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Rachel Olive Murray

Rachel Olive Murray

Rachel Olive Murray passed away peacefully in the Sackville Memorial Hospital with her loving daughters by her side on Saturday July 25, 2015 after a brief but courageous and inspiring battle with pneumonia.
She was born on November 13, 1932 as the first daughter to Raymond and Alice (Anderson) Hicks.
In her younger years, she overcame health problems and went on to work at the family restaurant across from the Sackville Via Rail Station. In her late teens she attended Mount Allison Women's Academy before she met the love of her life, Lysle Murray.
When they met, Lysle was a milkman but he soon got a better job at NBTel where he worked for thirty-six years. Over that time period, Lysle and Rachel worked to provide a great life for their three children. Rachel worked at Versa Foods in the Tantramar High School Cafeteria from 1975 -1985 and she was an excellent home cook who hosted countless family dinners over the years.
She was an expert knitter who created hundreds of mittens, scarves and hats for her children, grandchildren, great-grandkids, nieces and nephews.
Her loyalty and kindness extended outside her family to her neighbors and friends alike. She volunteered many hours with the Sackville Fire Department's Women's Auxiliary overseeing weekly bingo and working on other social events.
Rachel also helped her husband Lysle with UNICEF work and Muscular Dystrophy Campaigns.
Rachel was a true angel among us who made all of our lives better with her unwavering love and human kindness. The sadness of her loss will eventually give way to the fond memories of our time spent with her.
She will be sadly missed by her daughters, Debbie (Leonard) Manderson, Lake George, NB, Brenda (Glen) MacKenzie, Sackville; a son, Douglas, Sackville; five grandchildren, Jeff Manderson, Jason Manderson, Erica Cairns, Natasha Gallant and Sarah Healey; twelve great grandchildren; a brother, William (Marilyn) Hicks, Fredericton; a sister, Sandra (Bruce) Barnhill, Sackville, and sisters-in-law, Donna Gaudet, Dieppe, Cora Parker, Moncton and Joy Bubar, Hamilton, ON, as well as many loving nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Lysle in 2000 and an infant daughter Sharon in 1954.
Arrangements were under the care and supervision of Jones Funeral Home, 70 Bridge Street, Sackville (506-364-1300) from where visitation was held 2-4 & 7-9 pm on Monday, July 27, 2015. A funeral service was held at the funeral home on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 1 pm. William Drysdale DLM officiated. Following the service, Rachel will be laid to rest with Lysle in the Sackville Cemetery.
Sincere gratitude is extended by the family on behalf of Rachel to Louise Estabrooks, Jennifer Johnson and Cheryl Phinney for their dedication and compassionate care.
Donations in memory of Rachel may be made to the Tantramar Extra Mural or a charity of the donor's choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting Rachel's online memorial at www.jonesfuneralhome.ca or through the funeral home Facebook page.

 

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