FLETCHER, Winnifred Bernice – age 85, of Nakile Home for Special Care and formerly of South Ohio passed away peacefully on March 20, 2020, at Nakile with her loving husband and daughter by her side. Born in Kelly’s Cove, Yarmouth Co., N.S., on February 3, 1935, she was a daughter to the late Albert and Alberta (Hayes) Smith. Winnifred was a devoted member of the South Ohio United Baptist Church. She liked to garden and worked on the farm with her husband. Milking the cows was one of her favorite chores. She was known to be kind, compassionate, and always willing to help others. In her spare time, she loved to do crafts, knit, crochet, and do cross-stitch. She is survived by her loving husband, Randy Fletcher, Nakile; daughter, Linda Smith, South Ohio; brother. Victor, St. John N.B.; and sisters, Kay Crowell, Yarmouth; and Bessie Parks, Ontario. Besides her parents, Winnifred was predeceased by her brothers. Suvernis, Albert, Clyde, Voss, Warren, Murray, Raymond, and Wilber “Nin”; sister, Lorena Olsen and another in infancy. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Sweeny’s Funeral Home and Crematorium, Yarmouth. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 24, 2020, from 1-2 P.M. in Sweeny’s Funeral Home Chapel, where a funeral will begin at 2 P.M. with Rev. Dr. Shawn Kehoe officiating. Interment will follow in Hillside Cemetery in South Ohio. Family flowers only, please. Donation in memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of Nova Scotia, Tri-County Victorian Order of Nurses, or a charity of your choice. Online condolences may be sent to Sweenysfh@eastlink.ca, or you may sign the guestbook online at www.sweenysfuneralhome.net
Do to the Covid 19 crisis; we would like to inform the public that the service will be restricted to 50 people. Our chapel is arranged to accommodate social distancing. Family and relatives will be given priority due to the limited space. The funeral service will also be available via webcast by going to distantlink.com/sweenys.html.
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Winnifred Bernice Fletcher Friday March 20th 2020..
Death notice for the town of: YARMOUTH, Province: Nova Scotia