Cecil Green
Born In: Burgeo Newfoundland
Passed in: North Sydney
Passed on: September 29th, 2015
It is with great sadness the family of Cecil Green, announce his passing at the age of 84, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at the Northside General Hospital, following a brief illness.
Born in Burgeo, N.L., in July 1931, Cecil was a loving, devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother. He was the son of the late George and Bertha (Strickland) Green of Burgeo, N.L.
Cecil was a fisherman on Newfoundland fishing schooners at the age of 15. At the age of 19 he joined the MV Josephine, a rescue vessel responsible for rescuing distressed vessels in the North Atlantic. Following his tour with the Josephine he joined the MV Wabana, an iron ore transport vessel as a bosun which took him to all the continents around the world and later he would be wheelsman on the Great Lake boats. In 1965 Cecil decided to hang up his sea hat and don a hard hat, working in construction as a cement finisher and carpenter. Cecil was a member of the International Seafarers Union and the Carpenters and Labourers Union for 25 years.
He was a faithful member of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, North Sydney.
Cecil was a patient teacher and mentor, not only to his family and grandchildren but to many tradesmen and crafts people. Cecil loved working with his hands and to his credit has designed and built from scrap wood several “Bluenose” replicas which can be found in homes from Nova Scotia to Ontario and maybe beyond.
His children and grandchildren enjoyed his many stories of his escapades, his jokes, pranks and especially his whistling and singing for which he will be greatly and sadly missed.
Cecil is survived by his wife of 64 years, Ada (Barnes) Green; his children, Eileen (Ross) MacVicar, New Glasgow, Kevin (Debbie), Ottawa, Cecilia (George) MacDonald, Sydney Mines; his grandchildren, Jessica and Duncan MacVicar, Jeffrey and Nicole Green, Jonathan, Mikalia and MacKenzie Green, Luca Green and his great-grandchild Eli Green. Also surviving is his brother Albert (Alzema) Green, Halifax; many nieces and nephews, extended family members Danny (Sheila) MacDonald, Georgina MacDonald, Helen and Derek Pye, David MacDonald, Sylviane Trudell Green and Franka Venditti Green.
Cecil was predeceased by his infant twin sons Cecil and Clayton, son John, brothers Lewis, Seward, Gordon, Maxwell, Frederick and George Green.
Visitation for Cecil will be held from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Thursday in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney. Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church with Rev. Julio Martin officiating. Burial to follow in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney.
Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia and to St. John the Baptist Anglican Church Fund.
Online condolences may be sent to www.wjdooley.com.
