IT IS WITH GREAT SORROW THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF MARGARET MUSSETT (NEE BALL) ON JUNE 21, 2024, AT THE AGE OF 99, AFTER A SHORT BATTLE WITH CANCER.
SHE HAD A SHARP MIND AND WIT TO THE END. SHE STARTED EACH DAY WITH A BOILED EGG AND A PIECE OF TOAST, ALONG WITH THE MORNING PAPER AND PUZZLES, AND ENDED HER DAY WITH A STIFF RYE AND WATER AND HER FAVORITE SHOW, JEPRODY. SHE ALWAYS LOOKED LIKE A MILLION BUCKS, NEVER LEAVING HER HOME WITHOUT HER FAVORITE JEWELRY AND A BEAUTIFUL SCARF. MARGARET WAS A FABULOUS COOK, USING BUTTER AND CREAM IN GREAT MEASURE. ALWAYS THE CONSUMMATE HOSTESS, SHE PASSED ALONG HER LOVE OF FOOD AND TABLE TO HER CHILDREN. SHE MADE FRIENDS ALL HER LIFE, LOVED PEOPLE AND WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
MARGARET IS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND OF 61 YEARS, ROBERT (BOB) MUSSETT, AND HER BELOVED DAUGHTER JANE, AND IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDEN: SON EDWARD (TED) AND HIS WIFE LOUISE AND THEIR CHILDREN MICHELLE, ELLIOT AND JONATHAN; SON ROBERT (BOB) AND HIS CHILDREN SPENCER AND KATE; DAUGHTER ANN AND HER HUSBAND MICHAEL AND THEIR CHILDREN LAURA, JULIA, JENNIFER AND SOPHIE. BORN IN TORONTO, CANADA ON AUGUST 14, 1924, TO NORA MOORE AND SPENCER BALL.
MARGARET GREW UP IN HALIFAX AND WAS THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER OF THREE BEAUTIFUL SISTERS. SHE WAS SPIRITED AND ADVENTUROUS FROM THE START. SHE ATTENDED THE HALIFAX LADIES’ COLLEGE AND STUDIED AT THE MARITIME BUSINESS SCHOOL. MARGARET WORKED AS A STENOGRAPHER AT MARITIME TEL & TEL, WESTERN UNION, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AND THE CBC. IN 1951 SHE MARRIED BOB. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. MOTHERHOOD WAS MARGARET'S TRUE VOCATION. SHE POURED HERSELF INTO THE ROLE AND CREATED A LOVING AND WARM HOME THAT NURTURED HER CHILDREN AND THEIR FRIENDS. SHE RAN THE BELOVED FAMILY COTTAGE IN SEABRIGHT, WITH HER DEAR FRIEND AND NEIGHBOUR MARGORIE LINDSAY, LIKE A SUMMER CAMP. TO THIS DAY SEABRIGHT IS A PLACE THAT DRAWS THE ENTIRE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TOGETHER. SHE WAS A CHERISHED MOTHER-IN-LAW, FOSTERING A DEEP AND ENDURING LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. MARGARET LOVED BEING A GRANDMOTHER AND DEVELOPED A CLOSE, LOVING AND INFLUENCIAL BOND WITH ALL OF HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE TOOK SUCH PRIDE IN WATCHING THEIR LIVES UNFOLD. MARGARET WAS ABLE TO BEGIN THE SAME JOURNEY WITH HER FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN SUTTON, HENRY, MARLEY AND LEO.
WHILE RAISING HER CHILDREN MARGARET MADE TIME TO VOLUNTEER AT ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, THE JUNIOR LEAGUE AND WITH A HOST OF OTHER CHARITIES. MARGARET AND BOB SPENT 10 HAPPY YEARS LIVING IN VICTORIA, MEETING A WONDERFUL GROUP OF NEW FRIENDS, AND CRISS-CROSSING NORTH AMERICA IN THEIR WESTVALIA WITH THEIR DOG EVERY SUMMER TO SPEND TIME IN SEABRIGHT.
MARGARET FOUND CONTENTMENT IN HER FINAL YEARS WITH THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND HER BELOVED CAREGIVER, SOPHIE DEVERILL, WHO MADE THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIVE SO MUCH BETTER. THE LOVE OUR MOTHER PUT INTO THIS WORLD ENRICHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY. WE WILL FOREVER MISS HER SAFE HARBOUR. IN OUR GRIEF WE ARE LIFTED UP BY THE GIFT OF HER LIFE. A LIFE WELL LIVED INDEED. REST IN PEACE MAMA.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH ON TUESDAY AUGUST 6, 2024 AT 1:00PM.
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