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Steeves, Margaret “Peggy” Janet
(MacDonald), age 93, Hillcrest Ohio Antigonish Co.,
passed away October 5, 2021 at High-Crest Nursing Home. Sherbrooke
Guysborough Co.
She was born June 9, 1928 at Cross Roads Ohio Antigonish Co.,
the daughter of the late Charles Henry MacDonald and Mary Johanna
(Flynn) MacDonald.
Peggy graduated from Normal Teachers College in Truro. Her
first teaching job was in a one room school house in Upper Ohio
(Stewart Mills) Antigonish Co., where she taught grades 1 to 12. She
arrived by horse and buggy from Goshen, Guysborough Co to stay with
Claude Steeves and family in Upper Ohio. Peggy met her husband Private
(Pte (B)) Donald Keir Steeves (born Harry Donald Brennan) while she
was teaching in Upper Ohio and they were married for 51 years before
he passed away in 1999.
Peggy was an avid reader, loved to garden and make preserves
to have for the winter months. She also loved card games, hockey, and
baseball. Her favorite teams were the Leafs and the Blue Jays. Her
proudest accomplishments were her 14 children, 27 grandchildren, 28
great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.
Peggy was the president of the CBRJ and General Workers at
St. Martha’s Hospital’s Union 1979 to 1990;
President of the Home and School; President of St. Joseph’s
CWL (receiving her fifty-year pin in 2020) and served on the Regional
Tenancies Board for several years.
Peggy was a lifetime member of the Progressive Conservatives
party and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion ARRAS Branch 59
Antigonish.
Peggy is survived by her children, Donna (Angus Coutts),
Claude (Audrey Swan MacPherson), Rebecca (Ken Mosher), Gary (Marilyn
Whidden), Lila (Duncan MacLean/John Connors), Linda (John
MacDonald/Dave West), Carolena (Andre Noel), Gordon (Cathy Tarrant),
Mark (Angela MacDonald), Martha (Jerry Gurney), Donald (Mandy Sharpe),
Kimberly (Timothy Walker), and Allison (Mike Hennessey); brothers,
Gordon (Helen) MacDonald, Leo (Sandra) MacDonald, John MacDonald,;
sister, Elizabeth MacDonald and sister in law, Shirley (MacMillian)
MacDonald.
She was predeceased by her husband Private (Pte (B))Donald
Keir Steeves(Harry Donald Brennan); daughter, Jeannie Elizabeth
Nordquist; son, Corporal (Cpl) John Stephen Steeves; sons-in-law David
Marshall and John Burns; brother-in-law, John B MacDonald;
sister-in-law, Shirley (MacNeil) MacDonald; brother Harry MacDonald
and his wife Roberta, brother Lawrence MacDonald and his wife Patsy
and brother Everett MacDonald.
The Steeves family would like to thank the High-Crest Nursing
Home staff and Father Lazarus for taking such good care of her in the
final years of her life.
Visitation will be in C.L. Curry Funeral Home, 135 College
Street, Antigonish on Friday from 2 to 4 pm. Funeral Mass will be held
in St. Joseph’s Church St. Joseph’s on Saturday at
2:00 pm with Father Lazarus presiding. Private Burial
Service. Online condolences: www.clcurry.com.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Margaret Peggy Janet Steeves 1928 2021..
Death notice for the town of: Antigonish, Province: Nova Scotia