Jean White (Howard)
Date de décès : 2 décembre 2008
76, North Sydney It is with great sadness the family announce the sudden passing of our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Jean White, age 76, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at Taigh Na Mara Nursing Home, in Glace Bay, where she resided for a very short time. Born in Florence, she was the daughter of the late Thomas B. and Annie (Robinson) Howard. She lived most of her life in North Sydney on Regent Street and Beacon Crescent. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, North Sydney. Mom worked for 30 years at Icer Rahey's Convenience Store on Regent Street, North Sydney, where she was a friend to all who knew her. She was a lifetime member of Branch 19, Royal Canadian Legion in North Sydney and past president of the ladies auxiliary. She was also a member of the North Sydney Pensioners Club, the mixed dart league and enjoyed card games at the Knights of Columbus Hall, North Sydney, and the North Sydney fire hall. She enjoyed a good game of cards, bingo and in her younger years enjoyed the horse races. Mom also cooked many meals for the North Sydney Rotary Club. She was well known for her lemon and coconut cream pies which she loved to bake. She is survived by her daughters, Debbie Brown, Florence, and Jane MacDonald, North Sydney; son, David (Noelle) Rose, North Sydney; her grandchildren, Kimberly and Jacqueline Brown, Stephanie and Chris MacDonald, Coady and Brady Rose; and five great-grandchildren Owen and Sharlotte MacDonald, Brandon, Christopher and Meghan MacDonald; her sister, Helen (Richard) Chambers, New Brunswick; brothers, Gordie Howard, Florence, and Richard (Nancy) Howard, Ontario; her sister-in-law, Ann Howard, Florence; and brother-in-law, Leonard Marsh, Alder Point; many nieces and nephews; and her ex-husband, Allan Rose. She was predeceased by her second husband Reginald White in 1999, her sisters, Ruth Howard, Jane Marsh, Alice Howie, Eileen Haley, brothers, Thomas, Sidney and Charlie Howard, two sisters in infancy and sons-in-law, James Brown and Bruce MacDonald. The family would like to express sincere thanks to a very special friend, Ruth MacKenzie who was there for Mom when she needed her the most and also to Taigh Na Mara and the renal clinic, Dr. Hewlett and Stehanie Sawka, the Northside General Hospital, Dr. Stephanie Langley, Dr. Jamie MacLean, her nurse Linda Thompson, Sobeys Pharmacy and especially Daniel McKeough and all those who helped Mom in any way. Visitation for Jean will be held Thursday (today) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney. Funeral service will be held 3 p.m., Friday at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church with Rev. Carl Fraser officiating. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Sydney. Memorial donations may be made to St. John the Baptist Anglican Church or the renal clinic at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. Online condolences may be sent to info@wjdooley.com.
