Cora Jeanette Fraser
1919-2020
It is with great sadness that Oxford’s
oldest citizen, Cora Jeanette Fraser has
passed away on May 23 at the age of 101.
Cora was the daughter of the late
Laurence and Leona (Mattinson) Simpson.
Cora was a member of St. James
Presbyterian Church and the Ladies Sewing Circle. In earlier
years she ran a bakery with her best friend Mildred Dixon.
In her later years she was a cashier for Davis & Swan’s
IGA. She enjoyed hosting family dinners on special
occasions. She was a great quilt maker of which she made
many quilts for family and friends. She had a passion for
the great outdoors, growing vegetables and many flowers. She
and her husband Floyd spent many days on the lakes fishing and going
to their wood lot making maple syrup and hunting in the
fall. She thoroughly enjoyed her family and friends coming
in to visit.
She is survived by her daughters Joyce
McMasters and her husband Bruce, Faye Walzak and her husband Greg; son
James Fraser and his wife Donna; grandchildren Angela Walzak, Tracy
Walzak, Kimberley Broughten, Patsy Weatherbee, Peter Fraser, Allison
Lowther, Carolyn Johnson, and Willard Lowther; great grandchildren
Ethen, Addie, Kalei, Kennedy, Maggie, Grace, Izaac, Alice, Sarah,
Chris, Robert, Cora-Lynn, Joni, Lance, Myles, Lindsay, Amanda, Catlin;
great great grandchildren Jude, Lewis, Charlotte, Skyla, Jacob,
Sophia, Danika, Felex, Whyat, Cale, Benjamin, Flora and Brody; brother
Laurence Simpson.
She was predeceased by her husband
Floyd; sister Della Marshall; brothers Stanley and Lewis
Simpson.
Arrangements have been entrusted into
the care and supervision of W. Allen Funeral
Home, 60 Water St., Oxford, NS
(902-447-2167). Honouring provincial guidelines, a graveside
service at 3 pm will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in the Mount
Pleasant Cemetery and social distancing is requested.
Those wishing to make a donation in
Cora’s memory may do so to the charity of your choice.
Sharing of memories and condolences may
be sent to the family by visiting Cora’s online memorial at
www.allenfuneralhome.ca or through the W. Allen Funeral Home
Facebook Page.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Cora Jeanette Fraser 19192020..
Death notice for the town of: Oxford, Province: Nova Scotia