Mildred Alice (Illsley) Levy - 98, formerly of New Minas, passed away
peacefully, Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in Evergreen Home for Special
Care, Kentville. Born in Ross Corner, Kings County, on May 9, 1911,
she was the eldest daughter of the late Harley and Minnie (Dennison)
Illsley. Mildred taught school for 35 years in Hants and Kings
Counties, spending 18 of those years at Kings County Academy, where
she taught Grade II. She was a member of Ross Corner Baptist Church
from 1925-1952, Kentville Baptist Church from 1952-1966 and New Minas
Baptist Church from 1966 until her death. She was also a Dominion Life
member of the United Baptist Women’s Missionary Union and World
member of Women’s Christian Temperance Union, also a 50-year
Jewel member of St. Eulalie Rebekah Lodge, Kentville (60 years in
2006), an Alumni of the Nova Scotia Teachers College, Truro, a member
of the Retired Teachers Association, Nova Scotia Teachers Union,
Canadian Red Cross, Minas 50-Plus Seniors Club and various church
organizations. An avid reader, especially of Christian books, Mildred
was also interested in travel, poetry, attending hymn sings and making
scrapbooks. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
She was predeceased by her husband, Sheldon; brother, Averd; sisters,
Hilda Levy and Lucy Harris; nephew, Lorimer Veinotte; niece, Carolyn
(Veinotte) Graves Coyle; stepsons, Victor Levy, Vincent Jackson and
his wife, Hilda. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Raymond
Harris, Truro; nephews, Leslie (Eleanor) Sanford and Harley (Carol)
Sanford; nieces, Sandra (Wayne) Purcell and Rosalie (Veinotte) Holmes;
step-daughter, Joyce Smith; step-daughter-in-law, Myra Levy;
step-grandsons, Ken (Linda) Levy, David (Sheila) Levy, Larry (Janice)
Jackson and Paul (Sandra) Jackson; step-granddaughters, Linda Jackson,
Marlene Smith and Marjorie Waye; many great and great great
step-grandchildren; special friends Andy and Linda Cann. Visitation
will be held from 7-9 p.m., Friday, January 8, 2010, with a St.
Eulalie Rebekah Lodge service to be held at 7:00 p.m., both in the
White Family Funeral Home, Kentville, where the celebration of her
life, followed by a reception, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday,
January 9, 2010, Reverend Doctor Robert Knowles and Reverend Sterling
Gosman officiating. Burial will take place in the Greenfield Cemetery.
Family flowers only, by request. Donations in memory may be made to
the New Minas Baptist Church or the Valley Regional Hospital. Special
thanks to Evergreen Home for Special Care for the excellent care and
compassion received by Mildred during her time there. Funeral
arrangements have been entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, Kentville.
