Halifax, NS
December 14, 2024
Duncan MacIntyre, 76, of Greenfield, loving husband and father of five, passed away peacefully on the afternoon of Saturday, December 14, 2024, due to heart-related complications.
Duncan was born and raised on Cape Breton Island and moved to Halifax as an adult. He worked various jobs that brought him throughout the US and western Canada before returning to Nova Scotia and earning a Bachelor of Education degree from Mount Saint Vincent University. While working briefly as a substitute teacher in Halifax, he met Noel Lewis at his sister Rachel’s wedding. In 1978 Noel and Duncan were married. Not long after starting a career with Canada Post, Duncan accepted a transfer to the Annapolis Valley where he and Noel raised their family.
A devoted husband and father, he immersed himself with great love in family life, enjoying time with his wife and five children, and eventually his nine grandchildren. He had a great passion for the outdoors and much of the family time was spent hiking local trails where Duncan enthusiastically shared his knowledge of plant and animal life with his children. Being very fond of swimming as early and as late in the year as he could, the family regularly frequented Nova Scotia’s many beaches. Throughout his life he took up a wide range of interests and hobbies. He wrote his own science fiction stories. He enjoyed the art of painting, both actively and passively, being particularly fond of the works of Dali and Monet. He enjoyed music and played the guitar and fiddle. He loved to go on early morning fishing trips and late evening stargazing excursions. In the latter part of his life, he took a strong interest in photography and bird watching. The day before his death he sat at the window helping two of his younger grandchildren identify some of the many well-fed birds.
First and foremost, Duncan was a man of faith. With great zeal, he studied and defended the Catholic faith over the course of his life and was actively involved in the Church for many years. He had a strong devotion to the Blessed Mother and always emphasized a family life centered on Christ. Becoming more interior as he reached old age, he committed a great deal of his time to Our Lord in prayer.
Duncan is survived by his loving wife, Noel; sons, Rory (Emma) and Lauchlan (Anne); daughters, Heather (Stephen) Stoppa, Karen (Stephen) Warnshuis and Alice MacIntyre; grandchildren, Mikaela, Joseph, Walter, Ambrose, Natalia, Lincoln, Peter, Billy and Beatrix; brothers, William "Bill" (Andrea) and Roy; sisters, Ave (Peter) Hoeper, Mary-Lou (Roger) Johnson, Margaret (John) Theakston and Rachel (Ron) Houlihan; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Duncan was preceded in death by his parents, William "Ignatius" and Margaret (Keylor) MacIntyre; brother, Joey; and sisters, Catherine (Waldo) Smith and Anne Sharon King.
A funeral service for Duncan will be held in the St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Kentville, at 11:00 am Saturday, December 21, 2024, with Father John MacPherson to officiate. A time for fellowship and refreshment will follow the service in the church hall, interment to take place in Holy Cross Cemetery.
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." -John 14:6
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