Obituary of Edna Hazelwood

100, Berwick, Kings Co. passed away peacefully Monday December 17, 2007, at home. Born in South Berwick, she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Margaret Pelton. Edna was educated in South Berwick and became one of the early female career people, being a typesetter for the Berwick Register for several years - no easy task when you had to be an excellent speller and set the type backwards. She started a new career by marrying Boyd Hazelwood and becoming a housewife and loving mother. Again, no easy job rearing and caring for eight children and a husband. Being the family matriarch, her advice and loving counsel was sought by all her family. If a grandchild wanted to save money for a special purpose, he/she would give it to their grandmother for safekeeping. Edna was an expert in making date squares, sewing, knitting, embroidery & needlework, and her joy in later years and up to the time of her death was her crocheting. Almost every family member can point to a priceless creation given to them with love and a big happy laugh. She enjoyed playing scrabble and was a member of the Berwick Baptist Church. She will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by all of her survivors. Surviving are daughters, Sylvia (Charles) Wagstaff, Donna Aker, all of Berwick; son, Harley Hazelwood, Dartmouth; daughter-in-law, Madeline Hazelwood, Kingston; 20 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Boyd Hazelwood; daughter, Audrey Hazelwood; sons, Delma, Gerald Curtis & Wylie Hazelwood; daughter-in-law, Kay Hazelwood; son-in-law, Robert Aker; two grandchildren; brother Lloyd Pelton; sister, Susan Pelton. Visitation will take place 2-4 p.m. Wednesday in the H.C. Lindsay Funeral Home, 192 Commercial St., Berwick, N.S., B0P 1E0, (902-538-9900), from where the funeral service will take place 1 p.m. Thursday December 20. Rev. Marilyn Rose officiating, with burial in the Berwick Cemetery. Family flowers only, donations in her memory may be made to any charity. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.hclindsayfuneralhome.ca