Beatrice Psaki MacDonald

When she moved to New Bern, she was involved in the NC Cooperative Extension Homemakers and volunteered at Craven Regional Medical Center. A member of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, she was a rosary maker and helped with the church bulletins.

She was loved more than she could ever realize and will be missed even more.

She is pre-deceased by her spouse of 55 years, Thomas N. MacDonald, and her son, Thomas F. MacDonald. Mrs. MacDonald, loving and devoted mother, of Kevin M. MacDonald his wife, Corrine, of Cutchogue, NY, and daughter, Maureen T. MacDonald, of New Bern.

Adoring grandmother of Jason Z. MacDonald, Ethan T. MacDonald, Timothy P. MacDonald, Jennifer C. MacDonald Boese, Kelly J. MacDonald, Kathleen M. MacDonald, Jaimie L. MacDonald, Thomas J. MacDonald and Morgan E. Quirk. Great-grandmother of Isabella A. MacDonald, Adelaide G. Boese, Frederick H. Boese and Alicia S. MacDonald.

Aunt, great-aunt and great-great aunt to numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. MacDonald grew up in Forest Hills, New York, one of six children. Her father was an M.D. and her mother was an R.N. She attended Misericordia Nursing School, Bronx, NY and became a Registered Nurse. When she married and her children were older, she worked at Hempstead General Hospital, Hempstead, NY; Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, NY and retired from the A. Holly Patterson Home, Uniondale, NY. Not one to be idle, she then did home health nursing care. Mrs. MacDonald also resided in North Merrick, NY and Southold, NY before retiring to New Bern, NC in 1989.

She loved her family dearly, especially her grandchildren and made sure she always had a crib set up for the babies to spend the night. She enjoyed the water and was a Red Cross certified swimmer. She missed the beautiful beaches of her beloved Long Island North Fork and South Shore. Cherished her 40’s era music, memories of that time and always loved to dance. She was a Cub Scout den mother when her boys were small, avid reader, bowler, knitter, crocheter, seamstress, made wonderful Halloween costumes, birthday party centerpieces and gave the best nursing care when her family was sick. Animals were always a part of her life, cats and dogs.

Mrs. MacDonald is also survived by one sister, Constance Psaki Ward, of Woodbury, NY.

A funeral mass will be held at a future date pending the family’s notification from St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org On-line condolences may be made to the MacDonald family @ cottenfuneralhome.com