ELIZABETH ANN (BETTY) MacKINNON

ELIZABETH ANN (BETTY) MacKINNON

MacKINNON, ELIZABETH (BETTY) ANN Passed peacefully on Monday, January 14, 2019 at the age of 83 at Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON.

Beloved longtime partner of Patrick Bryan. Betty will be sadly missed by her only sister Mary (Bud MacGillivray – deceased), her brother in law Mike Bryan (Liz – deceased) all of Lismore, Pictou County, Nova Scotia and her foster brothers and their families, Ralph Kinney (Faye), of Bailey’s Brook, Nova Scotia and Brian Kinney (Debbie) of St. Catharines, ON. Betty had many nieces and nephews in Nova Scotia, Ireland and St. Catharines. She was predeceased by her parents, two sisters and two brothers.

Betty came to Toronto from Nova Scotia in 1957, found work at Neilson’s Chocolate Factory where she met up with some Irish girls and was introduced to some Irish Clubs where she danced away the weekends. She also bowled for the G.A.A. St. Peter’s and St. Teresa’s Churches. She was on the Ladies “Tug of War Team” organized by the late Pat Morrison. She tried her hand at playing golf and playing cards at the Irish Senior Center on the Danforth. She retired from Nortel, North York after 30 years.

Friends may call at the Turner & Porter Butler Chapel at 4933 Dundas St. W. (between Kipling and Islington Aves.), Etobicoke, on Wednesday, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at Nativity of our Lord Roman Catholic Church, 480 Rathburn Rd., Etobicoke, on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Cremation to follow and burial will take place at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bailey’s Brook, Nova Scotia at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Elizabeth’s memory to St. Mary’s Cemetery Fund, 4726 Shore Rd., Merigomish, Nova Scotia B0K 1G0

Online condolences may be made through www.turnerporter.ca