Daisy Aulay MacDonald
Born In: Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born: April 30th, 1920
Passed in: Ladner, British Columbia, Canada
Passed on: May 27th, 2009
Born Baddeck Bay, C.B., N.S., on April 30, 1920, died in Delta Hospital, Ladner, B.C., on May 27, 2009.
Daisy was one of 12 children born to Malcolm and Mary Ann (Minnie) MacKillop.
Always creative, she expressed her artistic side by attending art school in Halifax, N.S. She went on to work as a graphic artist for Simpsons in Halifax and later at Eaton’s in Victoria, B.C.
Daisy travelled from Nova Scotia to Western Canada to marry Alexander Young (Sandy) MacDonald, also of Baddeck, on June 3, 1950. Sandy’s career with the Royal Bank of Canada took them around British Columbia, to Victoria, to Kelowna, to Kitimat, and the Lower Mainland.
Sandy predeceased Daisy in 2002.
Daisy is survived by her daughter, Mary MacDonald (Ron Scott) and grandson, Lauchlin Johnston (partner Michael Keane); and her daughter, Jean Swift (Stephen) and granddaughters, Sarah (Jonathan Bjorgan) and Katie (Travis Orr). She is also survived by one brand new great-granddaughter, Evelyn Bjorgan. Of the 12 MacKillop siblings, Daisy is survived by brothers, Allan (Patricia) and Murdock, and sisters, Katherine (Reynolds), Florence (Goad) and Muriel (Kaiser). Being from a large extended family, she is also survived by many cousins, nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
A memorial tea will be held at Colebrook United Church, 5441 125A St., Surrey, B.C. on Saturday, June 6 at 2 p.m. Interment will follow at a later date in Greenwood Cemetery, Baddeck, N.S.
Flowers gratefully declined. Donations made in Daisy’s name to the Alzheimer’s Society would be appreciated.
‘Til we meet again
