Obituary of Julia Margaret Oates

OATES, Julia Margaret - Passed peacefully away in the arms of her children at the Harbour Lodge Nursing Home, Carbonear on Sunday, November 24, 2013, Julia Margaret Oates of Carbonear, age 93 years. Predeceased by husband: Maxwell; parents: Joseph and Eliza Clarke; sisters: Martha, Jannet, Clarice, Elizabeth and Nellie; brother: Hubert Clarke; granddaughter: Wanda Michelle. Leaving to mourn, six daughters: Marina (Herman) Harris, Harbour Grace, Genevieve (Baden) Hiscock, Carbonear, Beulah (Raymond) Fitzgerald, St. John's, Yvonne Barnes, Mount Pearl, Sandra (Randell) Mercer, Gander and Ruth (Wayne) O'Brien, Conception Bay South; seven sons: Max (Christine), New Brunswick, Hubert (Beverley), Harbour Grace, Clarence (Judy), P.E.I., Eric (Marilyn), Bay Roberts, Barry (Elizabeth), St. John's, Terry (Allison), Nova Scotia and Craig (Bruce), Carbonear; special sister-in-law: Lillian Clarke, Victoria; twenty-nine grandchildren; thirty great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Special thanks to all the staff at the Harbour Lodge Nursing Home, East Two and Dr. Kay. Resting at Noel's Funeral Home, Water Street, Carbonear. Funeral service to take place on Wednesday, November 27 at 2:00 p.m. from Noel's Memorial Chapel, Carbonear. Interment in Park Avenue United Cemetery, Carbonear South. In lieu of flowers, as an expression of sympathy, donations in her memory may be made to Bethany United Church, Carbonear.