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Elizabeth 'Eleanor' Helen Epifano

Elizabeth 'Eleanor' Helen Epifano

Born In: New Waterford
Born: October 22nd, 1919

Passed in: Whitney Pier
Passed on: February 3rd, 2015


Elizabeth ‘Eleanor’ Epifano passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at the MacGillivray Guest Home.
Born in New Waterford, Eleanor was the daughter of the late Michael and Ann (Hogan) Walsh. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Eleanor was a devout Catholic, a woman of great faith and a member of Holy Redeemer parish. Family meant a great deal to Eleanor and she was the keystone of the family. Eleanor was a loving wife to Nick, her husband and best friend. She was strong-minded, generous to all those in need and very independent. She possessed a quick wit and was always ready to share a good joke. While bingo and playing cards were her pastime, as was an occasional visit to the Sydney Casino, her passions were cooking, baking, knitting and making blankets for numerous family and friends.
Eleanor is survived by daughters, Patricia MacLellan (Martin), Nicholette MacLellan (Stan) and son, Nicholas (Karen), all residents of Sydney; special nephew, Archie Walsh (Lynda), New Waterford; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren along with many nieces, nephews and close friends.
Besides her parents, Eleanor was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas, daughter, Mary Grolman and son in-law, Ronald Grolman, brothers, Edward and Jack Walsh, sisters, Josephine Westhaver, Annie Graham, Dorothy Murray, Alice MacPherson and half-sisters, Alice Donovan Rice and Margaret McCarthy.
Funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at 10 a.m. at Holy Redeemer Church, with Fr. Paul Murphy officiating. Following the mass, reception will be held at the Pier Community Funeral Home. Interment will take place in Resurrection Cemetery, Sydney Forks.
The family is very thankful and appreciative to the management and staff of MacGillivray Guest Home for the exceptional care and compassion shown to their mother and to Father Michael Rankin, the resident Chaplain, during her two and a half years in the home.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Eleanor may be made to the MacGillivray Guest Home, Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County or Holy Redeemer Building Fund.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of Pier Community Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be forwarded to the family at www.pierfuneralhome.com.


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