Mrs. Marilyn Maxine Bonvie (McVicar)

Friday, February 28, 1936 - Sunday, May 27, 2007

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BONVIE, Marilyn Maxine McVicar - Lower Sackville, passed away peacefully on May 27, 2007, in the Palliative Care Unit, VG Site, QEII.
She was born February 28, 1936, to John Valentine McVicar and Kathleen Brown in Saint. George, N.B.
She grew up and graduated high school in St. George. She entered Mount Carmel Business College and graduated in 1957. Marilyn immediately went to work for CPR communications at the Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews, N.B. She was transferred to Halifax in 1958 where she met Charles Henry Bonvie.
They were married on July 16, 1960. Marilyn, or Ming, as she was affectionately known by friends and family,
is survived by her husband and children, Maria Bonvie, California, and her twin sons, Joe (Trish) and Gene Bonvie, both of Halifax as well as four grandsons and three granddaughters, two great-granddaughters and a great-grandson. Marilyn has two surviving brothers and two surviving sisters. Ming was predeceased by both of her parents, two sisters and three brothers.
Ming had a passion for genealogy and was a much-respected and sought out authority on many family lines.
She was the keeper of the family history and had volumes of information she had collected over many years. Ming had a love for history and politics. She was a very talented seamstress.  Ming was a very loving and devoted wife and mother who had great faith and special affection for St. Anthony of Padua.
A special thank you to the nurses of Hospice, the Victorian Order of Nurses, and the Palliative Care Unit (7A).
Visitation will be held 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today in Atlantic Funeral Home,125 Sackville Dr.
Funeral mass 2 p.m. Tuesday in St. Elizabeth Seton Roman Catholic Church, Lower Sackville, Father Johni officiating.
Burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Lower Sackville Nova Scotia.
Reception to follow in the church hall.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society
or Canadian Diabetes Association.

Donated by family of Marilyn Bonvie
 

Sometimes just recording an obituary is not enough, Ming was a great supporter of the St. George Web Page and she contributed much information to it, to make it a success for the researchers who were looking for information about the families and history of this little town.  She knew how little I actually knew about St. George, and that I was only transcribing the records as best I could..she always had time to answer my questions and never made me feel as incompetent as I knew I was...she was my email buddy and I miss her so much...C.B.