Edith Emma Stewart (nee Kelly) went to sleep peacefully Monday evening in her Amherst home and woke up Tuesday, November 22, 2022, in the presence of her Lord and Saviour, with whom she enjoyed a personal relationship for 70+ years. 

As a graduate of the PEI School of Nursing, Class of 1951, Edith worked at the Amherst and Springhill Hospitals in earlier years. Edith and her late husband, Floyd, spent many years showing the compassion and love of Christ to families and children in the Amherst – Oxford – Springhill area. Her home was always open, and her phone always available for those in distress or needing support. She knew what it was to weep with those who weep, and to rejoice with those who rejoice. 

Edith was a well-known Christian in many circles throughout the Maritimes and beyond and a faithful member of the Amherst Gospel Hall. 

She was the sweetheart mother of Stephen (deceased), Rebecca (Leland) Swan, Lorna (Theodore) Chiasson, Joy (Peter) Ramsay, Sylvia (Peter) Pitts, and Neil (Margaret) Stewart. Adored by her sixteen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren. 

She was predeceased by her husband, Floyd Stewart; her parents, Lorne and Charlotte Kelly; her brothers Walter (Bea), Hammond (Helen), and Blair; and her sister Helen (Arthur).

Edith (92) will also be missed by her many nieces and nephews and her special sister-in-law Florence (Blair) Kelly in Stratford, PEI.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of Jones Family Funeral Centre, Amherst, NS, (902 667 8777) where visitation will take place on Thursday, November 24th from 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 8pm. A funeral service will take place on Friday, November 25th at 2pm at Jones Family Funeral Centre in Amherst. The funeral will also be live streamed.  Internment will take place in the Spring in the Amherst Cemetery.

Donations in memory of Edith may be made to Gideons or Heart and Stroke.

Sharing of memories and condolences may be sent to the family by visiting Edith's online memorial at www.jonesfamilyfuneralcentre.ca or through the Jones Family Funeral Centre Facebook Page.