Obituary of Adeline Delores MacDonald
Adeline Delores MacDonald
(July 16, 1929 - April 13, 2024)
Adeline was born on July 16, 1929, in Climax, Saskatchewan to Ethel and Ingvald Johnson. She lived in Frontier and Swift Current, Saskatchewan, moved to Camrose in 1938, and then to Rosalind in 1944. She took her Grade 12 at Camrose College. She excelled in school, graduating from Grade 12 at the age of 16. She was too young to enter nursing school, so she worked for a year in the Rosalind Post Office. From 1947 to 1950 she attended Lamont School of Nursing and worked for a year at St. Mary’s Hospital in Camrose. She moved back to Rosalind after marrying her high school sweetheart, Gordon, on June 6, 1951. They were blessed with five children. They lived in Rosalind for 60 years, moved to Deer Meadows in Camrose for 10 years, and then to Season’s Retirement home for her last 3 years.
Adeline was known as the “volunteer community nurse” and often was called on to help with medical issues. She was so kind and knowledgeable. She was very active in the Rosalind Community and helped with catering many weddings, funerals, sport days. She was a Life Member of the Order of the Royal Purple of Canade. She volunteered for the Red Cross.
She loved her gardens and her beautiful flower garden was enjoyed by everyone as they walked down the street. She made homemade cards with flowers from her garden. They had a huge vegetable garden and would spend many hours working in it, harvesting, canning, and freezing all the vegetables and the fruit from the apple and chokecherry trees. Extra veggies and fruit were always given away. Adeline was an avid baker whose homemade bread and cookies were enjoyed by everyone.
She was a beautiful seamstress and sewed so many things, sewing for years with her hand crank sewing machine. She loved to knit and made numerous sweaters, blankets and afghans including toques for the newborn babies and squares for Blankets for Canada. Adeline’s most happy moments were time spent with her family. She was immensely proud of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and enjoyed their visits and the time spent with them.
Adeline will be sadly missed by her five children, Tom (Karen) of Edmonton, Ken (Carol) of Calgary, Reg (Frances) of Cochrane, Jane (David) of Ft. Saskatchewan and Ron (Ronda) of Loveland, Colorado. She will be fondly remembered by her seven grandchildren, Steven (Karla), Amy (Cory), Adam, Sarah (Mat), Leann (Chris), Jill (Derek) and Scott (Mel); her eleven great-grandchildren; brothers Oscar (Penticton BC) and Raymond(Dixie)(Camrose), Allan (Wendy) (Priddis); sister Eileen ( Red Deer); sister-in-law Karen MacDonald; along with numerous nieces and nephews and many friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Gordon and her parents Ingvald and Ethel.
Adeline will always be remembered as a loving wife, mom, grandma, great grandma, sister, aunt and friend. She will also be forever remembered for her kindness, generosity and positivity.
A Funeral Service was held at 11:30 a.m., Monday, April 22, 2024, at the Burgar Memorial Chapel, 4817 - 51 Avenue Camrose and will be celebrated by the Rev. Brian Hunter.
In lieu of flowers, if family and friends so desire, memorial contributions in Adeline's memory may be made to the W.F. MacDonald Education Fund c/o Battle River Community Foundation, St. Mary's Hospital Camrose Foundation, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
