After a courageous battle with cancer, Clarice Anna Derible, 76, of Bedford passed away very peacefully at home on August 25th, surrounded by her loving family. Clarice was predeceased by her parents, Wilfred and Evelyn Noel.
Clarice was born in Glace Bay and grew up in Dominion, graduating from MacDonald High School before proceeding to Glace Bay General Hospital where she trained as a Registered Nurse.
Clarice started her nursing career at the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, and shortly afterward met Bernie and they married in 1961, spending the past 54 years together raising their children, proudly loving their grandchildren and a great grandchild, enjoying family and friends, and travelling around the world.
Clarice, a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and devoted friend is survived by her husband Bernie; her three children, Bernard (Pauline), Rick (Beth) and Michelle; her nine grandchildren, Courtney, Ryan, Rhys, Hunter, Benjamin, Claire, Stephanie, Philippe, Catherine; and her great-granddaughter, Caiden, her sisters, Sharon (Keith), Pat (John), and brother Roger (Melissa), and many nieces and nephews.
Clarice will be missed very much by a wide community of dear friends and colleagues across the country and around the world. She enjoyed immensely adventures of every description and loved to travel around the globe with Bernie, and loved sharing her experiences with others while planning for her next trip.
Throughout the course of her illness, Clarice was ever courageous and regularly said that she was not afraid of death, but was not ready to die because she loved life, her family and her friends so much!
Clarice Anna’s husband Bernie, her family and many friends, along with the caring medical teams at The Victoria General Hospital in Halifax provided wonderful support in the last months to ease this part of her journey, and to keep laughter, joy and love always present.
Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held from 2-4 and 7-9 pm on Thursday August 27 in Atlantic Funeral Homes, 6552 Bayers Rd, Halifax. The funeral service will take place at 1pm on Friday August 28 in the CFB Stadacona Chapel, 2778 Gottingen St., with a reception to follow. Interment in Fairview Lawn Cemetery.
Flowers are welcome. Donations in memory of Clarice may be made to the VG Site, QEII, Palliative Care Unit.
Online condolences may be made by visiting the Halifax Chapel at www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com