{"id":507669,"date":"2026-03-01T16:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507669\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:22:06","slug":"geraldine-gerry-mackay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507669\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldine ‘Gerry’ MacKay"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of the Geraldine Rae \u2018Gerry\u2019
\n MacKay of New Glasgow wish to announce her peaceful passing on
\n February 27, 2026, in the Aberdeen Hospital Palliative Care Unit after
\n a brief illness. Born in Amherst, she was the daughter of the late
\n Raymond and Jean (Smith) Weldon. Gerry enrolled at the Aberdeen School
\n of Nursing and graduated a registered nurse in 1964. She worked
\n briefly at Moncton Hospital and then at the Aberdeen Hospital in the
\n Maternity \/ Pediatric Ward. Gerry enjoyed spending time at the family
\n cottage at Lochaber Lake with Tom and the rest of her family, where
\n many cherished memories were made.\u00a0\u00a0She was an avid
\n painter, tole painter, crafter and was called to the rescue numerous
\n times to sew for her family. She was Tom\u2019s
\n “helper” many times at the cottage and at home whether
\n building the decks or making their bottled chow. Gerry\u2019s
\n baking was loved by all her family, especially during the holidays.
\n Tom and Gerry loved their random drives with no set destination or
\n timing. Gerry was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and
\n frequent babysitter. She is survived by daughter, Patricia Crocket;
\n son, Craig; grandchildren, Laura (Seth Burrill); Jamie; Jakob and
\n Josh; brother-in-law, Bobby (Wendy); one niece; one nephew; and
\n numerous cousins. She was predeceased by her husband of 43 years, Tom;
\n son-in-law, Jim. Cremation has taken place and there will be no
\n visitation. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 3, at 11 am
\n in the R.H. Porter Funeral Home, 55 Almont Ave., New Glasgow with Rev.
\n Charles McPherson officiating. Burial will be held in the spring. In
\n lieu of flowers, donations may be made the North\u00a0SPCA<\/a>\u00a0Nova<\/a>,
\n Lochaber Centre or a charity of choice. Her family extends heartfelt
\n thanks to all the staff of the Aberdeen Hospital who cared for her
\n during her stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of the Geraldine Rae \u2018Gerry\u2019 MacKay of New Glasgow wish to announce her peaceful passing on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-507669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}