Sarah Deveaux
Born In: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: June 3rd, 2011
It is with great sadness that we, the family announce the passing of Sarah Jane Deveaux. Sarah, a longtime resident of Victoria St., Glace Bay, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 3, 2011, at the Victoria Haven Nursing Home in Glace Bay surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Glace Bay, Sarah was the daughter of the late Patrick and Margaret (McNeil) Connolly and was a member of St. Anne’s Church, Glace Bay.
Sarah was a beautiful lady who truly enjoyed all the chores of raising her children in a loving home. She also enjoyed playing cards with her friends in ‘The Happy Go Lucky Club’, dancing with her husband Dennis and laughing, but most she will be remembered for her quick wit which she kept until the end, her love of chocolate and spending time with her family.
Sarah will be sadly missed by her loving children, daughters Laraine Penney, Glace Bay, Denise (Glenn) MacDonald, Sydney; sons Alonzo, Glace Bay, with whom she resided with for 15 years prior to her move to Victoria Haven Nursing Home, and son David (Sharon) Calgary; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by brothers John (Mae), Thomas (Joan), both of Ontario; sisters Rose Stevenson, Glace Bay, Shirley Aucoin (Andrew Chesal), New Waterford; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, Sarah was predeceased by her husband Dennis (1992); brothers Neil Thomas ‘Buster’, Patrick ‘Chick’; son-in-law Allie Penney and daughter-in-law Sharon Deveaux.
Visitation will be held Monday 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. on Tuesday at Anne’s Church, Glace Bay with Fr. Leo Boone officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. A reception will follow in the church foyer, all are welcome.
Online condolences to the Deveaux family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
