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Alice Christene (Reid) Hewitt
R.N., 86, of Stillwater Lake, Halifax County formerly
of Port Hillford, Guysborough County, passed away lovingly surrounded
by family in the Halifax Infirmary on February
4th, 2025. She was born on August
18th, 1938, in New Glasgow to the late John G.
and Sarah « Sadie » (Fraser) Reid of Riverton, Pictou
County.
After completing grade 12 at Stellarton High School,
her huge, caring heart led to a career in nursing, graduating from the
Victoria General Hospital in the Class of 1960A. There she solidified
many lifelong friendships with Lorna Crouse, Joan Poole and the late
Florence (Stewart) Greene, to name a few. She continued her education
and subsequently graduated from Dalhousie University in 1962 with a
Diploma in Public Health. Her nursing career drew her to Manitoba,
Boston and Baddeck before a young farming boy, James « Jim »
Hewitt of Port Hillford captured her
heart.
In Port Hillford, Jim and Alice raised a family of five
and Alice was tremendously proud of each of her children and
grandchildren.
Jim and Alice operated a mixed farm (sheep and beef
cattle) along with the family grocery store for almost 50 years on
their picturesque property on the beach.
Keeping up her nursing skills, she worked nights at St.
Mary’s Memorial Hospital, Sherbrooke while having small
children at home. She returned to full time community health with the
Nova Scotia Dept of Health in 1979 where she thrived until her
retirement in 1997.
Not ready to fully retire, she continued her nursing
career by regularly working shifts at High Crest Sherbrooke Nursing
Home as well as doing Veteran Affairs Assessments until she was ready
to finally retire at age 72.
Alice is survived by daughters, Cathy, Antigonish,
Brenda (Peter Hammond), Prospect Village and Mary (Doug Large),
Stillwater Lake; sons, David (Sandy), Toronto, Ontario and Donald
(Amy), Morrin, Alberta; grandsons, Reid, Lucas, Connor, Nikolas,
Carter; granddaughter, Eliana; sisters, Catherine MacLean, Helen
Cruickshank, Mary Romsa (Gerald), Ruth Douglas; many much loved
nieces, nephews, grand nieces, grand nephews and their
families.
Besides her parents, Alice was predeceased by her
partner in life, husband, James « Jim » Hewitt;
parents-in-law, Edgar Morse and Annie Hewitt; daughter-in-law, Diana
Toy; sister, Isabel Archibald; brothers-in-law, Robert Archibald,
David Maclean, Glenn Cruickshank, Albert Douglas, Morse
« Bud » Hewitt; sisters-in-law, Helen Hewitt, Marilyn Hewitt;
and nephew, Shawn Romsa.
Since 2015, Alice had the great joy to live in
Stillwater Lake with Mary and Doug. She loved and felt so blessed to
be able to live with them and to live an independent life in
Stillwater Lake. She loved her new life there with Stitchers, her
Library Knitting group, Prayer Shawl, Tea with Elsie and being an
active participant at St. Luke’s United Church in
Tantallon.
Alice enjoyed all types of community activities but
truly valued the time she spent in 4-H, Women’s Institute of
Nova Scotia and Church Sunday School. She loved meeting new people and
learning new skills. This winter, she taught herself to turn the heel
of a sock thru watching YouTube videos.
She loved spending time with family especially with her
five sisters. Alice also enjoyed travel particularly when going for
extended periods to be with David’s family in Toronto and
Donald’s family in Morrin.
Visitation will be held Saturday, February
8th 2025 in Sharon St. John United Church,
Stellarton at 12:30 pm with funeral service to follow at 2:00 pm
with Rev. Jun-hyok Chon and Rev. Derek Elsworth officiating.
Committal to follow in Cherry Hill Cemetery, Port Hillford. If you are
able to join us for the service, and you have a blanket or quilt that
Alice made for you, please bring it along.
The family would like to express special thanks to the
doctors and nurses in the Aberdeen Hospital Emergency Department and
the 5.2 ICU at the Halifax Infirmary as well as the EHS Paramedics and
EHS Life flight crew for their gentle kindness and excellent
care.
Throughout her life she was an active and engaged
member of her community with special interest in ensuring that all
were warm enough (with her quilt making and knitting) and that all had
enough to eat. Alice (Momma, Gram) would be very pleased if everyone
would perform an act of kindness by ensuring that your neighbours are
warm and do not go hungry.
Family flowers only, please. Donations in
Alice’s memory can be made to Mobile Outreach Street Health
(MOSH), Halifax or Viola’s Place Society, New Glasgow. The
family would also ask that you support Canadian Blood Services with a
monetary and/or blood donation.
Funeral arrangements are under the dignified and
compassionate care of G.W. Giffin Funeral Home Ltd., Country
Harbour.
Alice’s family have shared some pictures;
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them.
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