It is with great sadness that the families of Opal Jemima Payne (nee Verge) announce her passing at the Rufus Gunichard Health Centre in Port Saunders, on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at the age of 95 years.
Leaving to mourn with fond and precious memories her children: Archibald (Christine), Jean (Rex) Parsons, Otto (Nancy), Yvonne (Franklin) Pittman, Darrell, Aaron, Tony, Donna (Baxter) Osbourne, Cynthia (Richard) Caines, Curtis (Masre), Cadrick (Ellen), Kimberley (Brian), and Gabriel (Mariam); her 38 grandchildren: Randy, Harvey, Ada, Brenda, Charlie, Stanley, Hajji, Mitch, Lorie, Franklin, Delano, Elvis, Marven, Conrad, Nicole, Deanna, Heather, Tyrone, Shane, Vicki, Angie, Christen, Adam, Darren, Damien, Conway, Mathias, Samuel, Thomas, Anastasia, Crystal, Charmaine, Kallon, Toby, Tad, Gavin, Samantha, Katie, and Wanda-lee; her 55 great-grandchildren, and ten great-great-grandchildren; her siblings: Alva Hutching, Alma (Eric) House, Donald Verge, and Almeda Thornhill; her brother-in-law Wallace Maynard, and daughter-in-law Sharon; other family members: Elsie, Wanda, and Michell, and her home care workers Candare and Jackie. Also leaving to mourn a large number of nieces, nephews, other relatives, extended family and friends. Mother was predeceased by her husband Arthur, son Ivan, parents Margaret and Enos Verge, sister Emma Maynard, brothers-in-law Stedman Hutching and Samuel Thornhill, sister-in-law Philamino Verge, one granddaughter-in-law, and three great-grandchildren. Visitation took place at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Parsons Pond from where the funeral service was held on Sunday, June 7 at 4 p.m. with Rev. Terry Rose officiating with the burial to follow at the family plot of the church cemetery in Parsons Pond.