MURDENA MAE 'DENA' (NOCK) MACKINNON

Funeral service for the late Murdena ‘Dena’ Mae MacKinnon, 83, Whycocomagh, Inverness County, was held November 28 in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Whycocomagh, with Margie MacIntyre, LLWL, officiating. Burial was in Stewartdale Cemetery.     

Mrs. MacKinnon died November 23, 2019, in Inverary Manor, Inverness.     

Born May 15, 1936, in Kewstoke, Inverness County, she was a daughter of the late William and Catherine (MacLean) Nock. She was a member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and long-time member of the Ladies Aid. She also sang in the choir at church for many years. She was part of the Bayville Seniors Club, a proud Tory, a Montreal Canadians fan and a fiddle music enthusiast. She worked at many places over the years, but ultimately The Mull Café and Deli. She lived on Johnson Lane in the heart of Whycocomagh for more than 40 years.     

She is survived by her daughter, Cathy (Melvin) MacInnis, Whycocomagh; son, Neil Willie (Leanne) MacKinnon, Aberdeen; two grandchildren, Brooke, Halifax; Liam MacKinnon, Antigonish; special nephew, Wayne (Ann) MacKay, Whycocomagh; two sisters, Emily (Morrison) MacKay; Kaye (Bubby) Shaw; two brothers, Billy and Winston (Jean) Nock; brother-in-law, Malcolm MacLean; sister-in-law, Jessie MacKinnon; numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.                 

She was predeceased by her husband, D.H. MacKinnon; his parents, Neil and Tena Belle MacKinnon; four sisters, Peggy (Sam) Pearo; Florrie (Peter Alex) Ferguson, Irene (Malcolm) MacPherson, Shirley (Allie) Rouse; two brothers, Sandy (Tena) Nock, Jackie Nock; three sisters-in-law, Shirley Nock, Archena MacKinnon, Mary Margaret MacLean; two brothers-in-law, Neil D. MacKinnon, Lauchie MacKinnon.     

Memorial donations may be made to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Stewartdale Cemetery or the Alzheimer’s Society of Nova Scotia.                

Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at www.haverstocks.com