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Rena Helen Bennett (Fulton)

BENNETT (Fulton), Rena Helen – 95, Truro, formerly of Fort Ellis, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, July 12, 2014, at Cedarstone Enhanced Care, Truro. Born November 27, 1918, in Fort Ellis, she was a daughter of the late Warren and Beulah (Meadows) Fulton. Rena was a graduate of Provincial Normal College (1939), Success Business College, Truro, and Alberta College, Edmonton, Alberta. She taught in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Alberta. She worked in Civil Service in Ottawa and Halifax and served in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service for two and a half years during the war. She worked in a Native school in Alberta as secretary to the Principal and Senior Girl’s Supervisor, as House Mother at Acadia University and as a front desk clerk in motels in Bedford and Truro. After retirement, she worked as a volunteer at Colchester Historical Museum, Truro, for a number of years and where she was a life member. Rena is survived by her sisters, Erna Seavey, Exeter, New Hampshire; Ruby (Gary) McMahon, Stewiacke; Edith (Jack) Mitchell, Richmond, British Columbia; sister-in-law, Margaret Fulton, Stewiacke; several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, James Collier; sister, Dorothy (James) MacDonald; brothers, Murray (Marjorie) Fulton, Raymond (Florence) Fulton, Lloyd Fulton, Charles (Miriam “Mickie”) Fulton. Special thanks to the staff of Cedarstone Enhanced Care for their care over the last number of years. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mattatall – Varner Funeral Home, 55 Young Street, Truro, where the funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2014, Reverend Martin Reid officiating. Reception will follow. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery, East Stewiacke. Private messages of condolence may be sent to the family by viewing Rena’s obituary on-line and selecting “Send A Condolence” at: www.mattatallvarnerfh.com

 

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