Dolina-MacKinnon-Obituary

Dolina MacKinnon

Calgary, Alberta

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Calgary, Alberta

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Dolina MacKinnon passed away in Calgary, Alberta. The obituary was featured in Calgary Herald on November 2, 2007.

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I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF MRS M LATELY ,SOMETIMES WHEN I DO SOMETHING STUPIT I KNOW SHE IS LOOKING DOWN ON ME AND LAUGHING HER HEAD OFF .
I WILL ALWAYS MISS HER .

I met Dolly only once, and she certainly made an impression on me.
We met at the Feis, in Port
Townsend, WA. Naturally, we had a lot to chat about, as I am Dolina MacAulay, from South Uist, and since my parents were from North Uist, she was able to place them. I have also chatted with her on the phone, one of the times I was visiting Richard Hill (Seattle. Her Gaelic was very good, and she hadn't forgotten a thing. I truly enjoyed meeting Dolly, and know that she was highly respected...

MEMORIES OF AUNTY DOLLY WILL ALWAYS BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE.

I first met Dolly at a Robert Burns Night Supper in White Rock, British Columbia, about 8 years ago. We talked for a long time that night, and she told me some of her memories growing up in North Uist. She was very encouraging to me with the fragments of Gaelic that I knew, and she was just so lovely, gentle, gracious and down to earth, that we became fast friends. Before she moved back east we would see her sometimes at the Mod in Vancouver or some of their monthly ceilidhs, and it always...

WE ALL HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF AUNTIE DOLLY SHE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL OF US.WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FUN DOLLY AND MUM HAD REMINICING SHE HAD LOTS OF STORIES AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET HER LAUGHTER AND SHE DID ENJOY HER CUPS OF TEA WITH HER SULTANA CAKE TOO.CATHY/CALLUM FORRES.

HAVE MANY MEMORIES OF AUNTIE DOLLY,AND THE FUN HER AND MUM USED TO HAVE REMINISCING.WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.

We have many memories of very happy times with Auntie Dolly.
She will be greatly missed.

when ever i have a cup of tea i think of her and that unforgetable laugh she will be dearly missed by me.

we have been friends for forty years .we shared alot of laughs and tears .john and i will miss her.the first time i met her we were neighbors in tuxedo .i asked her if she wanted to see my baby ,later she laughingly told me that was the last thing she wanted to see was another baby .we had countless cups of tea .good bye mrs .m .