Obit: WHITE, Frances Winnifred Mercedes

Saturday, February 5, 2005 The Halifax Herald Limited


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WHITE, Frances Winnifred Mercedes - 87, Gables Lodge, Amherst, passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2005, in the Lodge. Born in Amherst, she was a daughter of the late John "Jack" and Lillian (Hire) Twaddle. During the Second World War, Frances worked in Ottawa with her sister Vonnie and then returned to Amherst, where she married and raised eight children. Frances was a member of Saint Charles Roman Catholic Church and a member of the C.W.L. She belonged to the Charismatic Prayer Group, which provided her with one of her favourite memories when the prayer group traveled to Yugoslavia in 1988. She is survived by her daughters, Mary White, Lower Sackville; Bernadette White (Ronald Haylock), Truemanville; Ann Marie White, Lower Sackville; sons, Stephen, Amherst; Joe (Judy), Ottawa; Philip (Lana), Lower Sackville; Peter (Kelli), Riverview, N.B.; sisters, Marjorie Stokes, Halifax; Vonnie (Cal Lewis), Nanaimo, B.C.; grandchildren, Paul and Barry Cole, Jamie and Brent White, Tim and Kate Furlong, Nicole, Rachel and Gregory White, Alex, Ryan and Dillon White; great-grandchildren, Jordan White and Spencer Cole. Besides her parents, Frances was predeceased by her husband, Dosithe; son, Anthony Charles; sisters; Beryl, Catherine and Norma; brothers, Dermont "Jimmy", Bernard and Maurice. Her remains are resting in Furlong's Funeral Home, Amherst, with visiting hours Sunday, February 6, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., with parish prayer at 8 p.m. The funeral mass will be held in Saint Charles Roman Catholic Church on Monday, February 7 at 10 a.m. with Father Vernon Driscoll officiating. Spring burial will take place in Saint Charles-Nativity Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia or the charity of choice. (902-667-8777 or e-mail: Furlongs.Funeral.Home@...)

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