Mary Elvinia 'Dit' Saccary
Lieu de naissance : Glace Bay, Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada
Lieu de décès : Dominion, Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada
Date de décès : 14 janvier 2012
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Mary ‘Dit’ Saccary, age 79, of Dominion. Mary passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side at the Glace Bay Hospital on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012.
Born in Glace Bay, she was the daughter of the late Dan T. and Florence (Powell) McNeil.
Mary was a member of St. Eugene’s Church, Dominion. She was employed as a nurse’s aid and personal care worker at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Seaview Manor, Glace Bay. Dit was a charter member of the Dominion Red Cross Society serving as equipment loans officer for many years. Dit enjoyed playing cards, bingo, baking, cooking and creating new recipes for her family and friends. Dit’s door was always open to her family and friends to have a cup of tea and to reminisce.
Dit will be sadly missed by her four children, sons, Michael (Tossi), Sheldon (Nadine), Daniel (Heather) and only daughter, Winnie (Wayne) Boutilier; brother, Earl, Massachusetts, Sheldon (Linda) McNeil, Glace Bay; sisters, Shirley McNeil, Lois (Albert) McLean, Glace Bay; sister-in-law, Gail McNeil, Glace Bay. Nana Dit will be sorely missed by her 13 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her sister-in-law and best friend, Annie Knox; friend, Sylvia (Baggio) Frigo, Ontario, and Darlene Byrne, Glace Bay. Dit will be sadly missed by her many nephews and nieces.
Besides her parents, Dit was predeceased by her husband and best friend of 58 years of marriage, John Will ‘Jake’ Saccary, three children in infancy, Gerald, Joseph, Mary Michelle, brothers, Mike, Rod ‘Hun’, George ‘Porky’, Wayne, brother-in-law, Joe McNeil, sisters, Florence and Christine Willigar.
Visitation for Dit Saccary will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. A funeral mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at St. Eugene’s Church, Dominion, with Fr. Daniel Boudreau officiating. Cremation will follow with interment in Calvary Cemetery, Bridgeport.
Donations in Dit’s memory may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Cape Breton Down Syndrome Society.
Online condolences to the Saccary family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
Your gentle smile
And generous heart
Will live with us forever.
The family would like to thank EHS attendants, emergency room nurses, Dr. Kevin McNeil, ICU nurses, clergy, family physician, Dr. Haleen and home support workers who provided excellent care on a daily basis to our mother.
