Obituary of Virginia Marshall Bunbury

Our mother passed away peacefully on June 28, 2017 at her residence in West Bedford, NS. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Vicky was born in Montrose, Colorado on September 19, 1935. She attended Montrose High School and then Western State College in Colorado. Vicky later attended Colorado State University in Boulder where she met her future husband and life partner, David L. Bunbury, then a post-doc researcher at CU. Vicky and Dave moved to Antigonish, NS in 1958 when Dave accepted a position in the Chemistry Department at St.F.X. University. Vicky and Dave built a life together in Antigonish where they raised a family and participated in a myriad of community and church activities over the years. Vicky took a great interest in improving our home as she oversaw the creation of a beautiful rock garden and helped Dave with the implantation of numerous plants, flowers and yard installations. Vicky and Dave were long time members of the St. Ninian’s Choir then under direction of neighbor Jack O’Donnell, and she enjoyed many a sing-a-long at home or the beach with their friends. Vicky was also a member of the CWL. An accomplished birder, Vicky participated in the Christmas Bird Count for decades and was always willing to share her knowledge with her large network of birder friends. Vicky also enjoyed painting, and became a great quilter over the years, the latter activity again bringing her into contact with a wide range of quilters. At Vicky’s insistence, she and Dave were original supporters of the development of Ski Keppoch where she spent many happy hours skiing beautifully as she had learned in the Rockies.Vicky always maintained her love of the mountains of her Colorado home with which she combined an abiding love of the flora, fauna and people of her adopted home in Nova Scotia. While she visited her family in the US many times over the years, she became a naturalised citizen of Canada in 1971 and departed this world a proud Canadian. We will miss Vicky very much; for the love she gave us as our mother, as a great cook and homemaker, for the support she gave her husband and for the strength she showed in dealing with life’s ups and downs. Thank you for bringing us into this world Mom, and may you be at peace with Dad in the next.Vicky was predeceased by her mother Mary Agnes (Atkinson) and father Daniel H. Hughes; 5 brothers Dan, Jack, Joe, Marshall and Charlie and a sister Julie Ann. She is survived by Theresa (Pierre), Stuart (Helen), Stephen (Krisanne) and Dan (Stephanie). She is survived also by 10 grandchildren: Eli and Adele (Theresa); Rachelle, Quinn, Gabrielle and Amelia (Stephen) and Maggie, Emma, Eve and Sophie (Dan). Vicky will also be missed by nieces Sandy Brasier, Jeni Brasier Ringkob and Noreen Flower and the rest of her extended clan from Colorado. Visitation 6-8 pm Friday, June 30, 2017 in MacIsaac Funeral Home, 61 Pleasant, Antigonish. Funeral Mass 11:00am Saturday, July 1, 2017 in St. Ninian’s Cathedral, Rev. Donald MacGillivray presiding. Burial at a later date in St. Ninian’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to charity of choice. www.MacIsaacs.ca