Margaret Annabelle Bray
1940-2016
Margaret Annabelle Bray (neeWallace), 75, passed away
peacefully on Friday, October 21, 2016, surrounded by her loving
family. Born in Merland in 1940 to James Edward and Annie
Teresa (nee Daley) Wallace, Margaret was one of ten children. Margaret
was raised in Afton and moved to Copper Lake upon her marriage to her
husband, Vernon Bray.
She was predeceased by husband Vernon Jerome, brothers James
Vincent, William John and Raymond (Tina); sisters Helen Jean, Mary
Florence and Marcella (in infancy).
Margaret is survived by four children, John Gerard
(Lochaber), Joseph Andrew (Copper Lake), Valerie Therese (David)
Chisholm (Giants Lake) and Bernadette Elizabeth Bray (Winsted, CT);
sisters Kathleen Chisholm and Grace Dort (Antigonish); brother Edmund
(Ontario); sisters-in-law Eileen Bray (Antigonish) and Isabelle (Jim)
Diorio (Montreal); grandchildren Jennifer Lynn Bray and Christopher
Bray (New Glasgow), Joseph (Jennifer) Onion and Nicholas Onion
(Connecticut), James Frederick and Emma Margaret Chisholm (Giants
Lake), several great grandchildren and many nieces and
nephews.
Margaret worked with her husband on the family farm in Copper
Lake and enjoyed managing the farm’s Christmas tree
lot.
She volunteered at her local parish, St. Patrick’s
in Lochaber. She always strove to make her home a comfortable place
for all who entered, including several foster children. She embodied a
strong will and determination to persevere in all that she
undertook.
A special thank you is extended to medical personnel
including Dr. Eckhart and Dr. Sturmy for the care they provided over
the years and also to the staff of St. Martha’s
Hospital’s Geriatric Ward for making Margaret’s
final days comfortable.
Visitation 2 – 4 and 7 – 9 p.m. Monday, October 24,
in MacIsaac Funeral Home, 61 Pleasant Street, Antigonish. Funeral mass
10 a.m. Tuesday, October 25, in St. Patrick’s Church,
Lochaber, Fr. Ikechukwu Alphonsus Iwuji presiding. Burial to follow in
St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Memorial donations can be made to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation. www.MacIsaacs.ca

Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Margaret Annabelle Bray – 1940-2016.source

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