Barbara (Bennett) Bourgeois
Born In: New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: March 6th, 2012
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Barbara Bourgeois (Bennett), 59, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, on Monday, March 6, 2012. Barbara was a resident of Harbourstone Enhanced Care Facility.
Born in New Waterford, she was a daughter of the late Mark and Edith Bennett.
She enjoyed playing cards, bingo, latch hooking and listening to fiddle music.
Surviving are her son, Mark Edward Bourgeois (Loretta) and grandson, Mark William, New Waterford; seven brothers ,Alex ‘Sonny’ (Bonnie), Ontario, Charles (Georgina), Robert (Florentine), Raymond (Marcella), Gregory, Michael (Bernadette), James (Betty), all of New Waterford; sisters, Joanie (William) Jones, Jean Smith, Cheryl (Ronald) Mackie, all of New Waterford.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Placide ‘Pat’ Bourgeois and two sisters in infancy.
There will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place under the care and direction of V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 380 Smith St., New Waterford. A funeral mass of celebration will be held Friday, March 9 at 10 a.m. in the Parish Church of St. Leonard, Mount Carmel Avenue, with Fr. Ray Huntley officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia.
Online expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
