Obit: BROGAN, Jean Rosamond
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- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:19:49 -0000
Monday, January 10, 2005 The Halifax Herald Limited
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BROGAN, Jean Rosamond - Jean passed away on January 6, 2005, in Willow Creek Auxiliary Hospital, Claresholm, Alta. She was the eldest daughter of Mitchell and Edith (Fountain) Thompson. Jean will be missed by her sons, Kenneth (Judy), Okotoks, Alta.; Mitchell (Terri), Chestermere, Alta.; Lindsay, Grande Prairie, Alta.; her grandchildren, Stephen, Meaghann, Jacob, Michael, Jennifer, and Kayley; great- grandchildren, Mikayla and Carter. She is also survived by her sister, Elizabeth (Alex) Craib; brothers, Harry Thompson and Walter (Shirley) Wheeler. She was predeceased by her husband, Leo (2000) and son, Tommy (1974). Jean was born in Boston Mass., August 14, 1927. She grew up in Wallace Bridge and returned to Boston to attend business college. She met Leo in Boston and they were married in Cambridge September 4, 1948. They moved to California and raised their four sons there until 1959. In 1959 they came to Nova Scotia "on vacation" and lived there until 1995 when they moved to Claresholm, Alta. to be close to their sons and grandchildren. She was a long-time employee of the Canadian Rock Salt Company in Pugwash where she worked as a cost clerk. Jean enjoyed playing golf and could always be found with a book or crossword puzzle in hand. Her greatest pleasure was having her grandchildren visit. Summertime was special for the grandkids when they came to stay at Nannie and Granddad's where baths didn't matter and candy was a food group. Funeral services will be held in celebration of her life Wednesday, January 12, in Mundle's Funeral Home in Pugwash. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. with services to commence at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Alzheimer Society. Spring burial will be in Waugh Cemetery, Gulf Shore.
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