Mary (Kennedy) Nolan Warren Michalik
Date de décès : 19 novembre 2008
Glace Bay We are saddened to announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great great-grandmother and friend. Mary passed away at the home of her daughter, Frances, surrounded by her family on Nov. 19, 2008. Born in Glace Bay she was the daughter of the late Robert Thomas and Agnes Madeira (Woods) Kennedy. Mary was a devoted Roman Catholic. She was a member of St. Anthony's parish, CWL and the Lay Carmelite Community. She worked at St. Rita's Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital for 19 years in the food service department. Mary was predeceased by her husband, Stanley and is survived by five stepchildren, Walter, Stanley, Angela, Martha and Mary. She is also survived by daughters, Theresa Southwell (Michael), MacAskills Brook, Hazel MacIntyre (the late Danny), Sydney, Lorraine MacIntyre (Angus), Toronto, Frances MacNeil (the late Michael), Glace Bay; sons, Hector (Edna), Birch Grove, Robert, Toronto, Roy (Diane), Sudbury, Thomas (Louise), Birch Grove and William (Donna), Pickerington; 38 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren and 11 great great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her daughter, Charlene, a son in infancy, grandson, Jamie, brothers, Roy and Francis. Visitation for Mary will be held Sunday, Nov. 23 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. Vigil prayers will be at 7:15 p.m. Funeral mass will be celebrated at St Anthony's Church, Monday, Nov. 24 at 10 a.m. with Fr. Conrad Edwards officiating. Interment will be at Forest Haven Memorial Gardens, Sydney. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice. Online condolences to the family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca. In the Garden of Gethsemane Before the dawn of Easter There came Gethsemane… Before the Resurrection There were hours of agony… For there can be no crown of stars Without a Cross to bear, And there is no salvation Without Faith and Love and Prayer, And when we take our needs to God Let us pray as did His Son That dark night in Gethsemane "Thy Will, Not Mine, Be Done," We all have our Gethsemane And our daily Cross to bear And we, too, have a Father We can go to with our care A Father who will listen As he listened to His Son, And give us strength to carry on Until life's work is done. Well done, good and faithful servant.
