Anne V. Brennick
Born In: Number Four, Florence, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: January 12th, 2011
Anne Veronica Brennick, 82, a 60-year resident of Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, died Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in the palliative care unit of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney.
Born in Number Four, Florence, she was the daughter of Jenny (Carey) Vigneault and stepdaughter of Bill Vigneault.
While Anne attended school in Florence and spent her early days playing with all her cousins and younger siblings in the Florence area, she migrated to the village of Bras d'Or in search of her first job, a clerk at the Bras d'Or Consumers' Cooperators. During her working days at the Consumers' Cooperators, Anne started courting a young man from Bras d'Or, John Brennick. Her days as a resident in Florence were coming to an end; on Nov. 3, 1948, Anne Carey became Anne Brennick, wife of John and resident of Bras d'Or.
She worked at various jobs over the next 25 years, MacNeils' Motel and Bras d'Or Texaco restaurant. In 1986 Anne and John assumed ownership of the Arm of Gold Campground where she worked tirelessly to serve the tourists who visited the Bras d'Or area. At the young age of 72, Anne handed over the Arm of Gold Campground and Trailer Park reins to her son and his wife.
During her 60 years as a member of the Bras d'Or community, Anne taught adult night cooking classes, was an advocate for the Down's syndrome, serving as a member of the Canadian Association of the Down Syndrome Society, both at the national and local level, served St. Joseph parish as a hospitality minister, Eucharistic minister and RCIA sponsor, and was an Associate of the Sisters of St. Martha.
Anne is survived by her five daughters, Jean, Bras d'Or, Judy (Bohdam) Wasilewski, Alberta, Joan (Kerry Muir), Florida, Michelle (Pierre Landry), Alberta, and Mary Frances, Bras d'Or; and one son, John (Flora), Bras d'Or. Anne also has eight grandchildren, Pierre and Jennifer Landry, Heather Eaton, Scott Muir, Alexandra and Nicholas Wasilewski and Juliana and Matthew Brennick; and four great-grandchildren, Aaralyn and Felicity Eaton, Nolan Landry and Rylee Dolgin. Anne also has four siblings, Sr. Yvonne Vigneault, Antigonish, Lorraine Fraser, Margaree, Adelaide McNeil, Alberta, and George Vigneault, Alberta.
Anne was predeceased by her husband, John in 2000.
Visitation for Anne will be held from 7-9 p.m., today (Thursday) and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Friday in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney.
Funeral mass will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday from St. Joseph Church, Bras d'Or with the Rev. Peter McLeod officiating.
Family flowers only. Memorial donations may be made to the Down Syndrome Association VATTA @ 1-800-883-5608 or to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, palliative care unit.
Online condolences may be sent to www.wjdooley.com.
