Rose Helen MacDougall
Lieu de naissance : Port Morien
Date de naissance : 17 septembre 1920
Lieu de décès : Sydney
Date de décès : 7 février 2014
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Rose MacDougall on Feb. 7, 2014, at the Cove Guest Home, Sydney.
Born in Port Morien on Sept. 17, 1920, Rose was the daughter of the late William and Sarah MacPhee.
Rose was a resident of the Cove Guest Home for the past 10 years and was formerly from Welton Street. She was a member of St. Theresa’s Church, Sydney. She was a stay-at-home mom, who looked after her seven children and her husband who was disabled for 20 years. She loved to cook, bake, sew, knit, crochet, quilt and many other crafts. She enjoyed bingo and a good game of cards. She also liked to travel, mostly to Ontario to be with her family as well as other parts of Canada.
Rose is survived by her daughters, Helen (Ross) Morrison, Hughena (John) Quinn, Theresa (Jim) Burton, Michelene (Joe) MacKinnon, all of Sydney; sons, Joe (Alice), Ontario, Hugh ‘Skippy’ (Marie), Ontario, and Gordon (Cathy), Marion Bridge; brothers, William (Jenny) MacPhee and Byron (Hazel) MacPhee, both of Sydney; in-laws, Christene MacPhee, Ada MacPhee and Clifford Morrison; 16 grandchildren, Kathy, Paul, Kenneth, David, Colleen, Danette, Stephen, Bobby, Skippy, Dawn, Tammy, Michael, Daniel, Carolyn, Rachael, Kimberley, and 23 great-grandchildren.
Besides her parents, Rose was predeceased by her husband, Hugh and infant daughter, Patricia, great-granddaughter, Audrey Purcell and also by her sisters, Evelyn Steele, Mary Ursula Morrison, Anita Wilson, Audrey in infancy and her brothers, George, Ephie, Kenny, Bobby, Reggie, Stephen and Alex.
Visitation will be held 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11 and funeral service will be held 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12 both at T.W. Curry Parkview Chapel, Rev. Tommy Whent will officiate. Interment in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens.
Donations in Rose’s memory may be made to the Cove Guest Home where she was looked after exceptionally well or to a charity of choice.
Online condolences may be made by visiting www.twcurry.com.
You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived, you can close your eyes and pray she’ll come back or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.
