Ellen \'Nellie\' Pearo
Born In: SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born: December 26th, 1920
Passed in: Alder Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: July 9th, 2009
Ellen Jane ‘Nellie’ Pearo, age 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at the Northside General Hospital after a brief illness.
Born in Sydney Mines, December 26, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Weston and Ellen Matilda (Boutilier) Rice. Mom was “Silver Cross Motherâ€, Remembrance Day 2000 at Branch 83 Royal Canadian Legion, Florence. Mom was a lady through constant prayers remembered her family and friends.
She is survived by her daughter Wanda Jean (Bruce) Noble and her son Melvin (Agnes) Pearo, grandchildren Jenny Lynn (Jerome), Joylene, Eddie (Alise) and Evan, great grandchild Aliyah Noble, her sister; Dorothy Theriault and brothers Tom, Albert (Irene) and Roy Rice, all of Sydney Mines; best friend and sister-in-law Mae Arsenault, Alder Point, who spent many hours together, also surviving are many nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She will be missed by her furry friends Geisha and Gypsy.
She is predeceased by husband Second World War veteran Sgt. Melvin Pearo Sr. in 1994 and brothers Walter and Lewis Rice.
Visitation for Ellen will be held 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday in the W. J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney. A Funeral service will be celebrated 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines with Rev. Peter Rafuse officiating. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery North Sydney.
Online condolences may be sent to info@wjdooley.com.
Mom, a new “Angel†in heaven is watching over us.
