Sharon Ann MACDONALD

MURPHY, Sharon Ann 56, died on 23 August 1999, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Born in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, she was the daughter of Angus M. (Gus) and Margaret (White) MacDonald of New Waterford. Sharon attended Mount Carmel High School in New Waterford and Montgomery Catholic High School, Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950's. Following graduation from the Cape Breton Business College in Sydney she was employed by the Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax where she participated in the compilation and restoration of the historical medical notes of Dr. Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin. Futher employment was with Simpson-Sears Limited as an Executive Secretary and as a Legal Secretary with A. Martin Smith, QC, in Halifax. Following a move to Ottawa, Ontario, in 1973, Sharon was employed as Executive Assistant to the Mayor of the Village of Rockcliffe Park and as an Administrative Assistant to the Senior Partner of Murray and Murray & Associates (Architects). In this capacity, she was involved in the redesign and construction of the Ottawa International Airport, Ottawa City Hall, and the National Art Gallery. Surviving are her husband Vern of Charlottetown, P.E.I., daughter Karen (Mrs. Ken Reid), and son Sean, both of Ottawa; also two sisters, Marilyn (Mrs. Michael Kliza, Hubley, Nova Scotia) with niece Deborah and nephews Geoffrey and Robert along with sister Mary Beth of Baltimore, Maryland, with nieces Angela and Cora Beth of New Waterford, Nova Scotia. Cremation has taken place under the direction of the Belvedere Funeral Home in Charlottetown and a Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, August 27, at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in New Waterford with burial in the parish cemetery under the direction of MacGillivary's Funeral Home. A reception will follow at the Carmel Centre. A memorial service will be held in Charlottetown at the Belvedere Funeral Home, 175 Belvedere Avenue, at a later date. Charitable donations can be made to the Oncology Clinic, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, P.O. Box 6600, Charlottetown, P.E.I., C1A 8T5.