AVONDALE – William Robert “Bill” MacLeod, 83, Avondale, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, August 4, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Avondale, he was a son of the late James Robert and Eva Mae (Arbuckle) MacLeod. He was a skilled woodsman and a certified carpenter. In earlier years, he was employed with Pepsi-Cola, Weston, Ont. Prior to retirement in 1993, he was employed with the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Westville. Bill enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. Surviving are his loving wife of 59 years, Ruth Frances (Gosbee); son, Raymond (Irene), Avondale; daughters, Florence (Donald) Sutherland, Springville; Beverly Bourgeois, New Glasgow; Frances (Jerome) MacDonald, Bailey’s Brook; Shirley (Scott) McLeod, Durham; Lynda (David) Duggins, Avondale; Gloria Walsh (Ronnie), Trenton; daughter-in-law, Carol MacLeod, Oshawa, Ont.; sisters, Edith Sangster, Piedmont; Kaye Cogswell, Toronto, Ont.; Phyllis Anderson, Lower Barney’s River; Helen (Larry) Marr, Ottawa, Ont.; brothers, James, Toronto, Ont.; Colin (Muriel), Ontario; Hector, Halifax; Ronnie (Sylvia), Ontario; Neil (Elizabeth), Hopewell; Joe (Mannie), Ontario; Sandy, Regina, Sask.; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by son, Arthur; grandsons, twins Tyler and Kyle McLeod, Lance Duggins; sisters, Madeline MacDonald, Aveon MacKenzie, Isabel Heidi and Myrtle Carr. The family will receive visitors 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday, August 6th in P. & K. MacDonald Funeral Home, New Glasgow from where funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Sunday, August 7th in the chapel with Rev. Ryan King officiating. Interment will be in Kenzieville Cemetery. Family flowers only. Donations may be made in Bill’s memory to Bethel Baptist Church, RR #3, (1984 Temperance Street) Westville, NS B0K 2A0.