Georgina (Collier) McKay
Passed on: August 9th, 2008
58, Ben Eoin Georgina McKay, 58, of Ben Eoin, passed peacefully away Saturday, August 9, 2008, in the presence of her family after a courageous battle with cancer, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Palliative Care Unit. Born in St. Albans, Bay D’Espair, Nfld., she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Laura (Hoskins) Collier. Georgina was a member of St. Mary’s Church, East Bay and the Vincent Massey Chapter, IODE. From 1978 to May,1986, she was employed with the Bank of Nova Scotia, Sydney. Surviving are her husband, Wayne; daughter, Barbara Ann (Saleem), Sydney River; sisters, Mary (Gerard, deceased) McIsaac, Saint John, N.B. and Madeleine (David) Peddle, Gander, Nfld.; brother, Kenneth (Ivy) Collier, Head of the Bay, Bay D’Espair, N.L.; nieces, nephews, relatives and many dear friends. Georgina was predeceased by her sisters, Frances and Barbara Ann and brother, Martin. Visitation will take place at Sydney Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, August 12, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral mass will be held at St. Mary’s Church, East Bay, on Wednesday, August 13, 11 a.m. with Rev. Frank Abbass officiating. Interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Palliative Care Unit of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney N.S. The Wheel of Life When we have passed the test we were sent to Earth to learn, we are allowed to graduate. We are allowed to shed our body, which imprisons our soul the way a cocoon encloses the future butterfly, and when the time is right we can let go of it. Then we will be free of pain, free of fears, free of worry...free as a beautiful butterfly returning home to God...which is a place where we are never alone, where we continue to grow and to sing and to dance, where we are with those we loved and we are surrounded with more love than we can ever imagine. Eliza Beth Kubler-Ross, MD Condolences may be sent to the family at sydneymemorialchapel@ns.sympatico.ca.
