Edna Crowe
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Obituary for Edna Crowe (McMaster)

Edna  Crowe (McMaster)
Edna Belle (McMaster) Crowe quietly left this world on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Born on Christmas Day to a large family, she was raised in a small home in Manganese Mines with her fifteen siblings. Growing up, she excelled in school and favoured math, taking courses in accounting and helping with the bookwork of family businesses. Living on a farm, she learned to grow and can her own food, mend and make clothes for their family, and be financially conscious with every penny. This is where her work ethic and pride in her homestead began.

Edna was predeceased by her adoring husband of 67 years, Ronald. Together, in their Salmon River home, they raised a family of five children, Nancy (Adrian), Mike (Kelly), Randy (Christine), Craig (Pamela) and Scott (Tammy). Each one of them now carry on the strong values they were taught at home. Edna was born to be a mother and she did her job with pride. She was much loved by all those who knew her, living a life dedicated to showing what being a wonderful and generous mother looked like. She is greatly admired for the lifelong efforts she made to care for her husband, children, and their families. She showed us all what love was, and their story is where ours began.

With minibikes, trucks and skidoos ever present, she took it all in stride with a sharp wit and a great sense of humour. She loved a good laugh, enjoyed practical jokes, and acting a fool with her grandkids. Grandmother to her eight grand babies, Jeff, Amanda, Nadine, Danielle, Bradley, Ryan, Jessalyn and Linsey. She was then promoted to great grandmother for ten more tiny treasures to love, Siannah, Sawyer, Bellamy, Neela, Eli, Brier, Blair, Aubree, Mac and Casey. Her eyes lit up when she saw a little visitor, often sitting on the floor colouring and playing dollies and, of course, jumping on the trampoline (both her and the kids). Nan’s cupboard always held the special treats for the kids, along with homemade cookies for Bumpy.

Each grandchild had the privilege of being collected for a special lunchtime with Nan and Bumpy while attending the nearby school. Those visits sometimes included a happy meal or “The Price is Right,” but always included being catered to by Nan. She loved anything given to her by her family, especially the little ones. She kept every photo, painting and home-made treasure. No matter how ugly the creation, you could be sure she still had it.

Nan never missed a birthday and loved being surrounded by her family for gatherings of any size. Sundays were for family, and you could set your watch by their arrival time. She was a clever gift giver, and her family, and later grandchildren, didn’t want for much. If you wanted to be sure you received a certain gift, you asked Nan. She was the keeper of the family tree, the recorder of all the birthdays and most certainly the woman who knew what was going on. Famous for always (and she thought secretly) opening her Christmas presents on Christmas eve, she always hoped that there would be a box of chocolates somewhere under the tree.

With a working truck garage in their yard for much of her life, she embraced “the boys” being close by for her to feed, fuss over, and help with bookkeeping. Whenever you stopped to visit, she would always ask, ‘did you eat yet?’ no matter the time. She lived her life demonstrating her love in small gestures like this.

Edna’s acts of service included mending clothes for her family and friends, sending loved ones off with homemade meals, and feeding cold cuts to the stray cats of the neighborhood whenever they looked like they needed it. The crows sat on the power lines outside the door, waiting for her “daily delivery” of stale bread or leftover lunch.

She loved her gardens, both flowering and food. The May long weekend was for tilling the garden, checking the seeds and getting ready for planting. With an abundance of deer, they needed an especially tall fence to keep them all out. She claimed the deer needed to eat too, but not her veggies. She was famous for her lilac bush in the spring, yellow beans in the summer, and chow pickles in the fall.

This past July, Edna found herself at Wynn Park Villa, her final home. The staff were kind and gentle, treating her with dignity and compassion, that we all appreciated. It was a little piece of Heaven for our beloved mother, with glorious roses just outside the window, by her bed. To all the Villa Staff- thank you for loving our Nan.

Many years ago, Saturday evenings were spent at the local mall. While Edna browsed the stores, Ron sat on the bench, never failing to find a friendly face to chat with while waiting for her to finish up. Since he passed last August, he could almost certainly be seen up in Heaven, sitting on a bench, sharing a yarn with anyone who passed by while waiting for his beloved to arrive. The time has come, and the wait is over. Hand in hand, they’ll walk off. Together, as they were always meant to be.

Mom - we loved you each and every day of our lives. Now, we will miss you forever and a day. Your work here is done….we’ll take it from here.

Edna was predeceased by siblings, Stanley, Helen, Ernest, Ethel, Kay, Marguirite, Frank, Alfred and Hughie, and her parents, Daniel McMaster and Christena McMaster (MacKenzie).

She is survived by siblings, Walter, Jean, Robert, Isabel, Marjorie and Donald.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wynn Park Villa’s Recreation Program or Blackmore Memorial Cemetery.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Colchester Community Funeral Home, 512 Willow St., Truro, NS from where a Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, March 12th at 2 pm, with Rev. Larry Harrison officiating. Webcasting will begin at 1:58pm (AST). Burial in Blackmore Memorial Cemetery at a later date.