It is with great sadness that the family of the late Cornelia Mahar of Bird Cove, announce her passing on Thursday, July 28, 2011, at Rufus Guinchard Health Centre in Port Saunders, at the age of 79 years. Leaving to mourn with fond and loving memories, her husband Michael; children Ben (Selina), Port au Choix, Alonzo (Anita), Mackenzie, British Columbia, Leon (Georgina), Port au Basque, Matthias (Eileen), Corner Brook, Ivan (Mabel), Bird Cove, Joyce (Wilbur) Porter, Bear Cove, Mike (Cynthia), Medicine Hat, Alberta, Brenda (Steve) Jones, Brooks, Alberta, Mary (Alvin) Gould, Bear Cove, and Betty (Paco) Miranda, Puerto Rico; 22 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and a large circle of other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her parents Alonzo and Mary Caines, brothers Adrian, Bill, Gerald, and grandson Christopher. The family received friends from Our Lady of Grace Church in Bird Cove on Saturday and Sunday from where the funeral service took place on Monday at 11 a.m. with Fr. O’Quinn officiating. Interment followed at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bird Cove. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Fillatre’s Funeral Home, Port au Choix.