Sylvia Googoo
Born In: Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: Wagmatcook , Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: March 13th, 2011
Sylvia Googoo, 57, Wagmatcook First Nation, passed away March 13, 2011, surrounded by family and friends at the Victoria County Memorial Hospital, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born in Baddeck, N.S., she was daughter of the late Peter and Helen (Pierro) Googoo. She was a member of the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish - Queen of the World Church. Sylvia loved her native tradition, teaching and learning from it. She was involved with teaching her knowledge of her Mi’kmaq heritage and Mi’kmaq craft to the children of Wagmatcook School. Sylvia also enjoyed doing quilting, beadwork and sewing. She travelled near and far on the “powwow trail” which she enjoyed with delight,
She is survived by her two daughters, Vallie Jo (Donald Frank) MacAulay and Andra Lee (Roy Preston) Bernard; five brothers, Charles Googoo, Wilfred Joseph (Doris) Googoo, Vincent Googoo, Peter Daniel (Karen) Googoo and Richard Patrick Googoo; four sisters, Eunice (Bernie) Peck, Florence Marion Googoo (Wayne MacDougall), Frances Geraldine Googoo and Mary Christine Googoo; four grandchildren, Carter Garrison Bernard, Maggie Ellis Bernard, Donald Connor MacAulay and Chelsey Rose MacAulay and numerous nieces, nephews, godchildren and cousins.
She was predeceased by her parents, Peter Patrick and Helen Googoo; two siblings, who were stillborn; nephew Dwayne Daniel Peck and love of her life, Peter Frank Bernard.
The body is resting in the basement the Queen of the World Church, Wagmatcook, N.S. with visitation starting 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Queen of the World Church with Fr. Robert MacNeil officiating. Burial will be at the Queen of the World Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of MacAskill Funeral Home, Baddeck, N.S.
