It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, Clara Annie Weir, 90 of Conway, Digby County, Nova Scotia who went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at Digby General Hospital.
Born in Weymouth North to the late Mary Trefry Post and Harvey Trefry, she was the second of four children. At the age of 16 Clara met and married her teenage sweetheart Sam (Harley Weir Sr). They took up residence in Conway where she soon became a mother, homemaker and subsequent secretary taking care of office duties for her husband’s fishing business.
Clara, having immersed herself in the Christian faith at a relatively young age, began attending the Smith’s Cove Baptist Church. Not satisfied that she alone should attend and true to her nature, she soon made it her mission to convince more to come along. First her family and then others in the community. As years passed Clara would become a member of the church and take on more roles including teaching (and later leading) Sunday School, singing in the choir, becoming a Pioneer Girl leader, a deaconess and church Ladies Auxiliary member among many others. Needless to say, Clara, through her unwavering faith in God, thoroughly understood what love and commitment really meant not only in the church but also in life.
She and Sam were married for 68 years prior to his passing in 2017. During that time they would plant gardens together. Vegetables and flowers always were part of their seasonal landscape. Clara loved to bake. Bread, rolls, doughnuts or pies, none were far from reach. Sam was a happy man. Their leisure time included summer camping around Nova Scotia, trips to PEI, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Florida. Like most others, Clara and Sam’s life together came with their share of triumphs and difficulties. Times of overwhelming joy and others of immense grief. But their love of God and each other was truly the tie that bound them together.
Clara was always proud of her two sons and their extended families. She and Sam deeply enjoyed their visits and phone calls, hearing about all their accomplishments and spending as much time as possible making memories with them. Rarely would Clara ever miss an opportunity to express her feelings about how much she loved her family. Part of that family included their numerous albeit one-at-a-time companion dogs, the last of which was “Jed” who left her side in January of 2023 following a brief illness.
Clara lived through many challenges including a world war, numerous health issues, two bouts of cancer and a global pandemic to name a few. None of these came close to how she felt following the loss of Sam. Six years later she would lose her firstborn son. Due to her rapidly advancing dementia, she could not fully grasp the reality nor the experience of this tragic loss.
Through it all, Clara was determined not to leave her home and thus remained there into her 90th year. She knew that with the assistance of her family, neighbors John and Velvet Weir, Judy and Phillip Hanshaw, the Victorian Order of Nurses, Home Care Coordinator Megan Kerr, Belinda Addington and others, her wish was being granted. Special thanks to all those mentioned and others outside of the immediate family for the tremendous amount of care and understanding they exhibited to Clara.
Just two days prior to her passing Clara declared that “God has blessed me so much.”
We love and dearly miss you mom and nanny but will see you in Heaven someday.
Clara is survived by her son Perry (Lori) Weir; Grandchildren, Gregory Weir (Lisa Tingley), April (Dean) Gosson, Renee (Jason) Stewart, Zachary and Logan Weir; Great-grandchildren, Jeremy Gosson, Steven Weir, Breanne (Micheal) Saulnier; Great great grandchildren, Eden and Gabriel Saulnier; Many nieces and nephews; She is predeceased by her parents, Mary Trefry Post, Harvey Trefry; husband, Harley Weir Sr; son, Harley Weir Jr (Pamela); sisters Edith Petzoldt (Kurt) and Margaret Buckman (William); brother, Richard Trefry and three nephews.
A celebration of Clara’s Life will take place at the Smith’s Cove Baptist Church, Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 2:00 pm. with Pastor Mark Cress presiding. Interment in Smith-Sulis Cemetery, Harbourview following reception at the church by Smith's Cove Ladies Auxiliary.
We ask that donations in her memory may be made to either the Smith’s Cove Baptist Church or the Victorian Order of Nurses
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