Obituary of Muriel I. Copeland

Muriel Copeland, 99, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at The Moncton Hospital. Born in North River, PEI, she was the youngest daughter of the late Ernest and Ida (Dockendorff) Warren. She worked in PEI after graduating from High School, and in 1938 she moved to Vancouver and worked at the Pension Board. In 1952 she returned to PEI, working at the Charlottetown Hospital. On one of her many trips to Moncton by CN she met F. Millan Copeland and they married in 1955. They resided on Court St., Gunningsville (where she was affectionately called the Cookie Lady by the youngsters of the area) until 1988 when they moved to Lakeview Towers. Early in her marriage she worked at Eatons. She and Millan travelled extensively in Canada and the U.S. both by train and car, visiting friends and relatives. After Millan’s death Muriel continued to travel with friends and her sister Helen, including many trips with Nancy’s Tours. She was a member of Trinity United Church, a charter and life member of the UWC, member of the CN Pensioner’s Group, member and past president of the Riverview Senior Citizen’s Club, volunteered at Lakeview Manor, and was very active in events in Lakeview Towers and so enjoyed meeting other seniors on Wednesday mornings at Riverview Superstore. She is survived by step-children David, Moncton; Ena Mae (Joseph) Hood, Riverview; Robert (Betty), Ottawa; step-grandchildren Susan, Bruce, Barbara, Douglas, Sandy; four great-grandchildren, one great-great grandson, many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by parents and husband, all her siblings Helen Sellick, Ada Dercole, Keir, Mellick, Fulton, Lorne and Gordon; step-grandson Alan; and several nieces and nephews. At Muriel’s request there will be no visiting or memorial service. She will be cremated and a family service will be held at the family plot at East Wiltshire Cemetery, Cornwall, PEI at a later date. Donations to the memorial of the donor’s choice would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Tuttle Brothers and Riverview Funeral Home, 214 Pine Glen Rd, Riverview, NB. (506) 857-8564. Online condolences may be made at www.tuttlefuneralhome.caBurial Information Spring 2016 East Wiltshire Cemetery, Cornwall, PEI Requested Charity Donations to the charity of the donor's choice