Laura Mae Clyke
1917-2019
CLYKE, Laura Mae – Age
101, Sunnyville, Guysborough Co., passed away peacefully at 7:40 p.m.
on Saturday, September 14, 2019, in the Guysborough Memorial Hospital.
Born in Sunnyville she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Lucy Ann
(Pelley) Pelley.
Laura was a faithful member of Grace Baptist Church,
Sunnyville where she taught Sunday school for many years as well as
the janitorial and maintenance duties with her husband, Phillip. She
was a kind, compassionate and loving person to her family, friends and
community. She was a homemaker and loved baking. Through the years she
often did cooking for weddings, funerals, people who were sick or just
someone in need.
More importantly she loved the Lord and read her bible daily
and you could often hear her through the day singing hymns. She was
genuine and hardworking. Never one to complain if there was a task
that needed to be done, she always did it without
hesitation.
Surviving are her sons, Berton (Stella), Wade (Wilma), both
of Monastery; Dave (Elaine), Sydney; Lloyd, Sunnyville; daughters,
Mary Ann Skinner, Sunnyville; Gloria (Ronald) Ash, Greenwood; adopted
daughter, Clarabelle (Gladstone) William, Toronto; 29 grandchildren;
38 great-grandchildren; 14 great great-grandchildren. She was
predeceased by her husband, Phillip; sons, John, Reid and Lindsay and
one at childbirth; daughters, Mildred and a daughter at birth;
brother, Harry; sister, Georgina “Jean” and a sister in
infancy.
Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and from 2-4 and
7-9 p.m. Thursday in Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home, Guysborough.
Funeral service will be 3 p.m. Friday from Grace Baptist Church,
Sunnyville with Pastor John Jack officiating. Burial will follow in
Evergreen Cemetery, Guysborough. Memorial donations may be made to
Grace Baptist Church, Sunnyville. Words of comfort may be forwarded to
the family at www.haverstocks.com
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Laura Mae Clyke..
Dennis Haverstocks funeral homes
Death notice for the town of: Guysborough, Province: Nova Scotia