Annie Estelle McDonald
July 18, 1921 ~ March 29, 2019
Annie Estelle McDonald, 97, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 29, 2019 at her home in Wenham. She was the wife of the late Thomas J. McDonald.
Born in Henagar, AL on July 18, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Ella (Kirby) Jenkins.
Annie was employed as a cook at several area nursing homes including Blueberry Hill, Essex Park, and Liberty Pavilion. She last worked at the Girdler House in Beverly prior to her retirement.
A Beverly resident for many years where she raised her family, she had resided in Wenham for the last twenty-five years and was honored as a grand marshal of Wenham’s recent 375th Anniversary Parade.
A communicant of Saint John the Evangelist Church in North Beverly, Annie loved to sew, collect buttons, and make memories and giggle with her great-grandchildren, who brought her great joy.
She leaves three children, Thomas McDonald and his wife Kristin of Northfield, Deborah Piotrowski and her husband Donald of Wenham, and Susan Rice of Ringgold, GA, her grandchildren, Laurie MacFarlane and her husband Daniel, Erika Wood and her husband Rob, Christopher Rice, Dawnielle Holloran and her husband Keith, and Justin Piotrowski and his significant other Amanda Smerage, her great-grandchildren, Cecilya, Savannah, Daniel Jr., Aiden, Kyle, Angelica, and Jackson, her sisters, Opal Simpson, Clara Townsend, Evelyn Mays, and Ruby Holder, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son-in-law, Stuart Rice, her sisters Etta Mae Yarbrough and Elsie White, and her brothers Otis, James, Robert, and William Jenkins.
Her Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 10:30AM in C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers. Burial will follow in Wenham Cemetery, Main St., Wenham. Relatives and friends are invited. Visitation will begin at 9AM prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Friends of the Wenham Council on Aging, 10 School St., Wenham, MA 01984. For directions or to leave a condolence, please visit www.LyonsFuneral.com.
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From Debby & Don
I & We Love You So Very Much !!!
Grandmother & Gigi there Ever Was !!!
You were my Best Friend since I was born !!
You were truly the Best example Of Unconditional Love !!
We really miss you !!
Hugs & Loves ,
Laurie, Dan & Daniel Jr
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Love to Aunt Estelle,From Patricia, Tony & Lily
Love you Mom, Give Dad a hug.
Love Tom & Kris
A dear sweet lady! I shall always remember your warm and welcoming smile! Rest in God’s loving arms.
I worked with Annie at Essex Park in the late 70’s. She was the nicest kindest woman!
Thinking of you all!
Love you forever Gigi from
Daniel
Gigi, my memories are overflowing.. but I just know you are will us and your love will surround us with each snuggle on the couch with the fur blanket. Our cups of coffees, laughs & chats will be with me forever. Thanks for all the love you had for my family ❤️ Love you to pieces
Love,
Dawnielle (your bed pal), Keith, Aiden, Kyle & Jackson
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Sending my love out to Debbie, Don, Tom, Kris, Chris, and all of their children and grand children. Anne was a lovely woman with a kind heart. She epitomized that loving mother, grandmother, and aunt. I have fond childhood memories of going to Tom and Anne’s house for July 4th barbeques. Anne was always so welcoming. And that southern drawl was an intrigue to all of us yankees! I also hold a special memory back in 1990 when I took a road trip down south. Tom and Anne hosted me for a few days, and I had the good fortune of meeting many of Anne’s relatives. It was there where I learned that Tom and Anne met in Ft Oglethorpe, GA, when Tom was a young GI. It was such a treat to learn about Anne’s life down in the south, and to get a peak into her younger years. She will be missed by many people.
Thank you for your love of family and help all these years. Rest in peace. Don P
To Annie’s beautiful family and friends: Gigi has given all of you a lasting legacy of love. I see all of you passing that love on to each other. So when your hearts are empty, I pray those happy memories of love and friendship will carry you always. Her love will follow you, no matter how far.
When the LORD calls our loved ones home, He leaves a gift of memories in exchange.
And I have so many beautiful memories of Gigi, where do I begin? First and foremost was her love, her laughter, and her sweet Southern drawl. Then there are the many items she sewed over the years: clothes for her children, dance costumes for Dorothy Darling’s dance class recitals, Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls, baby dolls, Bubbles the clown, quilts, the list goes on.
I have JOYful memories of Gigi dressing up as a clown with Debby, Laurie, and Dawnielle for Essex Office (and other) events.
Every May Day I (and I’m sure many others) have fond memories of coming home after a long day at work to find a May Day basket on my doorstep.
When Gigi was in her 80’s for 3 years she painstakingly (and it was painful) cut our 450 plastic cross -shapes and Debby would thread them with ribbon for me to pass out at the Nazarene New England District Missions Convention. That was a true labor of love!
We can take comfort in knowing Gigi is with her Beloved Jesus, Tom, family and friends.
When Gigi passed I envisioned her Beloved Jesus coming for her, saying: “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with Me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come . . . Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with Me.”
When you grieve Gigi’s passing in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead, I pray you will experience the Love of the Father, the Peace of the Son, and the Comfort of the Holy Spirit.
I love you all!
JoyOnYa! & HUGS2U!
Kathy Bourgault
You shall obtain JOY and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. ~Isaiah 35:10
I’m so very sorry. May her memory be for a blessing.