LISMORE – James Hugh “Sunny” MacDonald, 70, Lismore, passed away Friday, July 26, 2013.
Born on April 11, 1943 in Antigonish, he was a son of the late James Roderick and Marie Alfreda (de Coste) MacDonald. Sunny was an Industrial Millwright and a member of Millwright Local 1178. He was a fisherman and captain of the fishing vessels April Dawn #1 and April Again. Sunny was a longstanding member of various fishing organizations. He was a member of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Zone 5 since its inception in 1979. He was a member of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Lismore.
Surviving are his wife of 41 years, Marie (Hadley, RN); daughter, Janice MacDonald and granddaughter, Lilli Laine, Lismore; son, Jason (Georda), Lismore; sisters, Lois MacDonald, New Glasgow; Jean Cloutier, Stellarton; brothers, John F. “Frannie” (Elizabeth), Jerome (Frances), Bailey’s Brook; mother-in-law, Florence Hadley and sister-in-law, Doreen, Hadleyville; brother-in-law, David, Bridgewater; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by brother, Ralph; brother-in-law, Jerry Cloutier; godson, Kenzie Beaton.
The family will receive visitors 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today in P. & K. MacDonald Funeral Home, New Glasgow. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Lismore with Father Colin MacKinnon presiding.
Donations may be made in Sunny’s memory to Karen Lynn MacDonald Allergy Awareness Society.
Sunny’s family wish to thank all the paramedics, physicians, nurses, hospital staff and VON for the wonderful care given to Sunny over the past 12 years. www.pkmacdonald.ca