The death occurred at Margaret Stewart Ellis Home , O’Leary on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 of Kathleen Gorrill (nee MacIsaac) MacWilliam of O’Leary aged 95, wife of the late Roy MacWilliam. Kathleen was born on June 27, 1930 in Dunblane, daughter of the late Ralph & Millie (Gorrill) MacIsaac and step daughter to the late Shirley (Ellis) MacIsaac.
Cherished mom to Ruth (Allan) MacIsaac, Milburn; Alan (Lynn), Halifax; Audrey (Bennett) Howard, Milburn; Rodney (Esther), O’Leary. Dear mother in law to Janie MacWilliam and Karen MacWilliam.
Loving grandmother to Connie MacWilliam (Mitchell Phillips), Kirby (Melanie) MacIsaac, Kevin MacIsaac (Amanda Burchill), Kathleen MacIsaac, Christopher (Shannon) MacWilliam, Laura MacWilliam (Bobby Baker), Daphne (Jason) Robichaud, Matthew Howard (McKayla Gallant), Danielle Howard (Brandon Dorion) and Chandler MacWilliam.
Precious great grandmother to Zane, Regan, Lily, Cole, Myles, Julia, David, Evan, Malayna, Morgan, Max, Desmond, Leigh and Stella.
Dear sister to Leslie (Joyce) MacIsaac, Beverly Frizzell, Cynthia Burns, Sandra (Wavell) Sabine, sister in law to Ross (Connie) MacWilliam and Betty MacIsaac.
Kathleen was predeceased by her parents Ralph & Millie (Gorrill) MacIsaac, step mother Shirley (Ellis) MacIsaac, husband Roy (2007), sons Norman (2010), Wayne (2025), granddaughter Crystal MacIsaac (1982), former daughter in law Esther (Quigley) MacWilliam, brother Norman MacIsaac, father and mother in law Wilfred & Lilla MacWilliam, brothers and sisters in law Haldane Frizzell, Ricky Burns, Jean (Walter) MacKie, Robert (Evelyn) MacWilliam and Anne (Erland) Phillips.
Resting at Ferguson Funeral Home and Chapel, O’Leary with visiting hours on Saturday from 10:00 am -12:00 pm followed by the Funeral in the Chapel at 12:30 p.m. Interment in the Milburn West Cemetery.
In memory of Kathleen, memorials can be sent directly
to
O'Leary Community Health Foundation-MSEH
P.O.
Box 160
O'Leary , PE, C0B 1V0
[email protected]
Contact: Eva Rodgerson
or
Milburn West Cemetery
c/o Audrey
Howard
Coleman RR, PE, C0B 1H0