1. | Richard James Turner was born in 1931 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia (son of Thomas Edward Turner and Rita Vivian Palmer); died on 24 Jun 2020 in Port Williams, Kings, Nova Scotia. Notes:
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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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- Jeffrey Thomas Turner was born on 28 Mar 1958 in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 29 Aug 2023; was buried in Riverbank Cemetery, Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia.
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