Passed peacefully away at Lions Manor Nursing Home, Placentia on Thursday, February 9, 2017, M. Marcella Meadus of Grates Cove, age 87 years. Predeceased by husband: Obediah; brothers: Wallace and John, sisters: Phyllis, Carrie, and Myrtle. Leaving to mourn, four daughters: Carolyn Meadus, Vancouver, BC, Marie (Roger) Snow, Pickering, ON, Suzanne (Martin) Delaney, Scarborough, ON, and Rochelle (David) Walsh, Bay de Verde; two sons: Randy and Walter (Louise) Sparkes, both of Grates Cove; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; three sisters: Joyce (Clarence) Noseworthy, Bay Roberts and Minnie Windsor, St. John's, and Harriett Hauger, Indiana, USA; sisters-in-law: Phyllis Lambert, Grates Cove, Isabella Rowsell, Seal Cove, and Olive Meadus, Richmond Hill, ON; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Resting at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Grates Cove on Saturday, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Funeral service to take place on Monday, February 13 at 2:00 p.m. from St. Luke's Anglican Church and Cemetery, Grates Cove. As an expression of sympathy, flowers gratefully accepted or donations in her memory may be made to St. Luke's Anglican Church, General Delivery, Grates Cove, NL, A0A 2L0. Please visit noelsfuneral home.com to sign the memorial guest book.