Mattatall~Varner Funeral Home, Truro, NS, 902-893-3177
Avis Bertha Canning
Service Information
Service Date
Saturday January 3, 2009
Avis Bertha Canning - 94, passed away peacefully in Oceanview Manor,
Eastern Passage, on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Born in Londonderry,
she was the eldest daughter of the late Clarence and Ina (Mattatall)
Williams.
Avis is survived by daughters, Marilyn MacNeill (Larry) and Lorraine McCully (Glenn); granddaughters, Kathleen Holmes, Karen Maxwell, Janice MacDonald, Keltie MacNeill-Keller and Tricia Goguen; grandsons, John MacNeill, David Canning and Michael McCully; sister, Erma Patriquin (late Seldon); brother, Arnold (Dorothy); eight great-granddaughters and three great-grandsons; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; husband, Hedley; son, David; sisters, Blanche, Inez, Lalia and Geraldine; brothers, Vernon and John. Avis was a much loved, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, aunt and friend to many.
Avis will be remembered for her lovely welcoming smile, her many contributions to the community through Home and School Associations, Acadia Rebekah Lodge as Past Noble Grand, and District Deputy President, Colchester division of the Canadian Red Cross Society, Acadia United Church Ladies Aid, and adherent and treasurer of Acadia United Church, Londonderry. She was active in the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia and one of her proud moments was having her picture taken with the Hon. John Diefenbaker in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Mattatall ~ Varner Funeral Home, 55 Young Street, Truro, where Avis's family will receive friends 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, January 2, 2009 and where the funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009, Reverend Gary MacDougall officiating. Reception will follow. Spring interment will be held in Hillcrest Cemetery, Londonderry. Her family is sincerely grateful to the caring staff of Mountbatten Manor and of Section B, Oceanview Manor. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Oceanview Manor Society, P.O. Box 130, Eastern Passage, N.S. B3G 1M4, or the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia.
Avis is survived by daughters, Marilyn MacNeill (Larry) and Lorraine McCully (Glenn); granddaughters, Kathleen Holmes, Karen Maxwell, Janice MacDonald, Keltie MacNeill-Keller and Tricia Goguen; grandsons, John MacNeill, David Canning and Michael McCully; sister, Erma Patriquin (late Seldon); brother, Arnold (Dorothy); eight great-granddaughters and three great-grandsons; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; husband, Hedley; son, David; sisters, Blanche, Inez, Lalia and Geraldine; brothers, Vernon and John. Avis was a much loved, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, aunt and friend to many.
Avis will be remembered for her lovely welcoming smile, her many contributions to the community through Home and School Associations, Acadia Rebekah Lodge as Past Noble Grand, and District Deputy President, Colchester division of the Canadian Red Cross Society, Acadia United Church Ladies Aid, and adherent and treasurer of Acadia United Church, Londonderry. She was active in the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia and one of her proud moments was having her picture taken with the Hon. John Diefenbaker in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Mattatall ~ Varner Funeral Home, 55 Young Street, Truro, where Avis's family will receive friends 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, January 2, 2009 and where the funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009, Reverend Gary MacDougall officiating. Reception will follow. Spring interment will be held in Hillcrest Cemetery, Londonderry. Her family is sincerely grateful to the caring staff of Mountbatten Manor and of Section B, Oceanview Manor. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Oceanview Manor Society, P.O. Box 130, Eastern Passage, N.S. B3G 1M4, or the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia.
