Daisy Bennett
Born In: North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: May 4th, 2009
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother and sister, Daisy Hilda Bennett on Monday, May 4, 2009 at the Northside General Hospital, following a courageous battle with cancer, just a few short hours before the birth of her first great-grandchild.
Born in North Sydney, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Jane (Osborne) Oxford. Daisy was a member of the North Sydney Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club.
She was a wonderful mother to her children, Judy (Garry) Harding, Gwendolyn Bennett, Debra (Andrea) Corsaro, all of Winnipeg and Floyd (Nancy) Bennett, North Sydney; her grandchildren, James, Robbie, Kristi (Geremiah), Blair, Floyd Jr., Nick and one great-grandchild, Gensen Gerald Geldart; her two sisters, Marie (Dan) Cavanaugh, North Sydney, Dorothy Winters, Vancouver; two brothers, Raymond Oxford, North Sydney and Melvin (Debbie) Oxford, London, Ont. and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by a sister, Teresa Oxford; son-in-law, Gerald Doyle and six other sisters and brothers in infancy.
There will be no visitation by request. A funeral service for Daisy will be held 2 p.m. Saturday in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home Chapel, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney, with Rev. Carl Fraser officiating. Burial in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney.
Memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or a charity of choice.
Online condolences may be sent to info@wjdooley.com.
