Margaret ‘Peggy’ Evelyn MacDonald Adams

Funeral service for the late Margaret ‘Peggy’ Evelyn MacDonald Adams, 104, Richmond Villa, was held May 25 in St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, St. Peter’s, with Father Antolin Asor officiating. Burial was in the parish cemetery. Mrs. Adams died May 16, 2019, in the Richmond Villa, St. Peter’s. Born June 24, 1914, in Barra Head, Cape Breton, she was a daughter of William Augustine MacDonald and Bessie McKenzie MacDonald. Having lost her mother tragically at a very young age, she and her siblings were cared for by the kind people of St. Peter’s and surrounding area. After some difficult years, Peggy and her sister, Anna, were lovingly accepted into the home of John Allan MacDonald and Jessie Campbell MacDonald. She lived there until she entered the Richmond Villa in St. Peter’s. For 25 years, she was the chief operator for MT&T, running the St. Peter’s office. This did not stop her from getting involved in the community, working with organizations such as the Canadian Red Cross, Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, Royal Canadian Legion Br. 47, Canadian Kidney Society, Canadian Girl Guides, St. Peter’s Home and School Community Club, Catholic Altar Society, Bonnie Brae Senior Club. On Remembrance Day, she always showed up dressed in her ladies’ auxiliary branch beret, carrying her husband Jack’s medals on a pillow and would lay a wreath on his grave. She will be dearly remembered for her love of music and her ability to bring the room alive playing the piano. If she wasn’t playing the lively Inverness Gathering, it may have been the beautiful Telephone Waltz. For many years, she spent time accompanying the Catholic Church Choir during Sunday Mass. Often she would hold choir practice in her home. She also held Scottish ceilidhs in her home with musicians like the great Buddy MacMaster, Winston ‘Scotty’ Fitzgerald, Simon Cremo, Theresa and Marie MacLellan, as well as her brothers. She accompanied them on the piano. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She is survived by her seven children, John Adams (Valerie), Mary Adams (Brian McA’Nulty), Sylvia Coutu (Marcel), Jessie O’Handley, James Adams (Barbara), Margaret Romkey, Marian (Edward) Tobin; 16 grandchildren, Cynthia Coutu, Stephanie Coutu, Sean Adams (Tara), Robert ‘Rob’ Adams, Bruce O’Handley (Tina), Laurie Adams (Michael Choi), Christopher ‘Chris’ Adams (Marcia), Nathalie Findlay (Jonathan), Brian O’Handley (Leah Adams), Steven Adams, Kelly Adams (Brian), Nicholas Tobin (Kirsten), Tessa MacDonnell (Keith), Shannon Mac A’Nulty, Marc Romkey, Amy Khoury (Rabih); two step-grandchildren, Matthew Robinson (Cora Woolsey), Christie Kozier; 13 great-grandchildren, Jackson Adams, Isabella Hemmings, Lucy MacDonnell, Mackenzie Adams, Madison Adams, Murphy Grimes, Ruby MacDonnell, Scotia O’ Handley, Montgomery Grimes, Stephen O’Handley, Cordelia Findlay, Ferris Grimes, Eli Khoury; nine step-great-grandchildren, Ethan Adams, Colby Adams, Dylan Adams, Jonathan Booth Tobin, Isabelle Kozier, Katelyn Adams, William Kozier, Madilyn Kozier, Tigh Robinson; nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her husband, Jack; six brothers, Jack, Rannie, Harold, Percy, Fredrick, Walter; two sisters, Beatrice, Anna; two sons-in-law, Steve, Brian. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Peter’s and Area Food Bank Society, P.O. Box 4, St. Peter’s, B0E-3B0. Online condolences: www.haverstocks.com