Obituary of Mavis Wheaton

Sackville, N.B.- It is with great sadness that the family of Mavis Wheaton announce her passing at the Drew Nursing Home on Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was 90 years of age. Born in Cookville, N.B. on June 29, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John Fletcher and Margaret Adelaide (Smith) Hargreaves. Mavis was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. In 1950, she married the late Gerald Wheaton. During her life she served and cared for many people. In the Second World War, she worked in an ammunition plant in Quebec. She was a faithful and long-time member of the Middle Sackville Baptist Church and the Women’s Missionary Society and in her younger years taught Sunday School and DVBS. Mavis loved her flower gardens, especially roses and gladiola and worked in the gardens when she was able. She helped on the family farm and loved animals. Mavis will be lovingly remembered by her son, Robert (Barbara) of Sackville, N.B.; two daughters, Margaret (Robert) Wallace of Sackville, N.B. and Mary Wheaton (Tony Teolis) of Ottawa, Ontario; one grandson, Andrew (Lacey) Wheaton and one great-grandson, Rheed, all of Sackville, N.B.; two sisters-in-law, Geraldine Trenholm of Sackville, N.B. and Edna Hargreaves of Moncton, N.B. as well as by many nieces and nephews. Mavis was the last surviving member of her immediate family and besides her parents and husband she was pre-deceased by her brothers, John, Joseph, James, Geoffrey and Donald and by her sisters, Marjorie and Mary Ann. Arrangements have been entrusted to Campbell’s Funeral Home, 89 Bridge Street, Sackville, N.B. (364-8188). Visitation will take place at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 from 7-9 pm. The funeral service will take place at the funeral home on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 2 pm with Rev. Vernon Vickruck officiating. Burial will take place in the spring at Four Corners Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Mavis may be made to the Middle Sackville Baptist Church or to the charity of ones choice.