Obituary of Mary Ann Forbes

  71, of Halifax. It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Mary Ann on Tuesday March 11, 2014 in the VG Site of the QEII with her loving family by her side. Born in North Sydney she is the daughter of Winnifred Belmore and the late Samuel Belmore. Ann grew up in North Sydney and later moved and lived in Spryfield. After high school she went into nurses training at the VG hospital and graduated as an RN in 1964. She loved her work and was a caring and compassionate individual. Over the course of her career, she had worked in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario. After 40 years of nursing she retired and moved back home to Halifax. She enjoyed exercising, going to the movies, cooking/baking and spending time with her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. She will be lovingly missed and never forgotten by her mother, Winnifred Belmore, loving daughter, Tracy (Marvin Burnett) Winnipeg, granddaughter, Sydney Zwicker-Burnett, many aunts, uncles and cousins. She was predeceased, by her father, Samuel, husband, Michael Zwicker. Cremation has taken place under the care of J. Albert Walker Funeral Home (2005) Ltd. 149 Herring Cove Rd., (477-5601), where visitation will be held on Friday, March 14, 2014 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Private family interment to be held. In lieu of flowers donations in Mary Ann memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. The family would like to thank the staff at 5A Palliative Care Unit for there care and compassion shown to Mary Ann.