Catherine Shaw
Born In: St. Ann, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: July 8th, 2009
It is with our deepest sadness and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beautiful mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend, Catherine Ann Shaw. Catherine was called home on July 8 2009, surrounded by her loving family at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney.
Born in the Quarry, St. Ann, she was the daughter of the late Rachal (Morrison) and Murdock ‘Leezie’ MacLennan. Catherine was a member of the St. Ann’s Bay United Church. She lived and raised her 13 children in Wreck Cove, and later in life resided with her daughter Ann in Westmount.
Catherine will always be remembered for the many cups of tea she served, her kindness towards her friends and strangers, her unconditional love, her unbreakable faith in God, and the importance of family values.
She is survived by her eight sons, Gerald (Joan), Indian Brook, John (Marlene), Goose Cove, Murdock (Marlene), Billy (Sally), Wayne (Wendy) Thunder Bay Ontario, Richard (Laura), New Brunswick, Donald (Theresa), North Sydney, and Freeman, Tarbot Vale; three daughters, Josephine, North Sydney, Ann (Bill) Westmount, and Peggy, Sydney.
She also leaves to mourn, 31 precious grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, Catherine was predeceased by her husband, Dan Neil; son Abraham; daughter in infancy, Nelly Mae; brother, Jack, and two sisters, Margaret, and Elizabeth.
Visitation for Catherine will be Monday July 13, 2009 at the Westmount United Church from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and will continue Tuesday July 14, 2009 at the St. Ann’s Bay United Church, from 1:00 p.m. until service time at 2:30 p.m. with Dianne Kempt, DLM officiating. Reception to follow. Burial will take place in Hillcrest Cemetery, Wreck Cove.
As an expression of sympathy for Catherine, donations in her memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the N.S. Lung Association.
“Mom, thank you for everything you gave us, thank you for everything you’ve taken from us and thank you mom for everything you left us. The Family.â€
Online condolences may be sent to our webpage at www.chantfuneralhome.com.
