Lana Belle MacLean

Funeral service for the late Lana Belle MacLean, 60, Port Hastings, Inverness County, was held September 10 in St. Mark’s United Church, Port Hawkesbury, with Nan Corrigan, DM, officiating. Burial was in St. David’s United Church Cemetery, Port Hastings. Ms. MacLean died September 6, 2018, in the Strait Richmond Hospital, Evanston. Born December 9, 1957, she was raised in Point Tupper. As an adult, she lived in many Atlantic communities and spent most of her career as a libarian at the Nova Scotia Community College in Port Hawkesbury. She was a lifelong learner and very proud of her four degrees. She earned her BA and BEd from Mount Allison University and a Master Library Science from Dalhousie University and Masters of Divinity from Atlantic School of Theology. Even at 60, she was a student in training with the United Church of Canada, Northern Arm Pastoral Charge in Newfoundland. She had made Newfoundland her home and dearly loved the people there and her ministry. She is survived by cousins, Jack Langley, Kathy and Gerard MacIntyre, and their children, Brent (Amanda) MacIntyre, Jacqueline (John) Ferguson, and their grandchildren, Brooke and Maxwell; cousin, Ruth Sanders; two cousins, Marilyn (MacDonald) Erickson (OJ), California; John William MacDonald, California; special friend, Patricia Bird; dear friends, Ruth Laskey and Marie Langley and her family. She was predeceased by her parents, Archibald and Lillian (Langley) MacLean; brother, Billy. Memorial donations may be made to St. David’s Cemetery Fund, Northern Arm Pastoral Charge, Newfoundland, or to a charity of choice. Online condolences: www.haverstocks.com