Mary MacArthur
Born In: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born: July 29th, 1940
Passed in: Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Passed on: September 2nd, 2015
Mary MacArthur, 75, of Woodstock, N.B., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at the Carleton Manor Nursing Home, Woodstock.
Mary was born in Beaver Cove, Cape Breton, on July 29, 1940, daughter of the late Bernard and Margaret (MacMullin) Collins.
Mary was a kind and loving person with a great personality, love of music, and was an accomplished stepdancer. She graciously cared for many people during her nursing career and was very involved in her beloved St. Gertrude's parish.
Mary is survived by her children, Michele Boyd (Karl), Woodstock, Barbara MacArthur (Dan DeBow) and a beloved grandson, Jakob Alexander DeBow; sisters, Catherine (Gordie) Thompson, Florence (Cyril) Worth, Gertie Taylor, Anna Bennett, Bernice, Vera (Vernon) Roach, Julie, Margie (Tommy) Ward, Pat (Kevin) Squires and Eileen MacDonald; her brothers, Donald (Cathy) and Michael (Lucina); sister-in-law, Anna Kehoe; brothers-in-law, Roddy MacArthur (Judy) and John MacArthur.
Besides her parents, Mary was predeceased by her husband, Alexander 'Sandy,' a sister, Mona, brothers, Joe and Bernard, brothers-in-law, Frank, Art, Ian, Joe, Donald 'Boo,' Raymond and a sister-in-law, Shirley.
Visitation will be held at the Carleton Funeral Home & Crematorium, 337 Lockhart Mill Rd., Jacksonville, N.B., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, from 4-7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at 11 a.m. from St. Gertrude’s Roman Catholic Church with Fr. John Keoughan. Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery.
Donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society, the Carleton Manor or to the Carleton County Animal Shelter.
Messages of condolence may be sent online to www.carletonfuneralhome.ca.
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