Obituary
Mary Rita Stubbert
Millville
With her loving family by her side, Mom left this world, Tuesday November 1, 2022 at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney.
Born in Red Islands, Richmond County, September 1, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mamie (Carroll) MacNeil. Mom was a longtime resident of Millville. She was the “glue that held us together” and sometimes frustrated us all. Mom was a person who cared deeply about her community. She was a forty-year member of the Florence Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, member of the Millville Community Center, Millville Ladies Auxiliary and Ladies Catering Services in excess of twenty-five years. She was one of the driving forces in the construction of the present Millville Community Centre and was very proud of this accomplishment.
Left to mourn her forever are sons Blowers (Mildred), Millville, John (Karen), Kingston; daughters Kelly Stubbert (Dave Matthews), Keene, ON, Debbie Stubbert (Ward Brooks), North Sydney, Lorie McGean (Barry MacIntyre), North Sydney, Alexis MacDonald (Shaun LeBlanc), Bras d’Or; sisters Viola (Wayne) Pickrem, Cora Stacey, Diane Foster, Tina Johnson, Sheila (Dan) Sutherland, brother Frankie (Anna) Martin, also left to mourn are her eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her in-laws Jackie (Marie) Stubbert, Harris (Debbie) Stubbert, Joan (Keith) Boutilier, Bryce (Lynn) Stubbert, Brent (Marlene) Stubbert and Ann Morris; many nieces and nephews who all held a special place in her heart. Last but not least her TOPS and card ladies which were her fixed dates on her social calendar and no appointments were to be made on those days.
Besides her parents Stephen and Mamie (Carroll) MacNeil, Rita was predeceased by her husband Bart “Sonny” Stubbert in 1975, in-laws John and Margaret (Harris) Stubbert, sisters Sally, Marion, Lena and Eunice, brothers-in-law Kenny Morris, Bruce Stubbert, Angus MacNeil and Alex Robinson.
The family would like to thank the doctors and staff at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Emergency Department. It was the kindness you showed in the middle of the chaos we will always remember. Also, to the VON, because of their visits, we were able to keep Mom in her own home to the end.
Visitation for Rita will be held 7-9 p.m. Friday and 10–11 a.m. Saturday in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant Street, North Sydney. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home with Deacon Dave Lewis officiating. Burial to follow at Brookside Cemetery, Sydney Mines. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Millville Community Centre or to a charity of choice. Online condolences may be left for the family by posting on the tribute wall of the obituary page at www.wjdooley.com .
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September 1 1934 November 1 2022 (age 88)
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Mary Rita MacNeil Stubbert September 1 1934 November 1 2022 (age 88)..
Décès pour la Ville: North-Sydney, Province: Nova Scotia