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Bernice E. Capstick^1,2,3,4

• Father: John James Capstick^5,4,6 b. c 1910, d. b 31 May 1996

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• Education*: Bernice E. Capstick was educated in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; Attended Glace Bay schools and graduated from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Glace Bay with a nursing degree.⁴
• Birth*: She was born circa 1934 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.^1,7,4
• Married Name: As of 1963,her married name was MacFarlane.^1,7
• Marriage*: She married Douglas John MacFarlane, son of John Alexander MacFarlane and Mary Ann Gillis, on 9 February 1963 in St. Joseph's Church, SW Margaree, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada.^1,7,3,4,6,8
• Occupation*: Bernice E. Capstick was Registered nurse, worked at VA Hospital of Bedford for 28 years, retiring as a head nurse a few years before her death. between 1980 and 2005.⁴
• Residence*: She lived between 1984 and 2010 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; formerly of Chelmsford & Billirica.⁴
• Death: She died on 2 June 2010 in Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^4,6
• Obituary*: Her obituary reads:
  
  Bernice E. MacFarlane - Mrs Bernice E. MacFarlane, age 76 yrs, died on Tuesday, June 2, 2010 in Burlington, at the Lahey Clinic Medical Centre, after a very brief illness. Born in Glace Bay, Bernice has been a Woburn resident for the last 26 years, formerly of Chelmsford & Billerica. She was the loving daughter of the late Ann (Hest) and John Capstick. Bernice and her loving husband Douglas have been married for the last 47 years. She was a registered nurse and worked for the Veterans Administration Hospital of Bedford for 28 years.
  She retired as a head nurse a few years back. Bernice attended Glace Bay schools, and graduated from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Glace Bay, with her nursing degree. Shortly thereafter, she moved to the United States to pursue her nursing career. Bernice travelled frequently through the years back to Glace Bay to visit her loving family. She loved to dance, enjoyed crossword puzzles and the game show Jeopardy. Most of all she loved being "Grammi" to her four loving grandchildren, Jillian, John, Samantha and Connor. In addition to her beloved husband, Douglas MacFarlane and loving grandchildren, Bernice is survived by her devoted sons, Paul MacFarlane and his wife Lisa of Medford, and Jerry MarFarlane and his wife LuAnn of Woburn, sister of Helen Capstick, Frank Capstick, Anne Currie, all of Nova Scotia, and the late Charles Capstick, Mary Fligg, Fr. John Capstick, Gerald Capstick and Peter Capstick. Also
  survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Funeral from
  McLaughlin-Dello Russo Funeral Home, 60 Pleasant Street, Woburn, on Monday, June 7, 2010, at 9 am. Followed by a funeral mass celebrated in St Barbara Church, 138 Cambridge Road, Woburn, at 10 am. Relative and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours on Sunday from 3-8 pm. Service will conclude with burial in Calvary Cemetery, Woburn.⁴
• Biography*: Bernice was married and living in Woburn, Massachusetts at the time of her brother John's death in 1996.⁷