Friday, June 5, 2020
To cousins Phillip, Wendy and Heather, their partners and families, and their extended families. Your mother ( my aunt) is / was among the most favourite people of my / our extended family. I have cherished memories of visits to the Tays family home and farm in Cook's Brook from our summer vacations. One of my most favourite memories will be of her making chili con carne in the kitchen of the "old farmhouse" - which I believe was that of Uncle Bill's parents. Following my completion of university at McGill, my relocation to Canada's west coast made visits with Olive and Bill far fewer.
We were never so pleased as to have the opportunity to host both Olive and Bill here in North Vancouver as a part of their 50th wedding anniversary celebrations, when they took an Alaska cruise from here, and topped it off with a return to Nova Scotia by Via Rail from here to Truro. How Candadian, and how Nova Scotian!
Our family enjoyed a few visits with Olive and Bill when we visited my in-laws living in Pleasantville outside Bridgewater. We always looked for the opportunity to visit; they always welcomed the opportunity to "catch up" and both loved and enjoyed "little people" as I always referred to our younger daughters.
Olive and Bill will now be together after a few years. Much love to you all. Our thoughts are very much with you on this day. They will live on in our memories.
Brian, Jennifer, Laurel and Hayley Gavin - North Vancouver, BC
