Leafa Humphrey
1920 - 2015
Leafa Humphrey
Visitation Information
Visitation
February 23, 2015
Visitation Time
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
Visitation Location
C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street, Antigonish
Service Information
Service Date
Tuesday February 24, 2015
Service Time
11:00am
Service Location
St. Patrick's, Locharber
Burial Information
Burial Location
St. Patrick's, Locharber
Requested Charity
N.S. Heart and Stroke Foundation, MS Society or Kidney Foundation
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Humphrey, Leafa Georgetta, 94, R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home, Antigonish formerly of Loch Katrine and Ontario, died February 20, 2015 at the nursing home.

Born in Powassan, Ontario, she was a daughter of the late George and Rilla (Briggs) Shelley.

Leafa was a member of St. Patrick's Parish, Lochaber. In her childhood she travelled with her parents who worked on the railway and in lumber camps. She spend her adult life as a hard working farm wife in Ontario. Upon retirement, she and Clare relocated to Nova Scotia. She was a great storyteller, recalling memories of her childhood. She was an artist working with oils and watercolors and also sketching.

She is survived by daughters: Dorilla (Reg) Miller, Feversham, Ont.; Brenda (Leo) Kell, Loch Katrine; son: Evan (Lynda), Orangeville, Ont.; daughter in law, Shirley Humphrey, Red Deer, Alta . She was a loving grandmother to fourteen grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.

She was predeceased by her husband Clare; son, Larry; sons Brian and Rodney in infancy; and sister, Lilly.

Visitation will be in C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street, Antigonish on Monday, February 23rd  from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Funeral Mass will be held in St. Patrick's Church, Lochaber on Tuesday at 11:00 am Burial in the parish cemetery at a later date.

Donations in memory may be made to the the N.S. Heart and Stroke Foundation, MS Society, or the Kidney Foundation.

Leafa Humphrey