Evangeline Maude MacDougall, 99, Pictou, formerly of Sunny Brae, died March 5, 2012 at the Shiretown Nursing Home, where she had resided for the past eight and a half years.
Born April 10, 1912 in Forest Glen, Colchester County, she was the daughter of Lyman and Annie (Dodge) Sutherland.
Educated at Brookfield School, Truro Academy, Acadia University (B.A.31) and N.S.T.C., Van taught school in Merigomish, Sunny Brae, and Truro before her marriage to J.D. (Eon) MacDougall. Following his death in 1952, she returned to the classrooms of Pictou County while raising her two children, and later taught in the Annapolis Valley, retiring in 1972. Always involved in her community and church, Van was an active member of Sunny Brae United Church and its U.C.W., and later of Bridgeville United Church. Never idle, Van loved her family, a good conversation, travel to many countries over the years, bridge, reading, baking, gardening, knitting and needlework.
Besides her husband, Van was predeceased by her son Rand, daughter-in-law Sandra (Ross), infant granddaughter Heather Dodson; sisters: Blanche, Margaret, Muriel and Lillian; brothers: Ernest, Fred, and William; lovingly remembered by her daughter Margaret Anne (Bill) Dodson, grandsons: Kent (Ann) and Rob (Lori) MacDougall, and Bruce (Mariana), Alan, and Kevin Dodson, granddaughter Anne Dodson, and great-grandchildren: Laura, Kyle, Peyton, and Dylan MacDougall, and Leah Dodson as well as several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 8th, from 2-5 p.m. in the H.W. Angus Funeral Home, New Glasgow, where funeral service will be conducted by Rev. Bonnie Fraser at 2 p.m. Friday, March 9th, followed by burial in Sunny Brae Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the church or charity of your choice.
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