Morris Macaulay Ingersoll
1925-2020
We lost our father Friday, February 7, 2020, 94 years old and
a great dad, wonderful grandfather, loving husband and friend of all.
We could have lost him 53 years ago in 1967 when his fishing boat blew
up off Nova Scotia and he was burned terribly or again 5 years later
in 1972 when he suffered two massive heart attacks and his young
daughter Ruth had to drive him to the hospital each time. It
turned out that quitting smoking made a difference and Ruth discovered
the value of a helping profession.
That ended his fishing career, but his convelesance
led to his discovery of golf, a life-long passion at which he
excelled, enjoyed and entertained hundreds of friends on golf courses
at home on Grand Manan , the mainland or Myrtle Beach. His last game
was in August of last summer and not one of us, his children, have
achieved his level of play yet. His vanity licence plate was
“Hole In one” an earned distinction.
He took great care in turning out well dressed and valued a
well-polished pair of shoes. He was a great friend of all and had a
gift for meeting people, enjoying their company and bringing out their
best. We continued to learn from him in that example. His
humour and stories of his humour will live on in his children
grandchildren and great grandchildren
Morris was born in the family home on King Street, Seal Cove,
Grand Manan and lived on that street for the next 84 years.
He lived through three major policy changes that positively impacted
his life. The first must be medicare. The great health system has
served him and his family well all these years. The year before
medicare, every penny he earned as a fisherman went to pay for our
medical expenses, a child birth, appendicitis, etc.
etc.
The second great policy shift was the implementation of the
200 mile coastal zone. As a commercial fisherman, the day his daughter
as born he was fishing three miles off Portland, Maine. At the same
time Soviet era factory trawlers used to sweep our Bay of Fundy. Today
the industry is sustainable and more local.
The third policy change was the great investment in
post-secondary education, an option not easily available for him and
his brothers, growing up on a fishing island. His four children on the
other hand have degrees as follows; BSc, MD; BA, LLB; BEd, MEd; BA,
MBA.
He was married to Marie Connors for 65 years and his
inscription on her tombstone. “An angel from the Boom Road”
defines his love and lifelong devotion to our mother. On the other
hand it must be said that she played the straight person role in his
humour and they made an entertaining and most hospitable
couple.
He is survived by his sister, Barbara Brown of Seal Cove,
Grand Manan. His daughter Dr. Ruth Ingersoll (David Ramsay),
Saint John. Sons, Gerald (Diane) St Andrews, Gregg (Janice)
Memramcook, and Dan (Cindy) of Bedford, NS. He has eight
grandchildren, Emily, Jessica and Tressa; Christopher and Sam; Luke,
Sam and Max and seven great grandchildren. He is also leaves his niece
Arlene, Pennfield and many nieces and nephews, local and across
Canada.
He was pre-deceased by his dear dad, Clyde Ingersoll, whose
family were immigrants from Salem Mass. and his mother Grace Gordon
whose family emigrated from Scotland to Grand Manan via the Annapolis
Valley. Morris was the second youngest in the family and pre-deceased
by his half-brother and sisters, Bud, Fledda and Helen and brothers
Keith, Gordon and Frederick.
Since the passing of Mom, dad has received care and help at
Shannex in Milledgeville and most recently at the Loch Lomond Villa.
Our thanks and appreciation goes out to the caring staff of the Villa.
Morris will be missed by June Trueman and all the friends he made
while living there.
There will be a Celebration of Life on
Saturday, May 9, 2020 at The Seal Cove Baptist Church, at 11:30 AM.
Interment will follow at Hillside
Cemetery.
For those who wish, a donation in Morris’ memory can be made
to the charity of the donor’s choice. Funeral arrangments are in the
care of Ells Funeral Home Inc., 1199 Route 776, Grand Manan, NB E5G
1G2. Condolences, messages of sympathy may also be sent to www.ells.ca
or (506)662-3116.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Morris Macaulay Ingersoll 19252020..
Death notice for the town of: Grand Manan, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick