Mary Donovan
Born In: Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born: May 1st, 1922
Passed in: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: December 6th, 2011
It is with sadness, that we, the family, announce the passing of our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Mary Elizabeth Donovan. Mom passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the Glace Bay Hospital, with her family by her side.
Born May 1, 1922, in Reserve Mines, she was the daughter of Belgian immigrants, Julian and Marie (Coenen) Caume.
Mom and dad married in 1943 and upon returning to Cape Breton after the war years, made their home in Glace Bay where they raised their family.
Mom worked as a ward clerk at St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Glace Bay.
She loved spending time with her family and enjoyed travelling; she especially enjoyed her trips to Ontario and her visit to Belgium to celebrate her 80th birthday.
She was a member of St. Anne’s parish and took great delight in belonging to St. Anne’s CWL and Seniors Outreach Program. She was a past member of MacDougall’s Girls Pipe Band ladies auxiliary.
Mary will be sadly missed by children, Marilyn (Will) Santin, Patricia (Rick) DellaVella and Maria (Dave) Cherevaty, all of Ontario, Byron (Ginny), Truro, Terry (Irene), Georges River, Brenda (Barry) Donahue and Alan (Danette), both of Glace Bay. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
As well as her parents, Mary was predeceased by her husband, Herb Donovan (1996), brother, Raymond Caume and sisters, Mariette Thomas, Louise Dumont, Juliette MacDonald, Hortense Campbell, Antoinette MacDonald and Alice in infancy.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Visitation will take place in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A funeral mass will be celebrated 10 a.m., Saturday at St. Anne’s Church, Glace Bay, with Fr. Leo Boone officiating. A luncheon will follow in the church foyer. Interment will be held at Forest Haven Memorial Gardens, Sydney.
As an expression of sympathy for Mary, memorial donations in her memory may be made to Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation Cancer Centre, Sydney or a charity of your choice.
Online condolences to the family can be expressed at www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
