Celia B. Cruickshank

Celia Barbara Wells Cruickshank died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 29 at the age of 87 years. She was born in La Digue, St.Andrews, Grenada on February 28 , 1937, to her parents Leonard and Catherine Wells.She was educated at Holy Innocents Anglican School and from there she attended St.Andrew's Secondary School. She taught at St.Giles Anglican School, Mt. Carmel, St.Andrew for 3 years. She went into nursing at the Colony Hospital, St.George's now known as the General Hospital from August 1956 - May 1964 where she was certified as a staff nurse and a midwife. She resigned in May 1964 and got married to Arnold Morris Cruickshank Sr. and resided in Mt. Horn, St. Andrew's. She welcomed her first child Anne-Marie Cruickshank the same year and in February 1966, she migrated to New Jersey to continue and further her nursing career and worked at St.Michael Hospital, Newark, New Jersey for 1 ½ years. She then relocated to New York and worked at Beth Israel Hospital in New York where she became a registered nurse. She worked there for over 4 years and and then left to return to Grenada in December 1971. She had her 2 child, Arnold Morris Cruickshank Jr. in 1973. She then moved to Barbados in June 1975 as a result of her husband taking up a job at the Caribbean Development Bank. She and her family lived in Barbados for 13 years. In 1988, she moved to Rome, Italy when her husband took up a job with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). She remained in Italy for over 4 years and then returned to New York to further her son's education there. While in New York she worked once again as a registered nurse for the Cerebral Palsy Institute of New York. She was promoted to the position of nurse-manger looking after the health care of the mentally challenged children. She worked there for 13 years and from there she retired and relocated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was a committed nurse, caring and devoted mother and loving wife. She loved her brothers and sisters and close family friends and was always assisting someone in need. Her kindness and generosity knew no end and many times would do without so that others could have. Celia Barbara Wells Cruickshank is survived by her two children Anne-Marie and Arnold Cruickshank Jr, her son-in-law Colin Marshall, her brothers- Neville and Roger Wells in Alberta, Canada and Aubrey Wells in Florida, USA. and their wives Penny Pritchitt Wells and Jacinta Wells in Canada and Doreen Wells in Florida . Her sister- in-law Cynthia Telesford in Grenada.Her sisters-Kathleen Drakes in Grenada, Irma Olivacce in New Jersey, USA and Merle Julianna Steele in Canada. -and her brother-in- law- Aubrey Steele. Many nieces and nephews including- Vaughan, Cecille, Curtis and Damian Wells. Roxanne Bernot, Ann-Marie Finamore, George Roban, Leslie-Ann Charles, Lennard, Saylyn and Roy Drakes in the USA, Keisha McIntosh, Lyndonna John, Len, Jemima and Shirma Wells in Grenada and their families. Her great nieces and nephews. Other relatives and friends of the Wells and Cruickshank families- the St. Cyr family, the Wilkinson family, the Nedd family, the Alexander family, the Rush family, the Beggs family the Grant family and the Wells-Schioler family in Denmark and all other persons who knew and cared for her.

Celia B. Cruickshank

February 28, 1937 - December 29, 2024