Melvin “Mel” L. MacNeill, 81 years, of Riverview
passed away at his residence, on Friday, February 18,
2022.
Born in North Wiltshire, Charlottetown, PEI he was the son of
the late Leroy Howard and Cresta Marion (MacNevin) MacNeill. Mel was
retired after many years with Co-op Atlantic. Mel was a lover of
family, music, books, driving and potatoes (but only PEI potatoes).
Ever the “Islander” Mel will return to the red shores of PEI
where he can finally breathe easy once again. “You never know
what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along
the winding red roads of a summer twilight when the dew is falling and
the old stars are peeping out and the sea keeps its mighty tryst with
the little land it loves. You find your soul then. You realize that
youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the
heart” Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Mel is survived by his wife, Grace Delight
(Morse); daughter, Brenda Lea Wood (Paul) of Halifax; son, William
Thane MacNeill (Deborah Squire) of Halifax; grandchildren, Sahra
Ashley MacNeill, Logan Gabriel Wood and Brayden Patrick
Wood.
Besides his parents he was predeceased by his
sister Marilee Ella Rae MacNeill, and by an infant brother Alvin Roy
MacNeill.
A celebration of life will be held at Tuttle
Brother and Riverview Funeral Home, 214 Pine Glen Rd. on Thursday,
February 24, 2022 between the hours of 5:00pm – 7:00pm.
Interment will be in Canoe Cove Cemetery, PEI at a later
date.
Donations in Mel’s memory made to the Heart
& Stroke Foundation or to the Diabetic Association would be
appreciated by the family.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Tuttle
Brothers & Riverview Funeral Home 214 Pine Glen Rd. Riverview,
NB (506) 857-9544.
Online condolences can be made
at www.tuttlefuneralhome.ca
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Melvin Mel L MacNeill 1940 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Riverview, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick