Margaret (Colbourne) Patey



St. Anthony

Passed away on Jan. 1, 2007,
Margaret Patey, age 90 years.

Leaving to mourn sons Jerry (Sharon), Harold (Eleanor), Nat (Doretta) and Greg (Veronique); daughters Joy Parrill (Ross) and Salome Simmonds (Felix); 21 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Ezra, sisters Olive Patey and Mary Gilley and brother Andrew Colbourne.
Visitation took place at K. M. Fillatre Funeral Home in St. Anthony.

The funeral service was held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at the United Church with Rev. John McGonigle officiating.

Interment followed in the church cemetery. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to K. M. Fillatre Funeral Home, St. Anthony and Roddickton, Danielle Galgay, funeral director.




On January 1st, 2007 Margaret Patey passed away with her family at her bedside, in a private room, at the John Gray Centre in St. Anthony. The attending staff were incredibly supportive and understanding, allowing us to be with her, undisturbed, until her last moment.

We all agreed that it was an amazing experience, facilitated by intuitively compassionate individuals and, as a family, decided that all families with dying loved-ones deserve no less compassion and facility than we experienced. From all of this evolved the notion that donations in memory of Margaret would be most wisely spent in support of promoting a Palliative Care Room at The John Gray Centre.

We found an enthusiastic facilitator in Rosarii Patey, who took on the task of directing all donations to a room that was subsequently set aside for the purpose of allowing patients at the John Gray Centre to die with dignity in a private setting, in the presence of their families.

We are very grateful to those who have seen this come to fruition and now wish to appeal to others to help continue to support, by way of donation, to the continued success of this project.

The family of Margaret and Ezra Patey.

- - - - Contact:
- - Greg Patey
- - Joy Parrill
- - Salome Simmonds




The Green And White House

There's a green and white house looking out at the sea,
That my grandfather built back when land was still free;
He cut all the lumber at the mill with a friend,
And he drove every nail from beginning to end.

It had a big kitchen, but the bedrooms were small,
There was no indoor plumbing or hydro at all;
A big water barrel in the porch way out back,
And a pantry where they kept salt beef and hardtack.

There was no spiral staircase or glass chandelier,
Just a kerosene lamp at the top of the stairs;
The cat would curl up on the old kitchen couch,
In my grandfather's green and white, two-story house.

While grandpa was fishing far out from the cove,
Grandma rocked in her chair by the old kitchen stove;
Sewing and darning and knitting all day,
While a pot of salt beef would keep boiling away.

A galvanized tub was her Maytag machine,
And an old scrubbing board helped her get the clothes clean;
She would hang them outside in the breeze from the sea,
And the salt air would render them soft and cling-free.

There was no spiral staircase or glass chandelier,
Just a kerosene lamp at the top of the stairs;
The cat would curl up on the old kitchen couch,
In my grandfather's green and white, two-story house.

For three generations this house was passed down,
But the last one just moved 'cause there's no work around;
They boarded the windows before they moved out,
Of my grandfather's green and white, two-story house.

Sometimes when I'm dreaming and I go back in time,
I can still see that green and white house in my mind;
I can picture them standing there both looking out,
At the sea from that green and white, two-story house.

There was no spiral staircase or glass chandelier,
Just a kerosene lamp at the top of the stairs;
The cat would curl up on the old kitchen couch,
In my grandfather's green and white, two-story house.
My grandfather's green and white, two-story house.

.. John Hollohan ©1995 (Back In Time, 2003) ..

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