Teresa passed away peacefully at Beach Grove Home surrounded by family on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.
Teresa (nee Coffin) was born on Oct. 18, 1925, in Morell, P.E.I., to Grover and Mary Coffin. She grew up with her 10 siblings and attended Notre Dame Academy in Charlottetown. She was married to her husband, Ledwell, for 52 years until he passed away on Sept. 11, 2001. Teresa had a busy life raising her six children and working with Ledwell, first in the grocery business, and later in the motel business. She was a woman of very strong faith and was a member of St. Dunstan’s Basilica and Holy Redeemer Parish during her lifetime.
Teresa is survived by her six children, Gaelyne MacAulay (Frank) of Augustine Cove, John (Anne-Marie) of Wheatley River, Elaine Ross (Dave) of New Minas, N.S., Kevin (Mary Louise) of Halifax, N.S., Ian (Ann) of Halifax, N.S., and Blair (Louise) of Sherwood. Son, Brian, passed away in infancy. Teresa has one surviving sister, Kate Pelot, of Ottawa, and sister-in-law, Rita Coffin (Jack, deceased) of Charlottetown. Teresa has 15 grandchildren, (Steaphan, Lauren, Patricia, Brian, David, Adam, Johanna, Emily, Brendan, Michael, Corinne, Kathleen, James, Jillian and Giles) and two great-grandchildren (Aidan and Jacob).
A woman with dry “Coffin wit,” she loved Celtic music, was known to dance and sing at gatherings at the family cottage in Cumberland.
The family wishes to thank the wonderful staff at Beach Grove Home for their loving care during the past year.
Resting at Belvedere Funeral Home until Saturday at 9:40, then to St. Dunstan’s Basilica for funeral mass at 10 a.m. Interment later in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Charlottetown. Visitation Friday, 5 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of P.E.I.
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