Doris Glornie (Touchie) Atkinson
1925-2019
Born in
Quarryville, NB, to Herman and Ruby (Jardine)Touchie, Doris was the
third of eight children. Several moves led to Moncton where she
displayed a superior talent for sales at Eaton’s. At church
she met Bruce, the love of her life for 70 years as he always treated
her as his « First Lady ». Mum always wore stunning hats, and
the latest fashions making a striking entrance wherever she went. She
was a full-time mother, a perfectionist housekeeper, managing many
moves with Bruce’s studies, ministry and Department of Education work.
She was also a pioneer woman who could plant, harvest, and preserve a
large garden, tap maple trees, pitch a tent and get a fire going, and
make the best relish and pickled beets. She was truly a « phone
babe » who called friends and family often. Xmas cards for 200 was
the norm with Xmas gifts for everyone up to 3rd generations of
children. She held extended family close to her heart and made visits.
Doris loved babies and knitted over 500 caps for the IWK which she
supported to her last days. Family got washable wool socks, at least
200 pair. She was the consummate conversationalist, intuitive and
insightful, seeking all the details of your
life.
She was the
proudest grandmother of Kim Hutchinson (Steve Clayton) and Peter
(Josie) Atkinson and Phillip Atkinson and of her Great granddaughters
Emma and Hayley Atkinson. She was a very generous and loving mother to
Donna and Lonnie and their spouses, Cliff Hutchinson and Joan (Best).
Doris leaves behind sisters, Mabel Goguen, Moncton and Ruth Johnson,
California. Mum was predeceased by her husband Bruce, her siblings,
Wilson Touchie, Margaret (Bob Moore), Jack (John) and Ruth Touchie,
Marshall (Buster) and Shirley Touchie, Bernice and Hollis Steeves and
brother-in-law Fred Goguen.
The family thank
the entire staff at Serenacare in Moncton for their loving
professional care of Mum these last three years. She was always
coiffed, dressed and bejewelled as she wanted, and felt cherished by
this wonderful staff.
Cremation has taken
place and a celebration of her life will be held at Fergusons Funeral
Home Chapel, 1657 Mountain Road, Moncton (858-1995), on Thursday May
16, 2019, with visitation, 9:30 – 10:30 am. O.E.S. Memorial
Service at 10:30 am, followed by a service and
reception.
If you wish to make a memorial
gift, the IWK would welcome your donation in Mum’s memory,
IWK Foundation, B220-5855 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS B3H 4S2
www.IWKfoundation.org,
or donate to a place of your heart. Online condolences on
the Funeral Home Facebook page or at
www.fergusonsfuneralhome.com
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Doris Glornie Touchie Atkinson 19252019..
Décès pour la Ville: Moncton, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick