Loretta Diane Ferguson-Saksena
1949-2016
Loretta Diane Ferguson-Saksena, a vivacious, accomplished and
philanthropic lady, died on September 22, 2016, in her sixty seventh
year, at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, New York. Diane was born
in Montague, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was the eldest daughter
of Ellsworth Ferguson and Audrey Mary Joan O’Brien, who
predeceased her. Diane was also the loving daughter of Russell Joseph
Parkman Fraser, who married her mother after her natural father passed
away prematurely at age 28. Diane leaves behind her parents-in-law
Kailash and Jagdamba Saksena (New Delhi, India), her husband Sanjeev,
sister Deborah Ferguson (New Hope, PA), sister and brother-in-law
Anuradha and Kush Verma (New Delhi), nephew Ankush Verma, nieces
Anushka and Sanya Verma (New Delhi), cousins Dennis, George, John and
Paul Ferguson, their wives and family (Murray River, PE and St.
Andrew’s, NB), god-daughter Pamela Mackenzie (Halifax, NS),
cousins-in-law Rashmi, Madhavi, Pammi, Nandini, Ritu, and Preeti (
Bombay, New Delhi, Calcutta, and Philadelphia) and their spouses and
families. Diane used her gifts of compassion, generosity of spirit,
empathy and warmth to touch everyone she encountered. Despite her
constant battles with health issues, it was important to her to
maintain and connect with friends and family around the world.
Diane’s entire family and friends will miss her ability to make
people smile, her sense of humor, and her unselfish and giving nature.
A Visitation/Memorial Reception will be held on Thursday, September
29th at Belvedere Funeral Home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,
Canada, from 4 to 7 pm. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated by Father
Gerard Chaisson at St. Mary’s Parish, Montague, PEI, on Friday
September 30th at 10:30 AM, followed by a Reception. Her pall bearers
in Canada will be Dennis Ferguson, Paul Ferguson, John Ferguson, Kush
Verma, William Ferguson, Christopher Ferguson and Frederick Buell.
Memorial services will also be held in the USA at Our Lady of the
Mount Chapel, Warren, NJ on October 8th at 3 pm, followed by a
Remembrance Reception at Diane and Sanjeev’s home at 33 Fairway
Drive, Green Brook, NJ. Flowers may be directed to the Belvedere
Funeral Home, Charlottetown, PEI. Charitable donations may be made in
the USA to the Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing, Montclair, NJ
and in Canada to the Royal Canadian Legion Montague Branch No. 8 Poppy
Fund.
www.belvederefh.com

Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Loretta Diane Ferguson-Saksena – 1949-2016.source

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