Darlene Marie Halbersma

Darlene Marie (Ryerson) Halbersma - age 55, of Coldbrook, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2019, at home. Darlene was born in Berwick Hospital (Western Kings Memorial Hospital) on May 5, 1963 to Kenneth and Pauline (Foster) Ryerson of Auburn, NS. Darlene was employed by the Nova Scotia Health Authority for 16 years as an unregistered Cardiology Technologist at the Valley Regional Hospital. She was a member of New Minas Baptist Church and served on the Church’s Social Committee for eight years. She was a homemaker and wife to her husband of 37 years, Rudy Halbersma and was also a devoted mother to her two sons, William (Minji Su) and Joseph, as well as her brothers and sisters, Robert Ryerson (Andrea), Tina Hutt (Steven), Timothy Ryerson (Rhonda) and Scott Ryerson (Melanie). Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until the time of the service at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, both in the New Minas Baptist Church. A private family burial will take place in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Donations in memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Valley Hospice Foundation. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Kentville.