Obituary
Idella M. Wheaton, age 94, of Amherst, passed away peacefully at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre on Monday, October 25, 2010.
Born in Lorneville, NS, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Orrie (Fields) Feltham.
Idella was employed by Metropolitan Store in Amherst for over 22 years, retiring in 1981. She was an adherent of the 1st Baptist Church. A great lover of music, she especially enjoyed Old Time and Blue Grass and attended several such functions. She loved playing cards and was a member of the Turn About Card Club. She was a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion, Amherst, Branch #10. She was a member of the Ladies Afternoon and the Senior Bowling League.
She will be dearly missed by her daughters Joan Robichaud (Harold Pettigrew), Amherst, Claudette (Arnold) Brownell, Lower Sackville, NS; son Bruce, Beaver Bank, NS; 9 grandchildren, Michael Robichaud, Kimberly Field, Brian Robichaud, Angela Brewer, Melanie Dospital, Kelly Henebury, Emily Wheaton, Justin Wheaton and Brittany Wheaton and 4 great grandchildren, Megan Henebury, Devon Dospital, David Dospital and Olivia Wheaton-Fraser.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Claude in 1968; sisters, Doris Chappell and Blanche Berry; brothers Hollis and Charley Feltham.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Furlong~Jones Funeral Home, 70 Church St., Amherst, NS (902-667-8777) where visiting hours will be held on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Her funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 2 pm, Rev. Byron Corkum officiating. Burial will follow in the Amherst Cemetery.
Special thanks to the V.O.N and the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre Palliative Care Staff and Doctors Atkinson, Frizzle, Gradstein and Morris.
Those wishing to make a donation in Idella's memory may do so to the Lung Association or the charity of your choice.
www.furlongjones.ca
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1916 - 2010 (94 years)
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