Passed peacefully away in the arms of her children at the Harbour Lodge Nursing Home, Carbonear on Sunday, November 24, 2013, Julia Margaret Oates of Carbonear, age 93 years. Predeceased by husband: Maxwell; parents: Joseph and Eliza Clarke; sisters: Martha, Jannet, Clarice, Elizabeth and Nellie; brother: Hubert Clarke; granddaughter: Wanda Michelle. Left to mourn, six daughters: Marina (Herman) Harris, Harbour Grace, Genevieve (Baden) Hiscock, Carbonear, Beulah (Raymond) Fitzgerald, St. John’s, Yvonne Barnes, Mount Pearl, Sandra (Randell) Mercer, Gander and Ruth (Wayne) O'Brien, Conception Bay South; seven sons: Max (Christine), New Brunswick, Hubert (Beverley), Harbour Grace, Clarence (Judy), P.E.I., Eric (Marilyn), Bay Roberts, Barry (Elizabeth), St. John’s, Terry (Allison), Nova Scotia and Craig (Bruce), Carbonear; special sister-in-law: Lillian Clarke, Victoria; twenty-nine grandchildren; thirty great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Special thanks to all the staff at the Harbour Lodge Nursing Home, East two and Dr. Kay. Rested at Noel's Funeral Home, Water Street, Carbonear. Rev. Brian Colbourne conducted the funeral service on Wednesday, November 27 from Noel's Memorial Chapel, Carbonear. Interment took place in Park Avenue United Cemetery, Carbonear South. Donations in her memory may be made to Bethany United Church, Carbonear. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the care of Noel’s Funeral Home, Carbonear. Please visit www.noelsfuneralhome.com to sign the memorial guest book.