Andree Elizabeth MacKenzie
September 20, 1948 – August 09, 2021
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Andree Elizabeth MacKenzie a wonderful mother, teacher, tennis player and a beautiful person who always wanted the best for everyone, was taken from us on August 9, at the age of 72.
She was Born September 20, 1948 and raised in Sydney, daughter of W. Alfred Sampson and Lillian Sampson. She attended St. FX and received her Bachelor of Secretarial Arts degree in 1970. In 1971 she attended Mount Saint Vincent University for her education degree. She then began and completed her 30-year teaching career in Port Hawkesbury. Shortly after retiring from teaching she moved to Dartmouth where she thrived with an active lifestyle and fell in love with tennis again at St. George’s Tennis club. She became a very active member at the club where she was on the the board of directors and managed the canteen for a number of years. She learned how to play Bridge there as well and will always be thankful for her wonderful tennis friends and how patient they were with her.
Her laugh will be what is missed most by all of her family and friends. She always enjoyed a good laugh and joking around even at the very end of her life. If you could not find Mom you just had to listen for her laugh! Mom could not resist several things: correcting your grammatical speaking errors, cutting a square in two only to eat the whole thing anyway and doing the “right” or is it the “correct” thing, all the time. She was such an inspiration to so many!
She leaves behind her son Alex MacKenzie,
Brothers and sisters; Gail Sampson, Bertilla Sampson (Wayne Struthers), Camille Buck (Barry Buck), Bill Sampson (Susan Sampson), Glen Sampson, Michelle Zinati (Leo Zinati),and many nieces and nephews.
Thank you to all of the nurses and Doctors who helped her while in and out of the hospital. Particularly those at the VG palliative care that assisted in putting necessary measures in place very quickly
A celebration of life will be held at a later date (to be announced) when we can give mom a proper send off with everyone in attendance!
Any donations may be made to St. George’s Tennis Club 6 St. George’s Lane, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 1R6
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Andree Elizabeth MacKenzie September 20 1948 August 09 2021..
Death notice for the town of: Dartmouth, Province: Nova Scotia