Obituary of Mabel Rorke

RORKE, Mabel Isobel - Passed peacefully away at the Carbonear General Hospital on Thursday, December 15, 2005 Mabel Isobel Rorke of Carbonear, age 75 years. Predeceased by husband, John G.W.; parents, Eugene and Mary Ellen Fogwill; brother, Richard Fogwill. Leaving to mourn, four sons: John, St. John's, Gene, Lower Sackville, NS, Ted, Toronto, ON and Neil, her faithful and constant caregiver, with whom she resided, Carbonear; two grandchildren: Jacquie Rorke, Red Deer, AB and Amy Rorke, Ottawa, ON; brother-in-law: Richard (Patricia) Rorke, St. John's; one sister: Muriel (Malcolm) Squires, Thunder Bay, ON; sister-in-law: Pansy Fogwill, Millertown; special niece: Petrina (Richard) Balsom, Heart's Content; special great-nephew: Riley Balsom, Heart's Content; special aunt: Annabelle Peddle, Bloomfield; special caregiver: Brenda Oates, Carbonear; friend and caretaker: Morley Colbourne, Carbonear; special lifelong neighbors: Sandy and Edna Butt, Carbonear; constant friends and fellow quilters: Joanne O'Brien, Norma King, Carol Wheeler, Loretta Mercer and Verna Badcock; also other nieces, nephews and other relatives, friends and students. Cremation has taken place. The family will receive relatives and friends at Noel's Funeral Home, Water Street, Carbonear on Saturday December 17 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday December 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Funeral service to follow on Sunday, December 18 at 2:00 p.m. from Bethany United Church, Carbonear. Inurnment at a later date. Flowers gratefully accepted or as an expression of sympathy, donations in her memory may be made to the Parkinson Society of Newfoundland and Labrador or the Carbonear Library.