Jeannie White.
