Ellen Munro
Passed on: August 5th, 2008
92, Goose Cove/Baddeck Ellen Munro (nee Bancks) went peacefully to be with her Lord and Saviour, Aug. 5, 2008. Surrounded by her family and earthly Angels, the staff of Alderwood Rest Home, Baddeck. Ellen was born in Motherwell, Scotland, and came to Sydney in 1921 with her parents, the late James and Margaret Bancks. Ellen was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Ellen was prominent in music circles throughout the Sydney area and was the soloist at Trinity United Church and Bethel Presbyterian Church for many years. Ellen was a past member of the John Geddie Women’s Missionary Society of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney, was a member of the IODE Louisbourg Chapter, a lifetime member of Fort McMurray Chapter No. 137 Order of the Eastern Star and was a past president of the Sydney City Hospital Ann Martin Auxiliary. Besides her parents, Ellen was predeceased by her husband, Russell Munro, sister, Margaret Fraser, brothers, Maurice, Ainslie and William in infancy as well as two grandchildren, Christopher and Terri-Lynn. Surviving are daughters, Paula Smith (Michael), Yarmouth, Margaret (Wayne), Goose Cove, and Julie MacLeod, Moncton; eight grandchildren, Jay, Eric and Kimberley Anderson, Yarmouth, Kelly Anderson, Surrey B.C., Travis, Shawn MacLeod, Vancouver, B.C.; Lindsay MacLeod, Montreal, and Carla Hamel, Fort McMurray; and 11 great-grandchildren; as well as a special sister-in-law, Marion Bancks; nieces, Judy Budden, Jamie Bancks, Sheila Durdle and Debbie Lewis. Visitation will take place at Sydney Memorial Chapel, Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service will be Saturday, Aug. 9, 1 p.m. in the chapel. Interment in Hardwood Hill Cemetery. Family flowers only please. Memorials may be made to Alderwood Rest Home, Recreation Department P.O. Box 218 Baddeck, B0E 1B0. Condolences may be sent to the family at sydneymemorialchapel@ns.sympatico.ca.
