The passing of Phyllis Helen Stewart occurred at Gables Lodge on Thursday, December 5, 2024. Originally from Montrose, Colchester County, she has lived in Oxford, NS, for over fifty years. Phyllis was the daughter of the late Neil and Mary (Richards) MacKinnon.
Phyllis loved to cook and loved her children with all of her heart. She describes the best time in her life as being during the holidays when she cooked big meals and had all of her family together. She worked for several years at Oxford Frozen Foods, Seagull Pewter, and for three years at the Oxford High School cafeteria.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by a son, Christopher Neil Stewart; a daughter, Marlene Cooke; a granddaughter, Marilyn Christine Cooke; two grandsons, Arthur Burton Cooke and Kevin James Cooke; three sisters, Barbara MacLellan, Agnes MacKinnon, and Carolyn Mattix, as well as a brother, in infancy, Lloyd Wallace MacKinnon. She was also predeceased by her first husband, Arthur Burton Cooke of Great Village.
She is survived by her husband, Lee Stewart; three sons, Kevin, Michael and Randy Cooke, as well as two daughters, Marilyn Cooke and Lorraine Blakey and a brother, Neil MacKinnon, as well as her special friends Nancy Arsenault, Wendy Osborne, and Doris Dixon.
A special thank you from Phyllis is extended to her sons Randy and Michael for always being there for her, and to Elizabeth Cooke, who was like a daughter to her, for her loving care and delicious cooking. Also a big thank you to all the VON workers (especially the sassy one) for their compassion and care and to all those who phoned, sent cards or brought food
Arrangements are under the care and guidance of W. Allen Funeral Home, Oxford, NS (902-447-2167) from where a time of visitation will take place on Friday, December, 13, 2024 from 1 pm until the time of the funeral service at 2 pm. A light reception to follow, then burial will take place in the Thomson Cemetery. Pastor Jodi Getson presiding.
Donations may be made to the IWK or a charity of the donor's choice.
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