Patricia Margaret DEVENNEY

MAXNER (DeVenney), Patricia Margaret - 78, Windsor, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 9, 2008, at home, with her family by her side after a courageous journey with ALS. First and foremost a mother and a grandmother, Pat was always caring for others, even in the midst of her own illness. She will be remembered by family and friends for her never-ending supply of homemade cookies, her love of a Saturday night church supper, her nimble dancing feet and her always dazzling jewels. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. Mother to Peter (Christine), Upper Falmouth, and his children, Paul and Elizabeth; Barry (Nancy), Windsor, and their children, John, Andrew and Janet; Judith (Claude) O'Hara, Windsor, and their daughter, Colette; Tim (Crystal), Canning, and their children, Brittany and Savannah; Gail, Greenwich, and her daughter, Sarah; great-grandchildren, Nathaniel, Heidi, and Ethan. Pat is survived by brothers, Phil, Johnny, Bob and Jim; and sister, Nancy. She was predeceased by her husband, Robie (2006); parents, Nellie (Sweet) and John; and brother, Alan. Cremation will take place under the care of Lindsay's Windsor Funeral Home, 194 King St., Windsor, where the family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, March 12. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, in Windsor United Church, King St., Windsor, Rev. Bill Gibson officiating, assisted by Rev. Jeff White. A private family interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Windsor. Family flowers only, donations in memory of Pat may be made to the ALS Society of Nova Scotia, Hants Community Hospital Palliative Care, Hants County Branch Victorian Order of Nurses or The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada. To sign the book of condolence, click on obituaries at: www.lindsaysfuneralhome.com