On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows: The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. In lieu of flowers, the MacMaster family requests donations be made to the Hanson Family Relief Fund at. Contributions for a college fund for the MacMaster children may be made to the Maine Rural Water Association, where Cyndi worked, 254 Alexander Reed Road, Richmond, ME 04537. Sunday at the Augusta Lodge of Elks at 397 Civic Center Drive. “He was really big,” chimed in young Tripp.Ī celebration of Cyndi MacMaster’s life will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. “He was giving us a message that she was fine and having fun and watching us,” said Parker. It stayed long enough for them to retrieve a camera and take a picture before it flew away. In a tree on their lawn sat a snowy owl, the first they had ever seen on their property. On Tuesday, the MacMasters were driving home with Cyndi’s ashes. “If we think about her, she’ll always hear us.” “I told them, ‘In a way you’re lucky because today you guys got your own guardian angel,’” he said. Scott MacMaster said he broke the news to his sons by telling them they were unlucky and lucky at the same time. “She said she thought it was beautiful,” he said. Jake gave his mother a necklace with a red heart enclosed in a golden one. The MacMaster boys received many of their Christmas gifts early, before Cyndi died at 2:30 a.m. “We used it as a lesson for the boys about kindness.” “Watching the comments come in, that was just such a wonderful gift,” he said. There were stretches when the three boys were refreshing the site every five minutes. Scott said the money helped, but the comments people wrote on the website - ‘I remember when Cyndi helped me do this’ or ‘I remember when Scott helped me do that’ - were better. Scott’s sister set up an online support forum to help the family with medical bills, which in just over three weeks attracted more than $49,000 in donations. Then you get to the point where you say, ‘OK, this is just a hill that you have to get to the top of.’” “You question the choices you’ve made, your lifestyle and your eating habits. “You start to think that somehow you made God mad,” said Scott. “We definitely lived in the moment,” said Scott. Last winter, with the snow piled up, the whole family jumped off their second-story deck. They often loaded up the car and took long drives all over Maine, with no particular destination. They took the boys to Jay Peak in Vermont and Story Land in New Hampshire, spent days fishing and packed in as many camping trips as they could. It’s time for operators to start putting the spotlight on caring. Scott said they realized then that the cliches about such events are true and determined to live every moment to its fullest. Alex MacMaster 3d Report this post Long-term care facilities have lost over 400,000 employees from February 2020 to March 2022. Three years ago she survived cervical cancer with radiation and chemotherapy. She even bought each boy a card for his wedding and sealed her love inside envelopes that will be yellowed and brittle by the time they’re opened. She recorded audio books for the younger boys and filled out high school graduation cards for all three. She filled out 13 years of birthday cards for Jake and her other two boys, 7-year-old Parker and 5-year-old Tripp. 19, just weeks after a cancer diagnosis.Įven in her final days, she was able to look past death’s cruel face to the future.
“She sure was,” Scott MacMaster said to his eldest son, both brushing away a tear.Ĭyndi MacMaster, 36, died on Dec.
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