Obituary of Suzanne Katherine Edwards

Edwards, Suzanne Katherine (Sue) At the Annapolis Community Health Centre Palliative Care Unit on December 2, 2014 in her 84th year. Sue was the daughter of Air Marshal Harold (Gus) Edwards and Beatrice Coffey Edwards. Pre-deceased by her brother William J.R. (Billy). Survived by her nephew Bogart Edwards of Toronto and her niece Amadea Edwards of Brooklyn, NY. Sue will be sorely missed by a long list of cousins, “relations” and friends in all the parts of the country where she has lived: Nova Scotia, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and the West Coast. She was as skilled at holding friends as she was at making them. Sue wore many hats in a career that spanned nearly seven full decades. She was by turns an employee, a business owner, an office administrator, a condominium manager, a woodcarver and finally an author (“Gus: From Trapper Boy to Air Marshal” and “Adventures of a Trapper Boy”). But more importantly, after an indifferent tennis career, Sue became an avid golfer – good enough to win the women’s championship at the Digby Pines in 2013. She never scored her elusive hole-in-one, but she never stopped trying! A lifelong Canadiens fan, Sue watched their hockey games in either official language, even while she was in palliative care. She had a great run! Sue bore her final illness with grace and humility. We would like to acknowledge the compassionate care and attention paid to Sue by Doctors Barkwell, Burgess and Conyers as well as the nurses, administrative and support staff of the Annapolis Community Health Centre. Donations in Sue’s memory can be made to the Sacred Heart School, Halifax, the Annapolis Community Health Centre or a charity of your choice. Local arrangements entrusted to Kaulbach Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Annapolis Royal. Sue requested cremation and that she be interred in the Coffey family plot in Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa. A celebratory gathering for Sue will be held in the near future.