Marjorie Marie McDonald

Marjorie is survived by five of her six children: Bruce, John, Marjorie (Marty Putz), David and Brian; her brothers Tom (Margie) McDonald of Halifax and Pat (Joan) McDonald of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta; and brother-in-law William (Monica) McDonald. She is also survived by her grandchildren Kate, Mark and Evan (Bruce and Anne); Anya, Gracie and Julianne (David and Ella); great grandchildren Clara Gormley (Kate and Mickey), Sawyer (Mark and Danielle) and Abbigaile (Evan and Vanessa); and many nieces and nephews who will miss her dearly. She was predeceased by her husband John Edward McDonald, her sisters Audrey and Carol Anne, her daughter Patricia (Robert Treat decd.), and tragically by her grandchildren Matthew and Liam McGee (Marjorie and Terry decd.).

Born in 1926 in Halifax to Thomas and Emmeline (nee Sampson) McDonald, she spent her early years between the family home in D’Escousse, Isle Madame, Cape Breton and the south end of Halifax. She would later return to D’Escousse every summer with her young family. During the war years Marjorie attended Mount St. Vincent University graduating Summa Cum Laude and after her children were born went on to a rewarding career as a teacher and counsellor at St. Patrick’s Junior High School in Halifax. From her early days helping her mother care for her much younger siblings, raising her own family, and with the many students she taught and guided at St. Pat’s (Alexandria). Marjorie’s life has been one of constant caring of the best kind.

It is appropriate and wonderful that in her later years she has received such great care from her family, the staff of Northwood and Nightingale Homecare, and her doctor Dr. Brian Ashton, all especially so kind and professional during her last days. Her family were devout Catholics and this faith stayed with Marjorie to the end, generously supported by the communion ministry of Saint Ignatius Church.

The body will resting in the JA Snow Funeral Home, 339 Lacewood Drive, Halifax on Friday, March 6th between 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday at 10 a.m. in Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Bedford. Cremation will follow. Her ashes will be spread near her husband’s at her Cape Breton homestead. Online condolences may be sent to the family at jasnowfuneralhome.com and donations may be made to the Northwood Foundation.