Edith Edie Olive Winifred Chandler Mullan

Edith Olive Winifred Mullan, aged 89 of Sydney, Nova Scotia, died at Cape Breton Regional Hospital, on Friday, February 25, 2011. Edith was born on July 29, 1921 in Bethnal Green, London, England, the first of three daughters born to Edith Webb and George Chandler. From Bethnal Green, the family moved to Kingsbury in West London and then to Leeds where she attended high school and was confirmed by the Bishop of Ripon in the Church of England. She was encouraged to attend university, but that did not eventuate; her love of reading and an editor's view of written language would stay with her for life. She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, working for the Army, in May, 1942, and rose to the rank of sergeant. On February 12, 1944, she married, in Leeds, David John Mullan, born in Co Armagh, Ulster, on May 10, 1906, who was then company sergeant-major in the British Army. David died on July 6, 1989 in Calgary, in the forty-sixth year of their married life. In 1954, the family moved from England to Alberta. David came first, in April, and prepared for the family to arrive in Edmonton. Edith and the three children sailed into Halifax Harbour aboard the Georgic and passed through Pier 21 on June 24, 1954. From there she managed her family onto the train to Montreal, and then across the country to her new home. The family lived in Edmonton, then in Clover Bar (now absorbed by Edmonton), in Wetaskiwin where she worked in the public library, then, in the summer 1958, to Calgary where she lived until her removal to Cape Breton Island. She held various jobs in Calgary, finally working in an editorial capacity for Burroughs and Co.; publishers of the Western Weekly Reports. In the decade until April 2005 she spent her winters in California. She is survived by her three children: Margaret Payne (Bill) of Napa, California; Jennifer Mullan of Ottawa; and David Mullan (Arlene) of Sydney, N.S.; with whom Edith had lived since July 2005. She leaves two grandchildren: Corinne (Tim) of Calgary, and Joel (Deborah) of Victoria; and two great grandchildren, Logan Chandler Mullen and Ainsley Emma Mullan, both of Calgary. Her sisters also survive her: Joan (Don, deceased) Potter of Hertfordshire and Audrey ("Bobba", married to Eric) Lambeth of North Yorkshire. Over her long life she was never without a strong attachment to the Church, and at the time of her death was an adherent of St. Anthony Daniel Roman Catholic Church. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at visitation held at FOSTER’S GARDEN CHAPEL, 3220 – 4 Street N.W., Calgary (across from Queen’s Park Cemetery) on Thursday, March 3, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at FOSTER’S GARDEN CHAPEL on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Queen’s Park Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via the website www.fostersgardenchapel.ca.

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