EASTON, ELIZABETH “BETTE” (nee MacCulloch) passed away peacefully on July 9, 2014 surrounded in love by her family. Bette was born in Kennetcook Corner, Hants County, Nova Scotia, the youngest of six children of Everett and Emma Matilda MacCulloch. Bette has accomplished much in her life. Bette started out as the secretary for the judges at the Halifax courthouse and then she married Herbert Firman Ditchburn in 1942 and had her five children: Lee, Timothy, Ann, Christine (deceased 1997), and Donald Ditchburn. She has been a wonderful mother all her life. Later in life, Bette went back to school and became a nurse and then a social worker. In 1970, Bette married Kenneth John Easton (deceased Dec 27, 2013). They had a lot of fun together traveling about the world. They moved from Ontario back home to Nova Scotia in 1989.
We are ever so sad to lose her from our sight. She is in the arms of her beloved Kenneth, and her daughter Christine has hold of her hand in heaven.
Bette is predeceased by her siblings Raye, Charles, Wallace, Loretta and Vince MacCulloch. She will be very missed by her many nieces and nephews of the MacCulloch clan, by Kenneth’s son, Tony Easton and wife, Marilyn and their children, Donna and David Easton, and by her precious grandchildren, Emily and Ian Yorke, Alpha and Beta Ross, Dylan and Julian Ditchburn, Marty Ditchburn, and her many great grandchildren.
Many thanks to Nicole MacAloney; Mary, Margaret, & John David MacCulloch and many others for their longtime dedication to Bette and Kenneth Easton. A special thank you to niece Dr. Kate MacCulloch for her wisdom and presence in Bette’s final days.
A “Celebration of the Lives” of Elizabeth and Kenneth Easton will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, July19th, at Fort Massey United Church, 5303 Tobin Street, (corner of Queen and Tobin) Halifax, B3H 1S3. Reception to follow. Private interment on Sunday, July 20, Kennetcook Cemetery.
Donations to Fort Massey United Church, in lieu of flowers, would be appreciated: www.fortmasseychurch.com. 902 423 4294.
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