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It is with great sadness that the family of Jeffrey Thomas Turner announce his sudden passing on August 29, 2023. Jeff was born in Wolfville and raised in Hantsport, NS, a son of the late Richard (Dick) and Frenie Turner.

Jeff had a varied and interesting career in finance and business development which included positions in the banking, food production, mining and tourism economic development industries. He recently retired from an almost 20-year career with Discover Halifax, a position which allowed him to connect with people in many organizations and businesses, something he truly enjoyed and at which he excelled.

He was a man of many interests including, history, archeology, geography, art, music, cooking and hiking and held many volunteer positions over his lifetime, most recently with the North American Indigenous Games, an event he was very proud to be part of. He was an avid reader and rarely went anywhere without a book or magazine, just in case he had a few spare minutes. In recent years, wanting to try some new things, he dabbled in acrylic painting, guitar playing, wood chipping and marmalade and jelly making.

He will rest with his parents at Riverbank Cemetery in Hantsport. A remembrance gathering will take place in his beloved Annapolis Valley at a later date.

Jeffrey married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TURNER, Richard James

It is with great sadness that the family of Richard James Turner announce his passing on June 24, 2020 in Port Williams, at age 88. Dick was born and raised in Hantsport. He had a 42 year career in the fruit and vegetable processing industry with Avon Foods Ltd., retiring in 1991 as the firm’s President and CEO. In 1952 Dick married his beloved Frenie and they raised their four children in Hantsport, and later moved to Lower Canard. Dick was an active member of the Masonic Lodge and, over the years, the Hantsport, Pereaux, and Port Williams Baptist Churches. He and Frenie shared a great love of family, gardening, hiking, canoeing, cottage life, world travel and the beauty of the Annapolis Valley and its nearby mountains and lakes. He was predeceased by his beloved wife and soulmate, Frenie; his parents, Tom and Reta Turner; sisters, Ruth, Doris, Norma, Patricia; brothers, Tom, Harry, Fred.

Richard married Frenie Joan Barkhouse in 1952. Frenie (daughter of Foster Milton Barkhouse and Olive Thompson) was born in 1934 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; died on 28 Feb 2017 in Greenwich, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TURNER, Frenie Joan
A loving and much loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away on February 28th, 2017 in Blomidon Court Care Facility, Greenwich. Frenie was born in Liverpool in 1934 a daughter of the late Foster and Olive (Thompson) Barkhouse. After graduation from Wolfville High School, she was employed as a telephone operator until her marriage to Dick and became a resident of Hantsport for the next 30 years, raising their two sons and two daughters there. Frenie was an active member of the Hantsport Memorial Community Centre, Hantsport Baptist Church and choir, Fidelis House, Kentville and other organizations. For several years she was actively employed in real estate sales throughout Hants County. In retirement, she and Dick resided in Lower Canard spending many happy years there until Frenie was overtaken by the vagaries of Alzheimer Disease. A lady of many talents, Frenie was an accomplished artist, potter, interior decorator, seamstress and business person. Together, she and Dick shared a great love for flower gardening, country and cottage life, wilderness hikes, canoeing, travel and the beauty of the Valley and its nearby mountains and lakes. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by sisters, Rosemary and Yvonne.

Thomas married Rita Vivian Palmer on 10 Sep 1918 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Rita (daughter of Henry C. Palmer and Isabella MacDonald) was born on 21 Jan 1898 in Halifax, Nova Scotia; died on 24 Feb 1952 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia; was buried in Riverbank Cemetery, Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Foster married Olive Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]