Lynda Diane Boutilier
Passed on: January 7th, 2009
1973-2009 Glace Bay It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of a wonderful, daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and friend. Lynda Boutilier, age 35, of Glace Bay, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, with her loving family at her side. Born in Glace Bay, she was the daughter of Henry and Cynthia (Fletcher) Boutilier. Lynda was employed at various jobs in the Halifax area before becoming a library technician with the Halifax Regional School Board. She moved to Edmonton in September 2007. After only four short months in Alberta, Lynda was diagnosed with breast cancer and she returned home to Glace Bay in January 2008 to continue treatment and to be with her family and friends. Lynda enjoyed a full life with reading, camping outdoors, belly dancing and her cats. She had a warm, generous heart and a beautiful smile. Besides her parents, Lynda leaves to mourn, her sisters, Michelle (Robert Sealey), Halifax, Mary Elizabeth (John Robert Gazzola), at home; her two cats, Gypsy and Cedric and the family dog, Hunter; grandparents, Anna Fletcher and Henry and Joyce Boutilier. Also, aunts, uncles, cousins, especially, Aunt Barbara Jean Gillis, who nursed us all this past year with Lynda's illness. Lynda was predeceased by her maternal grandfather, Russell Fletcher and cousin, Daniel Delmaire. In honouring Lynda's wishes, cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, noon until 2 p.m. with a memorial service to follow at 2:30 p.m. both in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home & Chapel, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay, with Nancy Whitney, DLM officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery at a later date. Family flowers only please. Donations in Lynda's memory may be made to the Cape Breton Cancer Centre Patient Care Fund, or a charity of choice. Online condolences to the Boutilier family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
