Obit: JAMIESON, Donalda "Donnie" [nee VANBUSKIRK]

["David Winter" <David_Winter_uid1419@yahoogroups.inv_ alid>]

Donalda "Donnie" Jamieson
May 13, 1925 - February 27, 2017

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Jamieson, Donalda ³Donnie² - 91, Pugwash River, passed away February 27,
2017, at Gable¹s Lodge, Amherst. Born in Pugwash, she was a daughter of the
late Charles Aubrey and Ida DeWolfe (Dingle) VanBuskirk. While raising her
family she was also well known as a very capable seamstress; worked for over
20 years as a PCW at the Sunset Home; and for over 40 years assisted her
husband Leo as caretaker of the Cyrus Eaton Thinkers Lodge. She was a member
of the Rebekah Silver Spray Lodge #1, Pugwash and the Pugwash Memorial
Baptist Church. Surviving are her sons, Gerald (Ruby Mason), Amherst, Brian
(Debbie), Eureka, Pictou Co., Robert (Heather) Airdrie, AB., Craig (Denise)
Nanaimo, B.C,; daughter-in-law, Mary Jamieson, Pugwash River; several grand
and great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews and good friend Lennie; sister,
Greta Dow, Amherst. She will be sadly missed by all her family. Besides her
parents she was predeceased by her husband, Leo; sons, Phillip in infancy
and Ronald; daughter, Beverly; daughter-in-law, Eleanor; sisters, Bessie
Brownell, Gladys Atkinson and identical twin ³Deedie² Reid; brother, Charles
VanBuskirk. Visitation from 1-2 pm; funeral service at 2 pm with a reception
to follow, all in Mundle¹s Funeral Home, 204 Water St., Pugwash (902)
243-2506, Thursday, March 2, 2017. Rev Jack Briggins officiating. Family
flowers only. Donations in memory may be made to the Pugwash River Cemetery;
the North Shore Community Health Foundation, or any charity. Condolences may
be sent to the family by visiting the funeral home website at
www.mmcfunerald.com

We wish to thank the staff at Centennnial Villa and Gables Nursing Home for
the kind and compassionate care our mother has received while in their care.

[Collected by DAW, 1 Mar 2017]