Frances Colleen Welsford
1924-2018
Frances Colleen Welsford (nee Yates), 93, formerly of Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia passed away peacefully at the Mahone Bay Nursing Home on
January 12, 2018.
Colleen was the daughter of Leslie and Barbara Yates, born in 1924 in
Bellingham, Washington and then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia .
She was predeceased by her parents, husband William (Bill) Dodge
Welsford and sister Diane Shankey. She is survived by her daughter
Jill Welsford, son/daughter-in law Richard and Barbara Welsford,
grandchildren David and Lindsay Welsford, her great grandchildren
Riley and Liam Smith, and Oscar Welsford, and niece and nephews Robyn,
Randy, Ron and Todd Allan, and Tracey and Charlene Welsford.
Colleen most fondly remembered her visits as a child to Cultas Lake,
British Columbia with her grandmother Mabel Edmunson. She graduated
from Lord Byng Secondary School in 1941, worked at the Royal Bank of
Canada and married Lt. William D. Welsford (RCN) in 1945. Colleen, and
Bill as a senior executive of the William M. Mercer Ltd. organization,
lived in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and New York City. In 1985, they
retired to Longboat Key, Florida and in 2001, Colleen moved once more
to Lunenburg to be with her family.
While living in Toronto, Colleen graduated from Quo Vadis School of
Nursing with her RN at age 47. She worked at Sunnybrook Hospital
specializing in psychiatric nursing and remained active in the
recovery community thereafter. While in Lunenburg Colleen participated
in many activities including the St. John’s Ambulance Therapy
Dog program with her beloved dachshund Katie. She enjoyed
entertaining, travelling, painting classes with Janet, needlepoint and
playing bridge. Most of all, Colleen loved the Christmas season,
giving to others and being with family and friends. She will be
missed by many.
A cremation has already taken place and her remains will be returned
to the Cultas Lake area next summer. The Welsford family wishes to
thank all her friends, doctors and caregivers at Ridgewood Retirement
Centre, South Shore Regional Hospital, Fishermans Memorial Hospital
and the Mahone Bay Nursing Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be
made in Colleen’s name to the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog
Program ( ns.sjatraining.ca ), 72 Highfield Park, Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia, CA B3A 4X2 or the SHAID Tree Animal Shelter ( shaid.ca ), 100
High Street, Suite 138, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, CA, B4V 1V9
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Décès pour la Ville: Mahone-Bay, Province: Nova Scotia
