Individual Details

Doris Elaine Mills

(26 August 1949 - 20 July 2023)

Doris Mills was born and raised in the small community of Oyster Pond Jeddore, Nova Scotia. She was the youngest daughter born to Rose Power and Alan Mills. As a child, she became sick with tuberculosis and spent months at the TB Hospital in Halifax. Upon leaving high school, Doris worked at N. Heinish and Company clothing store in Halifax.

During a visit to her sister in Ontario, Doris met her future husband Carl Finch. They were married in 1971 in the Oyster Pond United Church but moved to Ontario, living first in Paris before settling in Hamilton, where they ultimately bought a house on the Beach Strip.

While primarily a homemaker, Doris also took on odd jobs such as selling Avon and cleaning houses. She was an avid baker and was known for her Christmas baking.

Doris passed away on 20 July 2023 in Oakville, Ontario after a lengthy battle with sepsis. She is buried at the White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Hamilton.

Events

Birth26 August 1949the family home, Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage28 August 1971Oyster Pond United Church, Oyster Pond, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Living
Occupation1971a beauty advisor - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death20 July 2023Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Burial28 July 2023White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Families

SpouseLiving
ChildLiving
ChildRobert Wayne "Bobby" Finch (1977 - )
ChildLiving
FatherAlan Victor Morash Mills (1915 - 1995)
MotherRose Margaret Power (1919 - 2008)
SiblingRose Alice Mills (1938 - 2011)
SiblingAlan E Mills ( - )
SiblingLiving
SiblingArabella Bertha "Bert" Mills (1944 - 2021)
SiblingGladys Pearl "Babe" Mills (1945 - 2021)

Endnotes

1. Personal knowledge of the author, Robert Finch, .

2. Nova Scotia, Vital Statistics, Service Nova Scotia, certified copy of marriage registration 005132 (31 August 1971), Carl Clifford Finch and Doris Elaine Mills; Vital Statistics Office, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

3. Nova Scotia, Vital Statistics, Service Nova Scotia, certified copy of marriage registration 005132 (31 August 1971), Carl Clifford Finch and Doris Elaine Mills; Vital Statistics Office, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

4. "Finch, Doris Elaine (nee Mills)," obituary, The Hamilton Spectator, 24 June 2023, p. G6; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 2 June 2025), The Hamilton Spectator Archive.

5. "Obituary Listing," database, Smith's Funeral Homes (https://www.smithsfh.com/obituaries: accessed 7 June 2025), Doris Elaine Finch, died 20 July 2023.

6. Personal knowledge of the author, Robert Finch, .

7. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 June 2025), memorial page for Doris Elaine Mills Finch, Find A Grave Memorial # 257010354, citing White Chapel Memorial Gardens (Hamilton, Ontario).