Monthly Archives: September 2016

Brenda Walsh

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Passed peacefully away at the Lion’s Manor Nursing Home, Placentia on September 28, 2016 Brenda Marie Walsh , 55 years.

Predeceased by her parents Andrew (2011) and Loretta (1985).

Left with fond and loving memories her sister’s and brother’s;  Shirlie (Ronald ), Dorothy (Raymond), Brian (Pauline), Anthony (Bonnie), Adrian ( Denise), Andrew, Darryl (Jennifer).

As special thank you is extended to the staff of Lion’s Manor Nursing Home for all their care and attention.

Also special thank you to Paula Jackson of Cavendish for providing Brenda with a loving home fro many years before moving to the Lion’s Manor.

Cremation and funeral arrangements entrusted to Holloway’s Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held on Friday, October 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm from Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Bellevue.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Bellevue or to the Down Syndrome Society.

Naomi Mae Mercer

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A heart-felt thank you from our family to yours.

September 1st was a sad and tragic day for our family
with the passing our beloved mother Naomi Mae Mercer.

To those of you who provided food and drink at the funeral home
thank you for helping fill our empty bellies, your kind words of condolence helped mend our broken hearts and heal our empty souls.
My mother was blessed to have been surrounded by those who loved her.
When you are grief stricken it’s hard to recall the faces of all those who placed a gentle hand on your shoulder or whispered a kind and comforting word in my ear, Please know I felt each and every gentle touch and heard your kind words of compassion
and condolence, we appreciate your presence as well as your prayers.
We’d like to thank ‘Our Mother’s’ brothers and sisters Cyril , Gloria ,Cynthia and Ross and their extended famlies
for being there for our family. Thank you for the family wreath it was beautiful , and a special thank you to Gloria and Ted who flew home to be here for our mother and her children.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to our beloved father’s family for being there for us , your kind words of sympathy and understanding made our grief a little easier to bare.
A very special ” thank you” to Yvonne’s family who sent flowers , provided meals and opened their hearts and homes to our family.
Your kind and generous offerings were appreciated more then words alone can say.
Our heart-felt thanks to Ivy and the staff at Whitbourne Foodland.
Your gift of food was appreciated and the thought behind it was as comforting as the food itself.
To my dear friends the Sheppard family and their extended family , thank you for the beauitful flowers , we appreciate and treasure your friendship and your kind words of inspiration.
I can’t say enough to show our sincere grattiude to Rev. Nancy of the Whitbourne Anglican Church who sat with myself and Yvonne for over an hour talking about our mother , also to Rev. Linda Cumby of the Anglican Church in Greens Harbour . Due to a motor vehicle accident Rev. Nancy had to cancel her participation in the service but made arrangments on behalf of our family to have Rev.Linda Cumby fill in for her. Rev. Cumby was a blessing to our family. In our time of sorrow and grief her kind and comforting
words proved to be a source of compassion and empathy .
I only had a few minutes to speak with Rev. Cumby about our mother and she like Rev. Nancy was genuinely interested in knowing what kind of person our mother was. I told her of the love and compassion we had for our mother and of how proud we were of her. I also told her of how proud she was of her children grand children and great grand children. I guess it was obvious to her from the way I talked our mother was loved and admired .
Rev. Nancy and Rev. Cumby invited us into their house of worship and accepted us as a grieving family and shared in our sadness and sorrow , we were strangers but they took us in and made us part of their family, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
God bless you.
Thank you to Harriet Rees and the Anglican Church Choir for your beauitful rendition of two of my mothers most beloved hymns.
Also thank you to Hollaway’s Funeral home for carrying out my mother’s funeral arrangment with such diginity and grace .
A sincere and heartfelt thank you to the ACW who did an amazing job of providing such a wonderful lunch for our family and friends .Thank you for welcoming us into your Social Center, your generosity and friendship is greatly appreciated. Thank you for understanding that when a bunch of us Mercers get togeather it’s always noisy.My darling mother would laugh and say that we had more tongue then Kellogs got cornflakes.
God bless you and your Social Center .
A special thanks to Yvonne’s family for providing supper for our family the evening of the funeral. I think our family members who flew back were all over weight just from consuming all that food.
Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to bring along such wonderful meals. To those of you who called or sent messages of condolence or showed up at the funeral home to show your respect we will always remember you and remain forever grateful for your kindness.
My thanks and gratitude to my dear friend and fellow musician Ryan Tiller for accompanying me and my brother Terry with his wonderful musical talent in the songs we performed for our mother.
From the very depths of my heart and soul and with every ounce of love and compassion I have I thank my brothers and sisters
Thank you Todd and Doug for your beautiful tribute to our darling mother ,you left me speachless ‘ and that’s hard to do”.
God bless my brother Terry who was petrified but detirmned to sing the song “The hand that rocks the cradle” you did an amazing job. Mom would have been so proud ‘ I know we are’.
My dear brother Keith did a loving and compassionate tribute to our mother at a intimate family service in Fort McMurray with my mother’s close personal friends and family in attendance .
Although I wasn’t there I know he spoke from the heart of the great love and admiration we had for our darling mother.I have the greatest love . respect and apprication for my family.
You,ve all been there for our mother over the many years .You insured she was safe happy and as healthy as possible, I know she was always the priority in your lives , but most of all you let her know she was loved and cherished and you stayed by her bedside til the very end .
I know our Father our Brother and our Darling little Sister will be there to welcome our mother home.

With the greatest love and appreciation from our family to yours

Thank you and God Bless you all.

Randy Doug Terry Keith Michelle Vicky
Yvonne Ann Bev Ann Louise Tim Terry

Naomi Mae Mercer

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MERCER. Naomi Mae, Passed peacefully away on Sept 1, 2016 at Northren Lights Community Hospital, Fort McMurray, AB. Mae age 81 of Whitbourne,
NL.
 
 
Survived by 7 children: Randy (Yvonne), Markland, NL. Doug (Ann), Terry (Bev), Stratford, Ont. Keith (Ann Louise), Stillwater Lake, NS. Vicki (Terry Marsh ),
Fort McMurray, AB. Todd (Scott Jones) Vancouver, BC. Michelle (Tim Newhook) Fort McMurray, AB. Daughter-in-law Daphne, Hamilton, Ont. 20 grandchildren,
25 great grandchildren. 2 brothers, 2 sisters, and countless family and friends.
 
 
Predeceased by husband Ed Mercer, son Eddie, daughter Debbie, her parents Cyril & Minnie Hutchings, stepmother Gertrude Hutchings, 3 brothers, 4 sisters, 9 brothers-in-law and 4 sisters-in-law.
 
 
” We’ll meet again, and we will, our Angel” Memorial
Service at Holloway’s Funeral Home, Sunday, September 11 from 2:00 to 9:00 pm. Funeral service on Monday, September 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm at St. John the  Baptist Anglican Church, Whitbourne. Interment at the Salvation Army Cemetery, Whitbourne. A Gathering for family and friends for tea, at the Social Centre next to the Anglican Church.

Tribute to Mae Mercer by her son Randy

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To my extended family and friends .

September 1st was a sad and heart wrenching day for our family.
Our darling mother Naomi Mae Mercer passed peacefully away in hospital at Fort McMurray Alberta.
She had been under the constant care of doctors since January.
It’s so tragic to loose your mother,it leaves you with a void that’s
inpossiable to fill.My wife said at sixty one years old you feel like an orphan’ she’s so right.
We sometimes take our mother’s love and affection for granted,
not realizing that someday she won’t be there’ well someday comes sooner then you think.
A mothers love helps define who you are and in some ways even
what you are.
Mothers have an unconditional love for her children wheather the child is six or sixty one , and the bond between them can’t be broken or deminished and only grows stronger with time.
As a child mothers nourish love and protect you . but I found as I grew older the roles have been reversed and i just want to love cherish and protect my mom even more then she did me.
My darling mother and father had the ability to guide me in the direction they felt was best for me by saying the same thing in two different ways that would result in the same out come.

My father would say don’t forget your prayers.
My mother would teach me what prayers to say.

My father would say fight for what you believe in.
My darling mother would say’ is what you believe in worth fighting for.

My father would say work hard and be a man.
My mother would say do the best you can and always remember to be a gentle and loving father.

My mom was a tiny woman who would fight the devil himself through the flames of hell to protect her children, and them invite him in to bandage his wounds.
She was the strongest yet the most gentle and caring person I have ever known.
My brothers, sisters and I have always been very proud of our mother and were never afraid nor ashamed to show our love and affection for her.
Rest in peace my precious angle.

My mother like your mother is the best in the world.
Don’t forget to let her know the next time you see her

Allen Joseph Smith

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Surrounded by loved ones, Allen Joseph Smith, aged 67, passed peacefully away at Carbonear Hospital following a brief illness.

Allen, often called “Black Joe” by family and friends, was born and raised in Chance Cove, NL.  Though he spent a few years in his early 20’s working away in Toronto and briefly moved his family to Saskatchewan in the early 90’s, he always found his way home; where he could pursue some of his favourite past times like trouting, rabbit hunting and playing in the local dart league.  In later years, failing health prevented him from doing many of the things he loved, but he still enjoyed a good game of cards, a coffee with his friends and of course sharing one of his many stories of youthful misadventures.  His infectious laughter and sense of humour remained constant ‘til the end.

Predeceased by his parents, Eli & Winifred (Snook) Smith and sisters Audrey and Pearl; Allen is survived by a large and loving family, including his wife Nina (Crann) Smith and his children, Jennifer Russell (Jeremy Brace), Daryl Smith, Cheryl Smith, Darcy Smith and Andrew (Jenny) Smith; his beloved grandchildren, Jenna, Brady, Jillian, Taylor, Kiara, Tara, Brooklyn & Abigail.  Also survived by his siblings, Eldred, Eric, Alvina, James, Oscar, Clara, Lillian and Elwood; and his many nieces and nephews with whom he shared a very special bond.

Allen will be resting at the Ascension  Anglican Church in Chance Cove with visitation beginning Monday, Sep 5, 2016.  The funeral service will be held Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 2PM with internment to follow at the Chance Cove Anglican Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family.