Margaret 'Peggy' Ling
Born In: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: Victoria Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: October 12th, 2010
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Margaret 'Peggy' Ling, 94, of Victoria Mines, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, at the Glace Bay Hospital.
Born in Glace Bay, she was the daughter of the late James Francis and Annie (MacCormick) MacNeil.
Peggy was a member of St. Alphonsus Church, currently the Parish Church of St. Leonard. A homemaker most of her adult life, she enjoyed playing cards, sewing and reading.
Surviving are daughters, Patsy (Frank) Jurcina, New Waterford, Mary (Charles) Neville, Victoria Mines, Virginia Rizzato, New Waterford; sons, Joe (Catherine), New Victoria, David (Dale), Truro, Stephen (Janice), Sydney; 22 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one great great-grandchild, Reid Antle.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Peggy was predeceased by her husband, Bernard, two daughters, Mildred Evelyn and Mildred Perpetua, two grandchildren, Allan Neville and Audrey Gillis, one brother, Joseph Francis, two sisters, Patricia White and Mary E. Bishop.
Visitation will be held Friday, Oct. 15 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 380 Smith St., New Waterford. A funeral mass of celebration for Peggy will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Parish Church of St. Leonard, Mount Carmel Avenue, with Fr. Ray Huntley officiating. Burial will be in St. Alphonsus cemetery with a luncheon to follow at the Knights of Columbus hall, Plummer Avenue, New Waterford.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Hospice/Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton.
Online expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at: www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
