Obituary of Mary (Queenie) Catherine MacLean
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Mary Catherine MacLean (Mills) 80 of Sydney passed away peacefully Sunday November 17th,
2024. Affectionately known as Queenie, she was the daughter of the late Fred Mills and Jessie
Mills (MacIntyre).
Mary was predeceased by her parents, husband Ralph MacLean and 5 brothers John Vincent, Fred (Anne), Malcolm (Dorthy), Ted (Jane), and Burt (Wendy) Mills.
She will be dearly missed by her son Vincent (Natasha), Granddaughter Payton and cats Phoebe & CeCe. Together they shared many laughs, movies, dinners, card games and dance parties. Mary is also survived by her loving brother and sister-in-law Stan and Rhoda Mills and many Grandnieces and Nephews.
She will be especially missed by Caroline (Bob), Mark, Jamie(Krista), Jessica (Brad), Kerri, Kristine (Tyler) and Katherine Anne (Alex) and several great grandnieces and nephews. Queenie greatly enjoyed attending their sport and activity events to cheer them on. We would like to thank Jamie for being a friend, helping Mary over the years.
Mary was an employee of the Sydney Steel Plant until retirement. She enjoyed bingo, bowling, going to the movies and a good game of cards with friends. Queenie loved listening to Elvis while having a cup of tea, a sweet and reading the Cape Breton Post. Mary was a loving mother who was loyal, protective, and family orientated. She was a real-life definition of caring and kindness bringing a humorous element to any situation.
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up to make new trees.”
A celebration of life is planned at St. Theresa’s Parish Hall in Ashby at 11 a.m. Friday, November 29th . Family is invited for interment at Resurrection cemetery in Howie Centre at 2pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia or the Cape Breton Branch of the SPCA.
