UPDATED RESTRICTIONS
NOTICE
On Sunday
afternoon, the province announced that all Nova Scotians should remain
in their home communities and not travel throughout Nova Scotia for
non-essential travel.
Furthermore,
the province has further increased gathering restrictions for the
whole province.
As such, please
consider staying home and watching Emelita's funeral streamed live on
our website.
Leoncio, Emelita, age 47, of Antigonish passed away on April
22, 2021, in the QEII Health Sciences Centre (VG Site),
Halifax.
Born in Manilla, Phillipines, she was a daughter of the late
Julietta Angeles.
A devout Christian, a loving wife, a dedicated nurse, and a
dear friend to all. She came to Antigonish 12 years ago and
worked at the R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home since then. She
was beloved by both her co-workers and the residents, and the RK
became her second home. She was a breath of fresh air and a
ray of sunshine, alsways gleaming with a smile and laughter.
Always the life of the party, she was loved by everyone she
met.
She is survived by her husband, Guillermo "Guill";
dog, Zoomie; brother-in-law, Gil (Danilyn) Leoncio; and nephews,
Ezekiel and Gian Leoncio.
Visitation will be held Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm in
C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street, Antigonish.
Social distancing protocols are in place and masks are
mandatory. Funeral Mass will be held Monday at 2:00pm in St.
Ninian Cathedral, Antigonish, Reverend Donald MacGillivray
presiding.
In Memoriam, donations to the R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home
Foundation appreciated. Online condolences: www.clcurry.com
PUBLIC VISITATION
PROTOCOLS
All visitors are advised to bring a mask when
attending a visitation at our funeral home. There are
markings on the floor which indicate six-foot distances as well as
markings that indicate 6 feet from the family.
It is important that you respect those
markings, and physical contact with the family is to be avoided at all
times. The province's social
distancing guidelines can be found here.
At the direction of the Province of Nova Scotia, we
will not be handling Mass or donation money, though cards can be made
available for you. You will be asked to provide your name
and phone number for the purposes of tracing should a case of COVID-19
be reported.
Anyone who is exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms or who
could be considered high-risk of contracting the coronavirus should
avoid attending the visitation and funeral. The list of
COVID-19 symptoms can be found here.
We thank you for your understanding in these
difficult times.