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Saturday, December 1, 2018
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Forever and for always on my mind. Forever and for always loved.
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Thursday, October 5, 2017
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Wendy and Brian Brown posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
We are friends of Peter and Wendy and Nancy and Derek. May Christ carry you during this tough time and may you remember your mom for the strength and courage she showed you and the love she gave you. Sincerely, Brian and Wendy Brown
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Beth MacMillan posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
To all of my mother's children and husband - she loved you deeply and spoke of you every day. You were loved.
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Marianne and Ed Belser posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
Our prayers are with you. We have good memories and loved Joyce.
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Mary Dell'Anno & Staff of Philopateer Christian College posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
Dear Nancy and MacMillan Family, May God's blessings be with you all. The thoughts and prayers of the Philopateer school community - students, staff and parents are with you. May the many memories of the special moments you have shared as a family with your mother be a source of comfort for you as you celebrate her life today and in the days ahead. Respectfully, Mary and Staff of P.C.C.
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Nancy {MacMillan} Millar and family posted a condolence
Thursday, November 30, 0002
Beloved mum to Elizabeth, Janet, Peter, Bonny, Nancy and Glen; her 6 children in-law; 15 grandchildren and Alex, her great-grandson. Our mother was born on Valentines Day in 1924. Known as a town beauty, she was also a strong athlete, playing baseball {on the boy�s team}, and swimming Lake Ontario as a �pacer� along side other athletes. She worked first as a post mistress is the small town where she grew up. She loved Port Perry, but also, her heart was in Lorne Park, where she stayed the summers with her grandparents. She later wrote many short stories about her childhood, much like those of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her work as a mother was always her preferred employment. She was proud to be a wife and mother and proud to have it known that no other occupation interested her, though she worked for many years to add support to the household. She spent her �own� time perfecting her English garden, writing stories, and shaking the airwaves playing ragtime and blues on the piano. Her garden encompassed 1/3 of an acre and she developed the variety of Iris now known ad the �Royal Purple Mac�. She is the author of the children�s story Magic in the Alley, and as per her ardent requests, St. Louis Blues was played at her funeral. Author, historian, athlete, botanist, and musician,- she was a renaissance woman. She was a woman of strong faith. She had little patience for religion. She often told us that if we wanted to feel proof of God one need only look at another person with love. She enjoyed life and it seemed to us that she enjoyed it most when the going got toughest. We were lucky not to know tragedy in our family. While we survived health crises and money troubles, we were blessed to have our mother there, offering her counsel and comfort. We have been blessed to be able to share her with the next 2 generations. She became known as �grandma Roses� when her eldest grandson, then aged 3, compared the feelings she gave him to the beauty of a yellow rose he had seen. The sentiment was easily accepted by the rest of the family [except perhaps Dad, who was not overly keen to be known as Grandpa Roses]. Our mother left us peacefully, on Monday, May 14, 2007. She will be missed.