Leona G. Sutton
1925-2019
Leona G. Sutton, age 93, passed away on March 27, 2019, in
Orchard Court, Kentville. Born July 27, 1925, in Cambridge, Kings Co.,
NS, to the late Jeremiah and Mary Ann (Shaffer) Webster, she was the
last surviving member of her immediate family. Leona worked as a
telephone operator with MT&T in Wolfville prior to her
marriage to David B. Sutton in 1948. She then became a farmer’s wife
and mother of four children, residing on the Sutton family mixed-farm
in Starr’s Point until 2015. She was a faithful member of St. John’s
Anglican Church, Church Street, Port Williams. She assisted her
husband on the farm and every autumn served home-cooked meals to
dozens of laborers who were billeted on the farm to assist with the
harvest of apples and potatoes. Leona did enjoy some leisure time at
the family cottage in Hall’s Harbour. When her children had become
older, she returned to the workforce as a switchboard operator at
Acadia University and as a Guide at the Prescott House Museum. Leona
is survived by her three daughters, Heather (Robert) Jones, Greenwich
Ridge; Donna Sutton (Larry Yockell), Bridgewater and Anne (William)
Trueman, Bennett’s Bay Road; six grandchildren, Rebecca and Matthew
(Iris Baeumler) Jones, Stephen and Alison Smith, Stephanie and Alex
Trueman; and four great-grandchildren, Enan and Anyo Baeumler-Jones,
and Issac and Chloe Mannette. Leona was predeceased by her son, David
D. Sutton (1991), her husband, David B. Sutton (1998), four brothers,
Stanley, Raymond, Gordon and Everett; and seven sisters, Lilah
Jollimore, Violet Kelly, Clara Hill, Bertha Palmquist, Marjorie
McIntyre, Joyce Moore, and Constance Hubbard. Cremation has taken
place and there will be no visitation, by request. The funeral
service, followed by a reception, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on
Saturday, April 6, 2019, in White Family Funeral Home, Kentville,
Reverend Maya Bevan officiating. A private family burial will take
place at St. John’s Anglican Church cemetery, Church Street, Port
Williams, at a later date. The family wishes to thank the staff of
Mountain Lea Lodge, Bridgetown, and Orchard Court, Kentville, for the
exceptional care and attention given to Leona over the past three plus
years she had been in Long-Term Care.
In lieu of flowers
memorial donations may be made to St. John’s Anglican Church, Cemetery
Fund (1105 Church St., Port Williams, NS), Canadian Mental Health
Association – Kings County Branch (440 Main St., Kentville, NS B4N
1K8), Alzheimer Society of NS (2719 Gladstone St., Halifax, NS B3K
4W6), or a charity of choice. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted
to the White Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services,
Kentville.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Leona G Sutton 19252019..
Source:white family funeral home
Décès pour la Ville:Kentville, Province:Nova Scotia