Obituary of Donald Sanford

SANFORD, Donald Richard - Donnie쳌 - 72, Millville, Kings Co., passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2010 in Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville. Born on April 4, 1938 in Brockton, Massachusetts, he was a son of the late Carl Sr. and Louise (Turner) Sanford.Donnie was a past employee of Taylor Lumber Co., Berwick Bakery, Hostess Foods, A.G. Brown Food Brokers and M.W. Graves. He enjoyed attending the Jam Sessions at Windermere Hall, spending time with family and friends at Lake George, teasing his buddies about their trucks (especially Dodge drivers), watching the birds and spending time with his four legged friend, Teddy. In previous years, he enjoyed working in his wood pile and vegetable garden and building bird houses. Donnie is survived by his loving spouse, Joyce Gates; sons, Patrick, Berwick; Shannon and family, Fredericton, NB; stepchildren, David Gates, Ronald (Maryann) Gates, Aylesford; Patti Gates (Stephen Bower) Kingston; step grandchildren, Jennifer (Michael) Phillips, Emelie (Jonathan) DeMont, Lindsay Gates and Kyle Gates; very special step great-grandsons, Parker DeMont and Ethan Gates; brother, Carl Jr., Florida; sisters, Mary MacFarlane, Kingston, Massachusetts; Virginia (Victor) Moses, New Minas and Beverly Wood, Kentville; several nieces and nephews.Visitation will be held Thursday, December 23 from 6-8 p.m. in H.C. Lindsay Funeral Home, 192 Commercial St., Berwick (902-538-9900) from where the funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, December 24, Pastor Tim Bigelow officiating. Interment will follow in Morristown Cemetery. Donations in memory of Donnie may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, 5161 George St., 7th Floor, Halifax, NS B3J 1M7 or the Kings Co. Branch of the VON, 46 Chipman Drive, Kentville, NS B4N 3V7. Arrangements have been entrusted to Lohnes-DeMont Funeral Service Ltd., 419 Albert St., Windsor (902-798-8317). Private messages of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting the - Guest Book쳌 at: www.familycare.ca