Obituary of Edith Rainforth

90, Berwick, Kings Co. passed away peacefully on Thursday April 24, 2008, in the Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville. Born in 1918 in Kingston, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Gladys (Balcom) Fitch. She was a graduate of Mack Business College, and worked at the Stevens Store in Kingston. Following her marriage, she lived first in Windermere and then for many years in Morristown where she took an active role both on the family farm and in her community. In recent years she had lived in Grand View Manor Apartments and then in Fundy Villa. Edith was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Morristown Baptist Church for over thirty years and was a Dominion Life Member of the Baptist Women's Missionary Society. Edith had attended the Morristown United Baptist Church and upon moving to Berwick attended the Berwick Baptist Church. She quilted for the Canadian Red Cross during the Second World War and for more than a quarter century afterward. She was well known for the even stitches in her many pieces of handwork. A founding member of the Morristown Senior's Club, she greatly enjoyed the activities at the Morristown Community Hall. She was also an enthusiastic participant in many Adult Education courses. Edith's greatest love was for her family, who were always her first priority. She was predeceased by her husband, Whitney Rainforth, and by her granddaughter, Kristin Rainforth. She is survived by sons, Orland (Cheryl) Rainforth, Morristown, and John (Louise) Rainforth, Berwick; grandsons, Adam (Kathy Ann) Rainforth, Halifax, and Peter (Sarah Leslie) Rainforth, Halifax; sister, Betty Jess, Halls Harbour, and brother, Eldon (Freda) Fitch, Kingston, and many nieces and nephews. Visiting will be held 7-9 p.m. on Saturday 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 3:30 p.m. Sunday April 27. Rev. Elizabeth Johnson officiating, with burial in the Morristown Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made to Grand View Manor or Valley Regional Hospital Foundation. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.hclindsayfuneralhome.ca "What we have once enjoyed we can never lose…All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." - Helen Keller