Mary Dorothy Groom
Born In: New Waterford
Born: March 26th, 1934
Passed in: Glace Bay
Passed on: March 5th, 2014
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Mary Dorothy Groom of Glace Bay on March 5, 2014, at Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
Born in New Waterford, she was the daughter of the late Denis and Aimee (Bourgeois) Burns.
Mary enjoyed raising her four children and was and avid curler in her younger years. Dorothy will be remembered as a kind and sweet lady who loved spending time with her family. She was especially fond of her grandchildren and her dear friends.
She will be sadly missed by her surviving children, daughter Ann Marie (Michael) Caume, Blue Springs, Missouri; son Peter Groom Glace Bay, N.S., daughter-in-law Laura Groom, brother Michael Burns (Muriel), Dominion, N.S.; and her grandchildren, Carly, Ryan, Brennan, Evan, Cheryl, Janet, Patricia.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Richard, son Tony, daughter Francine, sisters, Janie Peori, Theresa Odo, Yvonne Mullins and brothers, William Burns, Joseph Burns and Henry Burns (Dit).
Visitation for the late Mary Dorothy Groom will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2014, from 2-4 p.m. in Patten Funeral Home, 71 Union St., Glace Bay. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Patten Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. with Rev. Donald MacDonald officiating, with interment in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens at a date to be determined.
Donations can be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.pattenfuneral.com.
