Morrissey, Mary Isabel
"Molly", age 88, formerly of
Giant’s Lake and Antigonish, passed away on April
12th, 2024, in High-Crest Home for Special
Care, Sherbrooke, N.S.
Born in
Antigonish, December 28th, 1935, Molly was the
eldest child of the late John Francis and Josephine (MacIsaac)
MacNeil.
After
completing high school, Molly entered St. Martha's School of Nursing,
graduating in 1958. Upon graduation, Molly's independent
spirit took her to Lowell, Massachusetts to begin her nursing career
which spanned forty - plus years. While in Lowell, Molly,
met her future husband, Colin, and married in Waltham, Ma., on October
17th, 1963. Molly's nursing career
took her and her growing family to Miami, Fl., where she nursed in
South Miami Hospital. After the death of her husband, Molly
returned to Nova Scotia and continued her nursing career at St.
Martha's Regional Hospital and Guysborough Memorial
Hospital. Molly was a true professional, always putting her
patients first.
Molly loved to
cook, entertain, read and garden, but her greatest love was her
family. Molly is survived by sons Mark (Tracey) and their
children, James (Ashley), Liam, Colton, and Gracelynn; Ashley (Ray)
Keegan and Audrianna; and Colin (who followed in Grandma's footsteps),
Central Texas; and Steven (Donna) and their children, Joey and
Brandon, Inverness, Fl.; Siblings, Jim, Quispamsis, N.B.; Anne
Restoule, Giant's Lake; and Fiona (Rodney) MacLean, Lower South
River.
Molly is
predeceased by husband, Colin; brother Joe; sisters-in-law,
Rose-Marie, and Louise; and brothers-in-law, Ted Restoule and Al
Archibald.
Visitation
will be held on Friday, April 19th, 2024, 2-4
and 7-9 pm in C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College Street,
Antigonish. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11am on
Saturday, April 20th, 2024, in St. Andrews
Church, St. Andrews, with Fr. Dennis Lamey presiding. Burial
in St. Francis DeSales Cemetery, Giant's Lake, at a later
date.
The family
wish to thank the Staff at High Crest Home for Special Care for the
compassionate care given to Molly during her
stay,
In Memoriam,
donations to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital, St Francis
DeSales Cemetery, or charity of one's choice would be greatly
appreciated. Online condolences:
www.clcurry.com.