Edna Evelyn Power

At Whisperwood Villa on Monday, March 18, 2019, with her friend David Robinson at her side, of Edna Evelyn Power, 90 years. Edna was the only child of Nicholas and Mary Power of Charlottetown, who pre-deceased her. Her father worked for Canada Packers, providing a good living for his family, who were faithful members of St. Dunstan’s Basilica and Holy Redeemer Church. Edna attended St. Joseph’s Convent School on Pownal Street, then Prince of Wales College. She studied at the University of New Brunswick, earning a micro-biology degree. She then worked for nearly 30 years at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick, under the guidance of Dr. E.A.G. Branch, where she ran a laboratory that helped to develop many of the country’s early antibiotics. She returned to her family home in Charlottetown to retire with her lifelong best friend and workmate, Ruth Shankle, thirty years ago. She and Ruth travelled widely and she enjoyed tennis, reading, bridge, music, and participation in the affairs of the Catholic Women’s League. Ruth pre-deceased her in 2017. In her later years she was lovingly cared for by a team of caregivers from Home Instead PEI, of whom she was inordinately fond.

Resting in Hennessey Cutcliffe Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, March 21^st from the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer at 2:00 p.m. Interment at a later date in the Roman Catholic Cemetery. No visitation by personal request. Memorials to the Holy Redeemer Church or the University of New Brunswick, would be appreciated.