Jo-Ann Martell
Passed in: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: August 25th, 2010
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Jo-Ann Martell, 62, of Glace Bay. Jo-Ann passed away Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, with her loving family by her side.
Jo-Ann was the daughter of the late Wallace and Margaret (Curtis) Huntington.
She was a member of Warden United Church, Glace Bay. She was a nursery school volunteer for Town House for 14 years. She loved to sew and do crafts.
She will be sadly missed by her daughter, Dayna Martell, Glace Bay; stepdaughters, Dale (Bob) Jesky, Alberta, Karen (Wayne) MacNeil, Truro, Sandra (Doug) Rowe, Ontario, Bonnie (Michael) Tracey, Glace Bay, Wanda (Almeida) Valens, Ontario; sons, Louis (Rene), Ronald (Lynn), Alberta; stepson, Dwayne (Lee), Ontario; brothers, John, Sydney, Charles 'Butch' (Hazel), Ontario; sisters, Carolyn (Don) Crooks, Sydney, Margie (John) Bingley, Fishermen's Harbour, N.S., Sandra Huntington, Antigonish, Debbie (Wade) Manthorne, Halifax, Sharon (Gerald 'Duke') Campbell, Glace Bay. Also surviving are 15 cherished grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and granddaughter, Lara, at home whom Jo-Ann raised as a daughter.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, George Louis 'Lou' Martell on June 20, 2010, daughter, Michelle, in infancy, brother, Billy and sisters, Jo-Ann and Honey.
Visitation for Jo-Ann will be held Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. A funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Saturday at Warden United Church, Glace Bay, with Rev. Clayton Austin officiating. A luncheon will follow in the church, all are welcome. Cremation will take place and interment will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Port Morien.
Donations in Jo-Ann's memory may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Online condolences to the Martell family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
