It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of Dorothy Marie Peters (Gallant) on July the 8th, 2021, in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
She was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island on March 29th, 1932, to the late Max B. Gallant and Eustodie (Mae) Arsenault. Her earliest and fondest memories were of the times spent at her grandmother, Julie Arsenault’s, farm in Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island.
Dorothy always had a yearning for knowledge. This was reflected in her time at St. Francis Xavier and Boston University at the Fenway Campus where she studied and successfully became a Dental Hygienist, a real passion for her, travelling all throughout the Atlantic Provinces with Public Health to provide dental services to people in remote areas. While working for Public Health in Prince Edward Island, she met the late Henry Morton Peters, whom she married in her hometown of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, in 1951. They welcomed their first child Richard in 1952 and in 1954, their second son, the late Michael Dennis Peters.
They moved to Cape Breton in 1958 where she continued her career as a dental hygienist, built a home in the Mira Road area and lived with her family, for the majority of her life. In October of 1989, she lost her husband, and it was not until after she joined the Kingdom Hall, where she was baptized on May the 17th1994 and became a faithful servant of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, that she managed to find peace.
Through her entire life, Dorothy had a taste for adventure. This was reflected in her swimming the Northumberland Strait in 1955, becoming the 2nd woman to complete the journey, trips to the tropical islands of Antigua, countless camping, canoe and hiking trips with her best friend Jesse and later with her grandchildren, on the Mira, throughout Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, as well as trips South of the border to the Eastern and Western United States.
Dorothy had a rich and beautiful life, and she was loved and cherished by so many people, whose lives she had touched, in so many ways. She was predeceased by her parents, husband, sisters Irene and Shirley, brother-in-law Vic and brothers Luis, Garfield, Alban 1, Alban 2 and John.
Dorothy is survived and will be greatly missed by her son, Richard Peters, her grand-children Michelle, Christine, Michael, Charles, Sarah, Nicholas and Emma, as well as her great grand-children Cameron, Alexander, Keegan, Rebecca, Aila and Myah.
A memorial service will be held for Dorothy by her brothers and sisters at Kingdom Hall. Due to COVID restrictions, there will be no in person service. Congregants, close friends and family will be able to attend the service via zoom.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Dorothy Marie Peters Gallant 2021..
Death notice for the town of: Sydney, Province: Nova Scotia