Margaret Rosemary (Nickerson) DeCoste – 73, Truro.
Rosemary is home! After four years of cancer treatments and not knowing what to expect next, yet having a peace beyond understanding, she went home to be with her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday morning, November 11, 2025.
Rosemary is leaving behind the one and only love of her life, Bernard, or as some call him, Bernie; her loving daughter, Sheri DeCoste, Belmont; grandchildren, Zackery Graham, Belmont; Cydnee Graham (Josh Yeomans), Gagetown, New Brunswick; Harrison Graham, Belmont; Cohen Spencer, Belmont; great grandchildren, Sadie Graham, Halifax; Sofia Graham, Halifax; Roman Graham, Truro; sisters, Shirley (John) Coates, Riverview, New Brunswick; Carole (Lloyd) Gallant, Amherst; brothers, Oties (Kori) Nickerson, St. Mary’s, Ontario; Gary (Jean) Nickerson, Ontario; sisters-in-law, Patricia (Jim) Ramsay, Rose DeCoste, Kathy (Eugene) Murphy; brothers-in-law, Michael (Bonnie) DeCoste, Ken (Donna) DeCoste; foster brothers, Earl (Eva) Ferdinand, Larry (Julia) Ferdinand; many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her parents, Lawrence and Willa (Sullivan) Nickerson; brothers, Alan Nickerson, Gerald Nickerson, Charles Nickerson.
Rosemary was a member of Truro Heights United Baptist Church, stepping down as Church Clerk in late February 2025. She was a past member of the choir and most recently, The Praise Team; she was loved by her church family and will be missed by all who knew her.
After her graduation from North Colchester High School in Tatamagouche, Rosemary began her working career as a data entry clerk at Brookfield Foods where she met her husband of 53 plus years. She went on to study in Kansas City, USA, working toward a career in Airline Travel Service, at Atlantic Travel Service, Truro. After marriage and spending the early years home with her daughter, Sheri, Rosemary returned to the work force in retail, as a sales clerk at Reitman’s, then as an Administrative Assistant at Truro Police Department to reception at Crossley Carpets, moving therein after several years to Domestic and International, Inside Sales, for multiple years and then ended her professional career, holding different positions over a 16 year period at Chignecto Regional School Board Offices in Truro.
Rosemary’s many interests included reading, sewing, gardening, helping out where needed in church activities, spending as much time as possible with the grandkids, and of course, traveling from Hawaii, Mexico, California, Nevada, Florida and many other States, a cruise to the Bahamas and many locations within Nova Scotia and the Maritimes at large, as well as other provinces throughout Canada. She often said, "I’ve never been anywhere I didn’t like or wouldn’t want to revisit." And revisited many, she did, on numerous occasions.
Special thanks are extended to the doctors and nurses from Home Palliative Care, as well as VON for their assistance, support and professionalism over these past seven plus months of her care.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Mattatall – Varner Funeral Home, 55 Young Street, Truro, where Rosemary’s family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m., Monday, November 17, 2025. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at Truro Heights United Baptist Church, 343 Truro Heights Road, Truro Heights, led by Pastor Connie Stewart, Retired, with assistance from Pastor Brian Johnston, Senior Pastor. Reception will follow in the church hall. Interment in Bible Hill Cemetery, 41 Warren Drive, Bible Hill. In lieu of flowers, donations in Rosemary’s memory to Truro Heights United Baptist Church (Building Fund), Truro Heights Cemetery or a charity of choice are welcomed.
Tributes, words of comfort and memories may be shared at: www.mattatallvarnerfh.com