ROSALIE ANGELA MACMILLAN

Funeral service for the late Rosalie Angela MacMillan, 92, Canso, will be held August 22 at 11 a.m. in Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, Canso, with Father Jonathan Nnajiofor officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.

Mrs. MacMillan died August 8, 2019, in Canso Seaside Manor. 

Born May 7, 1927, in Halifax, she was the second daughter of Maurice Murphy and Mary Salome (Flemming) Murphy.  Her family, on both sides, were from nearby Ketch Harbour where she spent many happy summers with her cousins, aunts and uncles.  She grew up on Dresden Row in Halifax attending St. Mary’s Girls School and St. Mary’s Basilica as their home parish. While visiting relatives in Canso, she met and later married Harold Arnold MacMillan in 1950.  Together they shared 66 years until his death on July 31, 2016.

She was a homemaker, military wife and raised six children. When her children were teenagers, she returned to the retail trade at Zellers in London, Ontario, having previously worked at Eaton’s in Halifax as a young lady and also managing the MacMillan grocery store in Canso for a few years at the beginning of her marriage. She was a member of the Catholic Women’s League and served faithfully at all of the military postings that took them to Calgary, London, Kingston, North Bay and Lahr, Germany.  She was also an avid curler, who enjoyed many games at the Garrison Curling Club in Kingston and travelling many places to curl in bonspiels with her teammates.  She was a member of the Canso Shamrock Club, and Star of the Sea Parish in Canso. She and her husband enjoyed a long and well-travelled retirement all over North America, hosting family and old friends at a Florida residence they had for 10 years.  In June of 2013, they moved home to Canso.

She is survived by six children,  Bill, Canso;  Howie,  Wiarton, Ontario;  Isabel James, Canso;   Bob (Gayle),  Heidelberg, Ont.;  Maurice (Gail), North Bay, Ont.;  Joe (Danielle), Nappanee, Ont.; son-in-law, Bill James; daughter-in-law, Debbie MacMillan; 13 grandchildren, Michael, Colleen, Bradley, Kimberley, Angela, Melissa, David, Andrew, Brian, Sarah, Matthew, Michelle, Jennifer, and their families; 15 great-grandchildren, Gage, Amelia, Isaac, Tristan, Mackenzie, Scarlett, Deacon, Benry, Ella Mae, Lucas, Timothy, Rosalie, Simon, Olivia, Abel; two  sisters-in-law, Deanna (Win) Nickerson, Hazel Hill;  Barbara (Junior)  Filiatault, Lantz;  three nieces, Natalie Corkum, Rachel Filiatrault, Chrissy Nickerson;  five nephews,  Chris Corkum, Stephen and Blair Nickerson, Derek Filiatraul, Brian Flemming and their families.

She was predeceased by her husband, Harold; sister, Kathleen (Maurice) Flemming; three sisters-in-law, Isabel (Gordon) Munroe, Kaye (Don) Cohoon, Helen (Colin Corkum) MacMillan; nephew, Michael Flemming.

Memorial donations may be made to Canso Seaside Manor, Star of the Sea Church, or the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 46 in Canso. 

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