Minnie Alice Leonard
1933-2020
LEONARD, Minnie Alice – Age 86
of Antigonish and formerly of West Bay, Inverness Co., passed away
peacefully on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in the R.K. MacDonald Nursing
Home, Antigonish. Born in West Bay she was a daughter of the late
Creighton and Annie Mae (MacMillan) Leonard.
Minnie was ahead of her time. She moved to New Jersey in the
1950s worked two nursing jobs and raised her son, Robert, all on her
own. She was ever ready for the next adventure and always had an extra
seat at the table for anyone who might show up at her door. Nothing
brought her greater joy than the time she spent with her grandchildren
Dana and Peter, except for maybe a gin martini on a golf course. After
a very successful career in nursing, she spent her retirement involved
in every activity her grandchildren participated in, traveling with
friends and in her home in West Bay on Cape Breton Island, where she
grew up, and her family still lived. She told everyone that West Bay
was the most beautiful place in the world and they all knew that they
had a place to stay when they came for a visit. She was everything to
her grandchildren and will be missed by many in both New Jersey and
Nova Scotia.
Surviving are her grandchildren, Dana and Peter (Colette)
Wise of New Jersey, USA; her brothers, Mitchell (Marguerite) and
Donald, of West Bay. Her sisters-in-law, Madeline, Hamilton, Ont.;
Tena, St. Peter’s; Beverly, West Bay; Peggy, Antigonish;
brother-in-law, Arvid Ferguson Hamilton, Ont.; and many nieces and
nephews across Canada. Minnie was predeceased by her son, Robert Wise;
her sisters, Jean Cresine & Frances Ferguson; brothers, Ross,
CR, Herbert, Alexander, Walter, Lloyd, Lawrence and Ewen
Leonard.
Cremation has taken place.
Funeral service will be held at a later date from West Bay United
Church with burial to follow in West Bay
Cemetery. Memorial donations in Minnie’s
memory may be made to West Bay United Church.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Dennis
Haverstock Funeral Home, Port Hawkesbury. Words of comfort may be
forwarded to the family
at: www.haverstocks.com
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Minnie Alice Leonard 19332020..
Dennis Haverstocks funeral homes
Décès pour la Ville: Port-Hawkesbury, Province: Nova Scotia