Aubrey Patrick Farrell

Sydney

Aubrey passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2016, surrounded by his loving family in the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. Born in Dominion on August 27, 1928, Sydney, he was an alumnus of St. Francis Xavier University and spent his career teaching in Sydney area schools, retiring from Sydney Academy. He was a lifelong tinkerer and was often found in his workshop sporting his trademark coveralls or bicycling around Sydney. He also loved to travel and his family grew accustomed to packing up the station wagon and travelling throughout Canada and the United States. He enjoyed quizzing his twenty-five grandchildren on obscure questions that were rarely answered correctly.

Aubrey was a hard-working, proud family man and is survived by his wife of 59 years, Stella (McEachern); children Brendon (Dawn), Calgary, Elizabeth (Gord) Goodwin, Calgary, Cynthia (Richard) Campbell, Calgary, Martha (Ken) MacRae, River Ryan, Lyndon (Nancy), Sydney Forks, Rosemary (Gary) East, Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Alice (James) MacLellan, Sydney River; grandchildren Kira (Jon) Simons, Jessica Farrell; Shona, Lyndon, Brett and Patrick Goodwin; John, Emily, Anna and Stephanie Campbell; Elizabeth, Eric (Barbara) and Alexandra MacRae; Mary Ann, Aubrey, Kate and Lilly Farrell; Isabelle, Ian and Iris East; Allistair, Beth, Owen, Caroline and Fiona MacLellan; great-grandchildren Julia, Jack, Declan and Ava Simons; sisters M. Helen McNeil and Martha Brazill and their caring families; numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family members. He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas and Martha Farrell, Dominion; brothers Thomas, Pat and Jim; and sister Shirley in infancy.

Cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Theresa’s Church on Friday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m., with a reception to immediately follow at St. Theresa’s Parish Hall. Burial will take place at Resurrection Cemetery. For those who wish, donations may be made to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.twcurry.com.