Nancy Jean Ross
1949-2020
The passing of Nancy Jean Ross, wife of Dr. Don Feeney,
occurred at Hospice House, Fredericton on April 1, 2020 at the age of
71. She was born at Chipman Memorial Hospital in St.
Stephen, NB on January 13, 1949, the daughter of the late Bill and
Elizabeth (Miller) Ross.
Nancy grew up in St. Andrews, NB. She spent many
enjoyable hours in her teenage years working with her dad, Bill and
her uncle, Kent at their family business « The Cottage
Craft ». In 1967, she was a member of the first
graduating class from the Sir James Dunn Academy and, to celebrate,
the class travelled to Expo in Montreal with financial assistance from
Lady Dunn.
In 1971, Nancy graduated from McGill University and began her
career as a physiotherapist in Fredericton at VPH, moving on to DECH
in 1976 as Assistant Director of Physiotherapy. Nancy had a
career change in the 1980’s, becoming a Financial Advisor,
and in 1992 she and Tony Mais opened a Wood Gundy office in
Fredericton. She built a very successful business and was
appointed as a vice-president of CIBC Wood Gundy.
Nancy’s outgoing and often impish personality
followed her throughout life. Her leadership and fun loving
approach to all challenges will always be remembered by her
colleagues, her family and her many friends. She enjoyed
life to the fullest, whether it be travelling post retirement to
Florida (the minute hockey season was over!) to spend March and April
in Siesta Key, entertaining family and friends at the family home in
St. Andrews, or hosting a lobster party at the cottage at Chamcook
Lake.
Throughout her career and in retirement, Nancy was very
active in all her communities both professional and civic.
In recent years she volunteered for many fund raising projects at the
YMCA, and was a past member of the Chalmers Hospital Board of
Directors. More importantly, she joyfully participated in
all her husband Doc’s hockey endeavors.
Besides the love of her life, her husband Donnie, Nancy is
survived by step-children Shane (Leonora) Feeney of Toronto, and
Leslie (Richard) Williams of Boston; step-grandchildren Hanna and
Harry Feeney, and Anislie and Graeme Williams; brother Bob (Diane)
Ross of Toronto; nephews Brad (Chris) of Toronto and Ian (Laura) Ross
of Moncton, and Rob and Mike (Tamara) Ross of Nanaimo,
BC.
Nancy was predeceased by her parents, her older brother Bill
and his wife Lynne.
The family would like to thank the medical community
– Dr. Ian MacDonald, Dr. Ann Collins, Dr. H. Bouma, Dr. I.
Vasilu and the wonderful staff at Hospice House for the compassionate
care given to Nancy. Special thanks to cousin, Peter Ross
for his many, many acts of kindness towards Nancy.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice House,
621 Churchill Row Fredericton, the YMCA, or a charity of your
choosing. The family would like to encourage participation
in the Hospice Walk in May.
Due to the present pandemic restrictions, a funeral service
will be held at a later date.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Nancy Jean Ross 19492020..
Décès pour la Ville: Fredericton, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick