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HARVIE, John Leland

Age 94, of Hantsport, passed away October 2, 2017, surrounded by family in Hants Community Hospital. Born July 6, 1923 in Hantsport, he was the eldest son of Leland and Zella (Hudson) Harvie.

John attended school in Hantsport, graduating from grade eleven in 1939. Too young to enlist, he went to work with Canadian Pacific Telegraphs in Halifax as a teletype operator. He enlisted in the army in February of 1943 and after advanced training in the Signal Corps was sent overseas. At the end of the war in Europe he was stationed at Breda, Holland. He returned to his job with C. P. Telegraphs but due to his father\'s declining health came back to Hantsport to take over the family grocery store until 1977 when he sold the business and became a District Manager with World Book Encyclopedia, retiring in 1983. John served a term on Hantsport Town Council and was Chairman of the School Board. He was Harbour Master for fifteen years and a Deputy Issuer of marriage licenses for nineteen years. He joined the Royal Canadian Legion in 1946 and served one year as President and thirty years as Treasurer of Lucknow Branch 109. He was a believing, practicing Christian and lifelong member of the Hantsport Baptist Church, serving on boards and committees and as a Deacon. He was a Sunday School teacher and Superintendent for thirty years and spent his declining years doing visitation.

John was still driving his own car at the age of 90, visiting shut-ins and "old people" in area nursing homes, and sometimes showing off by doing a few push-ups. He enjoyed swimming in the Avon River as a boy, skating, reading and fishing at the Harvie camp by Stillwater Siding with his brother and uncles. He helped establish the Hantsport Memorial Community Centre, organized Red Cross blood donor clinics, was a long time supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party and chaired the Hantsport Memorial Scholarship committee.

John was predeceased by his wife and the mother of his children, Evelyn Rose Hart (1993); second wife, Phyllis Selig (2007); sister, Margaret Forsyth Welt (2013). A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, October 12, in the Hantsport Baptist Church, Rev. Jennifer Riley officiating, with interment afterward in Riverbank Cemetery.

John married Evelyn Rose Hart on 1 Aug 1956 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia. Evelyn (daughter of Harold Alexander Hart and Ethel May Alley) was born on 2 Apr 1934 in Windsor, Hants Co, Nova Scotia; died on 8 Oct 1993 in Wolfville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia; was buried on 11 Oct 1993 in Riverbank Cemetery, Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Phyllis Manetta Wilkins on 4 Jul 1999 in Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Phyllis (daughter of Korah Henry Wilkins and Seretha Susan Lewis) was born in 1922 in Port Lorne, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; died on 22 Apr 2008 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Middleton, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]