Elizabeth Marie 'Vickers' O'Neill RN
Date de décès : 8 novembre 2008
85, Glace Bay It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth Marie 'Vickers' O'Neill, 85, of Glace Bay on Saturday, Nov.. 8, 2008, at the Glace Bay General Hospital. Born in Sydney Mines, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Teresa (Purdie) Vickers. Elizabeth trained at the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, Glace Bay, graduating in 1945. She worked many years as a maternity nurse and retired in 1987. She will be remembered by many for her good sense of humour and her excellent care of the many newborns she attended in the nursery, including several of her own grandchildren. A strong woman of faith, Elizabeth was a longtime member of St. Anne's Church, Glace Bay. She was a member of St. Anne's CWL, St. Joseph's Alumni and a former member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Bridgeport. She will be sadly missed by her son, Shaun (Barbara); daughters, Sharon Kelloway, Betty (Bill) Metcalfe; cherished grandchildren, Shaun E. (Yolande), George (Kendra), Ian O'Neill (Kelly), Matthew, Bryan, Christopher Kelloway, Georgia and Edgar Metcalfe. Also surviving are Elizabeth's great grandchildren, Zander, Nathalie, Logan, Chase; nieces, nephews and her brother, Ian, Ontario. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, George in 1981, a brother, Ferdinand, sisters, Jean, Evelyn Jessome MacDougall, Genevieve Simpson, brothers-in-law, Clarence Jessome, James MacDougall and Ernie Sampson. Visitation will be held Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in the V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. The funeral mass officiated by Rev. Leo Boone is Tuesday at 10 a.m. in St. Anne's Church with a reception to follow in the foyer. After the reception, interment will be held at the chapel in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Elizabeth may be made to the Cancer Society, St. Vincent de Paul or a charity of one's choice. Condolences to the family can be expressed through the funeral home website www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
