The death of Jean Veronica
Dujay, 103, of New Glasgow and formerly of Amherst,
Toronto, Joggins and Minudie occurred peacefully at home on Saturday,
September 24, 2022. Born in Minudie she was the daughter of the late
Katherine (MacBeth) and Clifford Burke.
Jean attended school in Minudie, married
Victor and they began their life together in Joggins. Jean
was a homemaker who loved to sew, she made her children’s clothing and
knit for everyone. After the closure of the Green Crow coal
mine where Victor worked, like so many others at that time Jean and
Victor left their home in Joggins in 1962 to secure employment
elsewhere. They moved to Toronto (North York) and Jean worked for 20
years as the ladies’ wear department supervisor for S.S. Kresge’s at
the Yorkdale Shopping Centre until her retirement and their move back
home to Nova Scotia in 1982.
Jean will always be remembered for her
abundance of love for her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and most
recently her great-great grandchildren, and in return she was much
loved and adored by them all.
Jean will be sadly missed by daughter
Alma Mills of Joggins and son Ross and daughter-in-law Mary Dujay of
New Glasgow with whom she happily made her home for the last fifteen
years. Also surviving are her grandchildren Gwen Archibald of Amherst,
Lori (Tom) Fields Keeping of Dartmouth, Jimmy Melanson of Dartmouth,
Sean Dujay of Gatineau QC and Shayna Dujay of Quebec City QC;
great-grandchildren Michael (Marcie) Archibald, Brandon (Tammy)
Fields, Alyssa (Mathew Craig) Melanson, Danielle Melanson and
Evangeline Dujay; and great-great-grandchildren Meredith and Maverick
Archibald and Jonah and Dakota Hebb, marking five generations of
family who loved her dearly.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased
in 2011 by her husband E. Victor Dujay, her brother James (Bill)
MacBeth, her daughter June Melanson, her son R. Stirling
Dujay, three infant children, sons-in-law William (Bill) Mills and
James (Chickie) Melanson.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist
Church in New Glasgow and formerly a member of St. Denis Church in
Minudie, St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Joggins, St. Charles Borromeo
Parish in Toronto and Holy Family Parish in Amherst. She was
a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary, Branch 4 in
Joggins and received her 60 year pin.
Arrangements are under the care and
supervision of the Jones Family Funeral
Centre, 70 Church Street, Amherst, NS (902-667-8777)
where a visitation will take place from 11am until noon on Tuesday,
October 4, 2022 at Jones Funeral Home, Amherst followed by a funeral
mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Joggins at 1:00 p.m. Burial at St.
Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Ragged Reef, immediately
following.
Donations in Jean’s memory can be made
to St. Denis Church, Minudie, St. Thomas Aquinas Church or Cemetery,
Joggins or to any charity of donor’s choice.
Sharing of memories and condolences may
be sent to the family by visiting the online memorial at
www.jonesfamilyfuneralcentre.ca or through the Jones Family Funeral Centre
Facebook Page.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Jean Veronica Dujay 1919 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Amherst, Province: Nova Scotia