Passed away at Halifax QEII Infirmary on September 3, 2009,age 69, formerly of St. John’s, NL. Survived by husband Edward Franklin Vacheresse; daughters: Madonna (Frederick Hatcher) Whitten, Corina (Mark O’Donnell) Whitten, Jackie (Mike) Walsh, all of St. John’s, NL; sons: Wayne (Laurie), St. John’s, NL, Dermot (Sandra), Calgary, AB, Walter (Tanya), Dennis (Tina), Norman (Kim), St. John’s, NL; sisters: Marion, Lorraine and Sandra; twenty grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; Special thanks to nurse Lynn and staff at the QEII. Predeceased by parents Frank and Olive (Vinnicombe) Tucker. Son: Frank Joseph Whitten; brothers: Walter and Frankie; sisters: June and Shirley. Funeral services and cremation have taken place. Arrangements entrusted to T.K. Barnard Funeral Homes, Halifax.