Dorothy Blagdon
Lieu de naissance : Piccore, Terre-Neuve, Canada
Lieu de décès : North Sydney, Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada
Date de décès : 2 février 2011
It is with great sadness we announce the peaceful passing of our dear mother and grandmother, Dorothy Blagdon, age 92, formerly of Stanley Street, on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at the Northside Community Guest Home, where she resided the past year.
Born in Piccore, N.L., Dorothy was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary (Simms) Piccott.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
A faithful member of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, North Sydney, she was active in the women's auxiliary and altar guild. She was also a member of the North Sydney Senior Citizen and Pensioners Club. In earlier years she enjoyed camping and fishing, darts at the North Sydney Fire Hall and bingo.
She is survived by six children, Yvonne (Tom) Eavis, North Sydney, Wilfred Jr. (Diane) Blagdon, Upper Leitches Creek, Bernice (Hughie) Moore, North Sydney, Sandra (Mike) McVicar, West Bank, B.C., Audrey (Phil) Harris, Sydney River, and Debbie (Russell) MacDougall, West Bank, B.C.; her eight grandchildren, Neil, Thomas, Chris, Chad, Melissa, Sarah, Ashley and Leah and her four great-grandchildren, Connor, Liam, Tyler and Jayden and many nieces and nephews.
Dorothy was predeceased by her husband, Wilfred; her grandson, Steven David Eavis and her brothers and sisters, George, Arthur, Jim, Garfield, Rebecca and Caroline.
Visitation for Dorothy will be held from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church with Rev. Gloria McClure-Fraser officiating. Burial to take place in Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney.
Memorial donations may be made to St. John the Baptist Anglican Church Fund.
Online condolences may be sent to www.wjdooley.com.
