Obituary of Barbara Loretta Arsenault

BARBARA LORETTA ARSENAULT – 84 – WILLIAMSWOOD, NS  -  JANUARY 29, 1939 – MARCH 4, 2023

IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS THAT HER FAMILY ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF OUR BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER INTO THE ARMS OF HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 

BORN IN KENTVILLE, NS, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FREDERICK AND ABELINA  (THORNE) DEADDER.

ANYONE WHO WAS BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN HER COULD ATTEST TO HER AMAZING COOKING AND BAKING SKILLS.  SHE WAS ALSO A PRAYER WARRIOR AND WOULD ALWAYS OFFER TO HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER FOR ANYONE IN NEED.  SHE LOVED READING HER BIBLE DAILY AND WAS A WOMAN OF INCREDIBLE FAITH WITH A TREMENDOUS LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST.

BARB LOVED TO LAUGH AND JOKE AROUND AND WAS AN CHAMPION PHASE 10 CARDPLAYER.   SHE WAS AN AVID VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDENER.  SHE ALSO LOVED THE BEACH AND NO MATTER HOW COLD THE WATER WAS, SHE WOULD ALWAYS GET HER ‘DUCKIN’.   SHE COULD ALSO BE FOUND IN HER BACKYARD HAVING A SWING AND READING SCRIPTURES.   BARB ALSO ENJOYED TAKING DRIVES AND HER ANNUAL VACATION TRIPS TO PEI.

HER HEART WAS PHYSICALLY STRONG TO THE VERY END WHICH SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE LOVE SHE HELD IN HER TENDER HEART FOR THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE KNOWN HER AND BEEN LOVED BY HER.   SHE WAS AN AMAZING LOVING MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN/WIFE TO HER HUSBAND.  

IN THE PAST, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ROCK CHURCH AND FULL GOSPEL CHURCH (WHERE SHE SERVED AS A DEACONESS FOR SIX YEARS) AND CURRENTLY WAS A MEMBER OF CITY CHURCH, HALIFAX, NS.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND SOUL MATE OF 59.5 YEARS, AL ARSENAULT; HER FOUR CHILDREN-DENISE, MONIQUE, COLETTE(JIM), AND TREVOR(ANGIE); HER FOUR GRANDCHILDREN-KATELYN, JAKE, JORDEN, AND OLIVER.  SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SIBILINGS-ANNA, BERNARD, BETTY, AND DOREEN.

SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY SIBLINGS’ SONNY, WAYNE, BURTON, JEAN, LILA, AND LILLIAN.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE CARE OF J ALBERT WALKER FUNERAL HOME (2005) LTD., 149 HERRING COVE ROAD, HALIFAX, NS.

VISITATION WILL BE 7-9 PM ON TUESDAY MARCH 7, 2023 AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 1 PM ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 2023, BOTH WILL BE AT CITY CHURCH, 276 HERRING COVE ROAD, HALIFAX NS.  A SMALL RECEPTION WILL BE HELD AT THE CHURCH IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL SERVICE.  THE BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT PLEASANT HILL CEMETARY, SACKVILLE, NS.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR THE CARE PROVIDED BY WILLOW HALL, MELVILLE GARDENS, AND THE PALLIATIVE CARE STAFF AT THE VG HOSPITAL.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OR CITY CHURCH.