Margaret Mary Hamilton
Born In: Mill Creek
Passed in: Sydney
Passed on: June 21st, 2016
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Margaret Mary Hamilton, age 92, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at Harbourstone Enhanced Care in Sydney, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Mill Creek, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Jane (Jessome) Marsh.
Margaret lost her husband Johnnie at a young age. She then devoted her life to raising their four young children aged five years and under on her own. She was kept busy cooking, cleaning and tending to the endless chores of running the family home she built after Johnnie’s death. Mom loved to bake, sew, quilt and tend her flower gardens. She loved to sing and dance with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also loved watching her favourite soap opera shows and spending all her free time with those she loved.
The family remembers camping trips to Ingonish, Broad Cove and Margaree spent with her children and extended family members as well as trips to the beach or down to the shore in Millcreek, on picnics, on Sunday drives for ice cream, Sunday family dinners and regular visits with aunts, uncles and cousins.
Mom loved spending time with all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren making each one feel they were special, unique and loved.
Mom had the unique desire and ability to love unconditionally; to meet and accept people on their own terms.
Mom’s love and caring extended beyond her family and friends; to the community she lived in and to St. Joseph parish in Bras d’Or where she was a devoted and lifetime member. She shared her gifts and talents at many parish functions especially as a longtime member of the CWL.
Mom was a gentle, quiet and friendly person with high moral values and qualities. Her strength and love came from a heart nurtured by her strong faith in Jesus and her deep devotion to our blessed Mother Mary. Her deep prayer life of rosaries and novenas, fortified her for all the trial and struggles she would endure in daily life and also the joy and laughter of a life well lived.
Margaret is survived by her daughters, Patricia Hamilton, Sydney Mines, Darlene (Alan) Gale, Mill Creek; two sons, John Lloyd (Nadine), Sydney Mines, Darrell (Lynn), Mill Creek; by her granddaughters, Alana (Matthew), Erika (Mike), Sara, Larissa, Natasha (Floyd), Tracy, Jillian; grandsons, Jason (Ashley), Aaron (Emily), Jordan (Allyssa), Colin (Jeanine), Austin (Morgan), Preston (Shelly); her great-granddaughters, Hannah, Chloe, Aveyah, Bellah, Peyton, Madison, Haley, Jayda, Elianah, Reagan, Morgan, Emma, Kenzie; her great-grandsons, Andrew, Ryan, Jax, Kalyx, Jace, Riley, Tristan; her two brothers, Melvin Marsh, St. Catharines, Ont., LeBaron ‘Bonnie’ Marsh, Waverly, N.S. and her brother-in-law, John Sandlock, Mill Creek, as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, John William Hamilton; her stepson, Lloyd; brothers, Ivan, Ambrose, Walter; sisters, Thelma, Doris, Elvena, Vange, Sally and infant sisters, Emily, Eileen, Cecilia; sisters-in-law, Alice, Jewel, Margaret, Mary, Mary Mercer and brothers-in-law, Jack Gaskell and Dan Harrietha.
Special thanks to the staff of Harbourstone Enhanced Care where Margaret has resided for the past four years and to Dr. John Archibald, the Palliative Care team and Ambulatory Care staff at the CB Regional for the care and compassion shown to Margaret.
There will be no visitation by request. A funeral mass will be held 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at St. Joseph Church, Bras d’Or with Rev. Peter McLeod officiating. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Sydney.
Memorial donations may be made to the Parkinson Foundation of Canada or the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia.
Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of W.J. Dooley Funeral Home North Sydney.
Online condolences may be sent to www.wjdooley.com.
