MACVICAR, Isabel Fraser (Townsend) – of Dartmouth, It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Isabel Townsend MacVicar on Tuesday, July 20 at home in Dartmouth, NS after a short illness. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia on October 7, 1934, she was the daughter of Dr. Henry and Janet (Mitchell) Townsend. Isabel spent her early years in Louisburg and then moved to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She graduated, Class of ‘55, from Acadia University with a BA Art and History and BEd Phys Ed. In 1952 she attended University of British Columbia where she completed a one-year Government Recreation Program. While at Acadia, she was a member of the woman’s hockey, synchronized swimming, volleyball, basketball, field hockey. She was named 1952 Freshman Class Officer, Class of ‘55 Life Officer Vice President and also crowned Barrax Queen 1955. After graduation from Acadia in 1955, Isabel and Jim ‘Lefty’ began their teaching and coaching career at Oxford Regional High School. In 1964 they moved to Dartmouth where she taught in various schools until 1991. Isabel was enthusiastic about anything she pursued and often said, “Why not give it a try?”, and if you said anything was an adventure, she was up for it, big or small. She enjoyed her time with the Quilt Guild, as a volunteer with the Little Harbour Fire Dept, and singing with the Trinitarians. Drawn to the beach, Isabel was known to take a refreshing dip in the Northumberland Strait as late as mid-October. But her greatest passion was paddling with the Women Alike, A Breast A River Dragon Boat team in New Glasgow. She traveled with the team to local, national and international regattas in Ottawa, Windsor-Detroit, Peterborough, Vancouver, and in Central Florida. She always enjoyed being active in sports; specifically running, biking, skating, snowshoeing, cross country skiing and fully enjoyed cheering on her grandchildren in any venue in which she might find them. She was her grandchildren’s biggest fan, and being called ‘Nanny’ and most recently ‘G.G’ brought her a special joy. And always, dedicated to her life-long friends, both old and new, LOL (Lots Of Love). Married in 1957 to James ‘Lefty’ MacVicar she was a generous, caring and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Together they raised their four children: Kathy (Jamie) Naugler, of Hilden, Janet (Shawna), of Fredericton, Jamie (Rhonda), of Dartmouth, and Andrew (Sherry), of Dartmouth, and enjoyed her eight grandchildren: Sarah (Jake Thomas), Jeremy (Forest Greenwell), Derek (Sarah Sears) Naugler, Rachel (Hayden) and Alec MacVicar, and Keegan, Kaleb and Isabella MacVicar, and her great-grandson, Emmett Thomas and Baby Naugler, soon to arrive. Her brothers Sandy Townsend, of Scotsburn, Mitch Townsend, of New Glasgow, many nieces and nephews. Isabel was predeceased by her husband, James ‘Lefty’ MacVicar; parents, Dr. Henry and Janet Mitchell Townsend; by her only sister Mary Newell MacFetridge, and Mary’s husbands, Edward Newell and Ernie MacFetridge (Truro). The family would like to thank the Victorian Order of Nurses, CBI Home Care, Mobile Palliative Care and the Palliative nurses from the Victoria General Hospital and the palliative EHS members Raeanne Drover and Brian Duncan for their compassion and professionalism. Cremation has taken place with no visitation by request. Due to COVID-19 restrictions seating is limited registration is required. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, July 26, at 11am in A. L. Mattatall Funeral Home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and will be streamed by visiting the link at: https://funeraweb.tv/diffusions/cf85d4b8-eb2c-43e3-a2ab-47ed4f2b5d13 Rev. Ivan Gregan will be officiating. Internment will take place with her husband in Little Harbour, Nova Scotia on Monday, July 26, 2021. Family flowers only. Donations may be made in her honor to Breast Cancer Research or the Ovarian Cancer Society.
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