Graves, Minnie Patricia (Ward) 88, of Berwick, Kings Co., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at Mountain Lea Lodge, Bridgetown, Anna. Co. Born in Toronto, Ontario on Oct 4, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Edith (Bailey) Moreton. She worked for many years at M W Graves Ltd. She loved writing poems and submitted many to the Berwick Register and won several poem contests. She also enjoyed drawing, singing, and sewing; she made many of her children's clothes when they were young. She is survived by sons, Manson (Jacynthe Simard), Yellowknife, NWT; Mark (Roseann Acker) Halls Harbour; daughters, Gloria (James Cook), Clementsvale; Donna (Aynard Parsons), North Kingston; Nola Godding, New Minas; Grace (Edgar Foster) Wilmot; Pansy (Ron Newell) Cambridge; Marla (Jack Banks) North Kingston; and Gail Morse (Jeff Crocker) Long Island; 24 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-granddaughter, a brother, Ken, sisters, Edna Morley, Grace Mylles and Elda Bugg as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her first husband, Eldridge Ward, infant sons Eugene, Roy Wentzel, and infant daughter, Margo and a stillborn son, great-great-granddaughter Jemma, brothers, George, Harry and Eric, sister Nell and half brother Edgar. Minnie's family would like to thank friends and family for their support and the Mountain Lea Lodge nurses and staff for their tender care. Cremation has taken place. At Minnie's request there will be no visitation. A celebration of life service and interment will be at a later date.
Let me always see something beautiful everyday
Let life be interesting in every way
And when my worldly windows close
Let me wake and look at a shining robe
A robe that in cloaks a beautiful vision
Of a Saintly Man who lives in heaven
And let me find all the beautiful things
That here on earth made my heart sing
May I meet my Mother in the sky above
And all the people who on earth I loved
But for now let me always discover
Beauty under any cover

-Author Minnie Ward