Halifax Herald, June 20, 2007 MacDONALD (Lawrence), Elizabeth Jeanette - 38, Windsor, died peacefully, on June 8, 2007, lying in the arms of her best friend, her husband of nearly 18 years. She is survived by a loving family and many friends who sustained her through the years she suffered a very aggressive form of multiple sclerosis. She fell in love at 15, and married at 21, the one love of her life, Eric MacDonald, whose ministry as an Anglican priest she supported capably for many years. Their tombstone reads: "Certainty like this comes but once in a lifetime", certainty her husband shares, his life enriched and ennobled by her love. She is survived by her husband, Eric, who continues to live in the home they built together near Windsor; son, Alex, Halifax, and daughter, Kirsten (Kelly), Halifax; her loving parents, Bill and Cora Lawrence, Falmouth; brothers, Victor (Theresa), New Glasgow; Marshall, Waterloo; Mark (Wendy), Waterloo; "little" sister, Christina (Blair) Baker, Falmouth; and several niec! es and nephews. She is also survived by her father-in-law, Peter MacDonald, and was predeceased by her mother-in-law, Edna, both of whom played an important part in her life. Elizabeth made important contributions to the life of the church in Mulgrave and Middleton by her good humour, openness, humanity, and skill at organization. In Middleton she started home-based Pennypig Printing & Design which filled an important niche for nine years in the business life of the community. She was forced to sell this innovative digital business because of increasing disability. She provided a foundation of love and support which helped her husband achieve success in his vocation which would otherwise have eluded him. She laid the foundations of her daughter Kirsten's independence and drive, and contributed significantly to her growing success as a scholar and strength as a woman. Though her children's stepmother, both Kirsten and her son Alex have done her the honour of allowing her to ! call them her children, a tribute to her love and devotion. Elizabeth bore her disease, not without anger for lost years and opportunities, with courage, grace and surprising good humour. She met her death in the same spirit. The suffering and the humiliation of pain and disability were great, yet she did not pity herself, facing the realities of her life forthrightly and with integrity. She treasured a poem by namesake D.H. Lawrence, "Self Pity": "I never saw a wild thing/sorry for itself./A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough/without ever having felt sorry for itself". The family would especially like to thank, on Elizabeth's behalf, her neurologist, Virender Bhan, her GP, Jane Brooks, for their care and concern of many years, especially, in Dr. Brooks' case, during Elizabeth's expressions of frustration and anger as medical options dwindled to palliative measures. We would also like to thank the West Hants VON, with special thanks to "Dr. Chrissy" for her friendship, whose aid enabled her to stay at home for the last year. Last, b! ut not least, we would like to thank Herr Ludwig Minelli, and the members of Dignitas in Zurich (Bernard and "Gaby", in particular), for helping Elizabeth deliver herself from the burden of a life which had become too great to bear. Visitation in Middleton Funeral Home will be June 22, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. We will celebrate Elizabeth's life in a non-religious service of remembrance at the funeral home, led by Mr. Peter Miller, on Saturday, June 23, at 2 p.m., followed immediately by burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Windsor. Please bring earth from your garden or special place to sprinkle into the grave. No flowers or condolences by request. Join us on Saturday, and/or make a donation to: The Multiple Sclerosis Society, Atlantic Division, 71 Ilsley Ave., Unit 12, Dartmouth, NS B3B 1L5; Hants Community Hospital Palliative Care Program (VON), c/o Bev Lyttle, 89 Pazant Dr., Windsor, NS B0N 2T0; or The Right to Die Society of Canada, 145 Macdonell Ave., Toronto, ON M6R 2A4. ---- Original Message ---- From: Katherine Dubin <owlshoot@uniserve.com> To: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 11:11 am Subject: [NS-L] Obits. Hello: Does anyone know how I can find an obit for Elizabeth MacDonald who died June 8, 2007 in the Windsor area? I tried checking the Halifax Herald and you can only go back one week. Is there anywhere, on-line, that I can look up recent, past obits? Or, is anyone saving them to a site on rootsweb anywhere? If so, could you please e-mail me the address? I would appreciate any help I can get on this. Thank you, Kathy. ---------------------------------------- Basic List Commands: 1. To post to the list Send a message to: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com 2. How to unsubscribe a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe 3. How to subscribe Send an email containing only the word subscribe to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com 4. How to change to Digest mode a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) b. 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