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Anna McGill (nee Spanks)

1923 – 2016

Anna McGill (nee Spanks) passed away peacefully at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater on January 29, 2016 at the age of 93. Born in Guysborough, Nova Scotia on January 3, 1923, Anna is survived by her five children, Glen (Sharon) McGill, Shirley (Earl) Weishuhn, Sheila McGill, Grant(Wendy) McGill, Shelley Wurm, and one brother Victor Spanks. Anna had numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and even great great grandchildren. Anna was predeceased by her husband James McGill in February 1986.

Anna moved to B.C. from Nova Scotia when she was a baby and spent most of her life in many of the beautiful small towns located in BC. When Anna was a beautiful, young woman she worked as a nurse in Essondale Mental Hospital in Essondale, B.C. She stopped work at an early age partly because of an early onset of rheumatoid arthritis and partly because she married and started a family. Anna struggled all her life with arthritis, her hands were terribly crippled and misshapen from the disease, but she managed very well all her life without complaints. Anna was a very strong independent woman and raised her family in many remote locations and with her husband being away at work a lot of the time. Anna was a very proud homemaker who was a wonderful cook and baker for her family. One of Anna's talents was knitting; she made many outfits and blankets for the grandchildren and for hospital auxiliaries. The McGill family moved to Clearwater in 1972 and most of their children chose to make Clearwater their home. Anna and her husband, Jim, moved out of Clearwater in 1976. Anna moved back to Clearwater from Logan Lake, B.C. in 2003 at the age of 80 and moved into Evergreen Acres to be close to her family. Anna will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

There will be no service for Anna, at her request. Her family will have a small gathering in the Spring to honor her memory.



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