The following is form the link at the Tuttle Brothers Funeral Home.

http://www.tuttlefuneralhome.com/

 

Riverview Funeral Home
SANDRA DEVLIN
 

 

Sandra Devlin passed away peacefully on February 1, 2006 at the Moncton Hospital following a valiant struggle with cancer. Her wit, insight, strong will and bottomless heart will be missed by the many people whose lives she touched.

Born in Saint John, NB, Nov. 28, 1946, Sandra was the daughter of Ellen Eileen (Mills) Hosford and the late Harold Edwin Hosford (2004).

Besides her mother, Sandra is survived by her daughter, Shonda Joy Secord (her husband, Pierre Rondeau), of Rosemere, Que., and her son, Matthew Kenneth Secord (his wife, Annette), of Dartmouth.

She is also survived by her loving and dedicated caregiver, Michael Harpell; three grandchildren, Ariel Rebecca Rondeau, William Benjamin Rondeau and Lauren Paige Susan Secord; her brother, Michael Hosford (his partner, Betty Holt); nieces, Kelley and Jill Hosford; and her ex-husband, Donald Secord, Halifax.

Besides her father, Sandra was predeceased by her second husband, Rodney V. Devlin, in 2003.

Sandra was a graduate of Moncton High School and alumnae of St. Francis Xavier University. She received her teaching licence from Holland College in 1992. She belonged to St. Paul’s United Church, Riverview, where her parents were pioneer members.

She was a member of Elmwood Cemetery Board of Directors, Society of Family History Writers and Editors, Canadian Association of Journalists, Moncton Press Club, Canada’s National History Society, Club 31 RAF Veterans Club, Air Force Veterans Club, New Brunswick Genealogical Society - Southeastern Branch and New England Historic and Genealogical Society.

After over 25 years in print journalism with such papers as the Frederiction Daily Gleaner, Guelph Daily Mercury (Ont.), New Glasgow Evening News (NS), Truro Daily News (NS) and Northern Daily News (Kirkland Lake, Ont.), Sandra launched a successful freelance career in 1996, the foundation of which was her self-syndicated genealogy newspaper column, Missing Links. Missing Links was published over the years in 17 newspapers in Atlantic Canada.

For nearly 11 years, Sandra also wrote a weekly opinion column, In Other Words, in The Guardian, Charlottetown. She was a contibutor to many other publications and was honoured with multiple awards.

In the early 1990s, she was a journalism instructor at Holland College, Charlottetown.

From 2000 to 2003, she worked in community relations for Southeast Regional Health Care Authority.

At the time of her death, Sandra was working on a true crime novel. Resting at the Riverview Funeral Home, 214 Pine Glen Rd. on Sunday February 5, 2006 from 2:00 - 4:00pm & 7:00 - 9:00pm.

The funeral service and time of sharing memories of Sandra will be held at the Riverview Funeral Home on Monday February 6, 2006 at 2:00pm with Rev. Shawn Redden officiating.

Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery in the spring.

In Sandra's memory, donations made to The Friends of The Moncton Hospital "Jim Clements Education Fund", or The Dr. G.L. Dumont Hospital Oncology Unit would be appreciated by her family.

 

 

The following is from Eastmans Online

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/02/in_memoriam_san.html

February 02, 2006

In Memoriam: Sandra Devlin

Sandra Devlin was a veteran journalist of 30+ years and a self-confessed genealogy addict. After a 25-year career as a daily newspaper reporter, photographer, editor, and managing editor in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and southern and northern Ontario, followed by a three-year stint as a community college journalism instructor in Prince Edward Island, Sandra decided in 1996 to become a freelance genealogy journalist. Her weekly genealogy column was published in more than 12 newspapers in the Maritime Provinces.
 

The following was written today by Sharon Sergeant:

I am very sad to say that Sandra Devlin has lost her battle with cancer. I am writing today to a few folks that I know she particularly admired.

While I do not have the details yet, her funeral will be held on Monday February 6, 2006 in Moncton, New Brunswick.

If you would like to send a personal message to her family and friends, please send emails to her daughter Shonda at s.secord@sympatico.ca or cards and letters to Sandra's home at 89 Milner Rd., Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada E1E 2S2.

Early in December 2005, I was privileged to review a selection of columns by Sandra, discuss a collection of her work, then write an introduction for her approval.

"Veteran journalist Sandra Devlin reveals the secret passageways and buried treasures of our shared history in this provocative collection, "Come closer, Stand back: The weaver shuttles on".

Devlin's bits and pieces are placed in a mural of time with sweeping textures of emotion and sharp observation. Her tapestry is alive with our own unrealized awareness. We are not alone. We are not everything. We see ourselves and others in a kaleidoscope of threads and patterns - entwined throughout history and across borders.

There are terse transitions from a cloak of deep thought to unfurled revelations. Devlin's own empathy and anger are brightly colored thoughts and memories. She writes of those who are neither immune to failings nor invisible contributors. Woven words of history and challenges for today are weighed against silken promises for the future.

We are the weavers and craftsmen of our own experience as well as the breadth and depth of humanity. A powerful and humbling collection."

Sandra thought it was a flattering tribute, but I am grateful that these remnants of her gift are with us forever. Her own words create the real mark in our minds and hearts.

I have summarized some of Sandra's accomplishments and her knack for "serial inspiration" at http://ancestralmanor.com/?tabid=71

Sharon Sergeant
ancestralmanor.com

Posted by Dick Eastman on February 02, 2006 |