So sorry for your loss, but know that she is an angel at peace. May all your wonderful memories mellow the sorrow and sustain you.
MAY (HILTON) MACKINNON (NEE CANTRILL),
2021
It is with sadness the family share the news of the Home going of our Mom, May MacKinnon. She was born August 29, 1915 in Stafford, England, and died at the Timmins & District Hospital, Timmins, ON, June 17, 2011, in her 96th year. She came over to Dane, Ontario, just outside Kirkland Lake, as a young child in 1923 and later moved to Bright. In 1940 she married Norman Hilton who predeceased her in 1953. In 1956 she married Reginald MacKinnon who predeceased her in 2005. Early in her marriage to Reg she was very active in her church and was also a Cub leader. After Reg’s retirement from the Navy in 1979 they moved to Dane, the site of Mom’s first Canadian home, and lived there until just before his death. With Reg’s help she was very involved in teaching Sunday School in her church. She also took part in a number of Bible Study groups in various churches in the community and was known as “Superior Mother” to many. In 2010 due to declining health she moved in with her daughter, Peggy, in Porcupine. She lived with them until her health began to fail. She will be remembered for her strong love for her Lord Jesus. May is also predeceased by her sisters, Francis Kokko (1960), Ada Raycove (2001), her daughter, Norma (Hilton/MacKinnon/Swift) Marriott (2003), and grand-children Norman Swift (1973) and Barbara Swift (1973), Eric Bendell (2001) and Graham Bendell (2005). She is survived by sister, Beatrice Kokko (Art), Michigan, her children, all of Ontario: son Ted Hilton (Dorothy) of Milton, daughter Peggy (Hilton MacKinnon) Bendell (Ted) of Porcupine, and son Bruce MacKinnon (Carol) of Timmins. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Dawn (Hilton) McCleave (Andrew), Stetina (Swift) Fowler (friend Dan), Gord Hilton (Deborah), Colin Bendell (Shannon), (Saskatoon), Adrian Bendell, Michael MacKinnon, and Jessiah MacKinnon. Her great-grand-children are Kirsten & Holly McCleave, Melanie Swift (fiancé Rick), Ashley Taylor (fiancé KC), Tori, Emily, and Rachel Hilton, and Avery and Kieran Bendell. Her one great-great-grand daughter is Vayda McLaughlin. In lieu of flowers, donations in May’s memory may be made to Living Faith Assembly (P.O. Box 96 Kirkland Lake, ON. P2N 3M6) or a charity of your choice. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Monette & French Funeral Home (450 Government Rd. W. Kirkland Lake, ON. on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. and on Thursday, June 23, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm at the Living Faith Assembly (920 Government Rd. W. Chaput Hughes, ON. The Funeral Service will follow at 12:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary at Living Faith Assembly. Cremation will follow. Condolences, donations, lighting of a candle and sharing of photos and stories may be made on-line at www.frenchfamily.caOffer Condolence for the family of May (Hilton) MacKinnon (nee Cantrill)