Obituary of Mabel Moulton

Passed away at the Burin Peninsula Healthcare centre on September 20, 2024 Mabel Moulton of Epworth, NL at the age of 78. Leaving to mourn with wonderful memories are her treasured husband Gerald Moulton of Epworth, her children Lana (Dave), Steven (Patricia), Sonya (Rick), and Lyndon (Jessica), grandchildren Leah (Jordan), Sarah, Sofie and Brennan, Joel and Joanna, and the sweetest little great grandchild, Blair. Sisters Bonnie (Brian), Lillian, Pauline (Dave), brother Joe (Paula), sister in law Sharon, brothers in law Calvin (Pat), Ted, Richard and Fred and so many nieces and nephews that I can’t list them all (but you know who you are and how much she loved each of you and your babies), a host of cousins and their families, and her nursing and Burin hospital family. I would be amiss to leave out Oliver, the coolest tabby in Epworth who she dearly loved and called “the best cat ever”. 

Nurse Mabel was predeceased by her parents Flo and Joe Manning of Epworth, parents in law Lena and George Moulton of Epworth, brother John, sister Karen, brothers in law Dale and Jack, and sisters in law Joyce and Brenda. 

Mabel Annie Moulton (Manning) was born on September 20, 1946, the oldest of 7 children. From birth she was a caregiver. 
She taught school on Woody Island for one year before entering nursing school where she would find the love of her life (second only to Gerald). She married our dad in 1968 and they raised a family of 4 while both of them still cared for their parents.

She nursed part time when we were small, doing ambulance escorts to town, and shifts at the St. Lawrence and the Burin Cottage hospitals. When the new Burin hospital opened in ‘92, she was among the initial clan of nurses that established and ran the Obstetrical unit and she never looked back. Working as an OBS nurse was her true calling and she touched the lives of countless colleagues, mothers, fathers and their families over the next two decades. 

In the last several years, dementia infiltrated my mother’s life and our families experiences. It was nothing less than heart wrenching to watch this powerhouse of a human being become degraded by an awful disease that robbed us of her strengths and took away the joys in her life. But she is at peace now and we will remember her only as the smart, kind, caring, tireless, and compassionate lady that she was. Nurse Mabel will live on in the work of the nurses she mentored and inspired, some of whom call her Nanny and Aunt Mabel. 

The entire Moulton family sends special thanks to the staff of the Burin Peninsula Hospital for the exceptional care she received during her stay there and the many special family members, friends and coworkers who came to see her during her final days.

Donations in Mabel's memory can be made to the Burin Health Care Foundation.

Family only on Sunday September 22, 2024 from 4-6PM at Serenity Funeral Home Burin.

Family will be receiving friends on Sunday September 22, 2024 7-9PM & Monday September 23, 2024 from 2-4PM & 7-9PM at Serenity Funeral Home, Burin.

Funeral service will be held on Tuesday September 24, 2024 at 2PM from Serenity Chapel Burin will interment following at Epworth United cemetery.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Serenity Funeral Home We listen, we learn, we walk with you.

 

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