Obituary of MARGARET ELIZABETH ELLINGWOOD

At the Carleton Kirk Lodge, on November 6, 2006, Margaret Elizabeth Ellingwood, 92, after a lengthy illness. The widow of Ernest Merrill Ellingwood, she was born, raised, married, reared her family, worked and grew old in the North End she loved. She was employed for years as a sales clerk at F. W. Woolworth and then Reitmans in the Fairview Plaza and long after her retirement was a familiar fixture as a regular visitor to that mall. She took great pride in being a niece of Don Messer and liked nothing more than to listen to his music and to "shake a leg." Another source of great pleasure was the many summers she spent at her home away from home on her beloved Belleisle. The daughter of the late Fred and Janie (Messer) Clifford, she is survived by two daughters, Marilyn Davies, Golden Grove, and Catherine Roussell, Innisfil, Ont., one son, Ernest Merrill and his wife Catherine, Lorneville, another daughter-in-law, Loreen, Saint John, two sisters, Ruth Killam, and Vella Lee, both of Moncton, several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces. Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased by a son, Albert, a daughter, Barbara, two brothers, Millard and Willis, and a sister, Mildred Cole. Resting at Brenan's Select Community Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John, N.B. (634-7424) with viewing Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral will be Friday at Brenan’s Funeral Home Chapel with service at 1 p.m. After cremation interment will be at Ocean View Memorial Gardens on Saturday at 2 p.m. Donations may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.