OLIVER, Myrtle "June" July 15, 1930 – July 23, 2020. It is heavy hearts we announce the passing of our mother, June (Latimer) Oliver, in the Milford Haven Home for Special Care, Guysborough, NS. She was the eldest daughter of the late Charlie and Augusta (MacArthur) Latimer and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She spent her early years in Arichat, Nova Scotia in the Latimer home across from the Courthouse. When she and our Dad, the late Harold Oliver, married in 1954, she moved to Point Tupper where they began a family. In 1970, she moved again, this time across the harbour to Port Hawkesbury. In September, 2016, after her Dementia made it impossible to be at home, Mom moved to The Milford Haven Home for Special Care. Mom started her career at the Royal Bank in 1948 at the George and Townsend Branch in Sydney. Not long after taking the job in Sydney, she returned to Arichat to work at the Royal Bank Branch in Arichat where she remained until she married. When she married, she decided to stay at home to raise her family. In 1964, she returned to work out side the home and took a job at the Royal Bank, Port Hawkesbury Branch. Mom moved through the ranks at the Royal Bank, beginning as a teller and eventually becoming the Senior Loans Officer, a job to which she dedicated herself for the next 25 years. Mom finally retired in 1985. Although she loved her job, it was the customers…her customers…that she deeply cared for. Even as her memory dimmed, she would frequently speak of her days working at the bank and the many customers who she had come to know and help over the years. Mom was very active in her community serving with the Point Tupper Home and School Association; served many years on the St. Mark’s United Church Board and UCW; was a founding member of the Island View Health Services Ladies Auxiliary; served on the Board of Directors of the Strait Richmond Hospital; served on the board of the Point Tupper Heritage Association and was the secretary treasurer for the South Brook Cemetery. For many years, Mom audited the books for the Girl Guides. Mom loved to work with her hands and knitting, quilting, and needlework became favorite past times. She was known for her beautiful quilts and spent many hours with her quilting groups at St Mark’s and The Evergreen Seniors Club. She also enjoyed curling in her younger years at the Port Hawkesbury Curling Club and remained a lifetime fan of the game. Mom was always ready for a game of cards, be it at home at the kitchen table or out to a card game. She especially enjoyed her morning Tim’s visits with her friend June Stirling. She was regarded by many Tim’s customers and employees alike, as quite the social butterfly. Mom loved to cook and her cookies and desserts were the best. There was always the smell of fresh bread in our home and always homemade cookies in the can. Visits from Charlie and Glenna and their families, meant Mom would be preparing their favorite meals and making sure there was plenty of fresh bread and cookies in the house. Mom will be deeply missed by her children, Charlie and Christine (Taylor) Georgetown, Ontario; Joyce and Lindsay (Snair), Port Hawkesbury, NS; and Glenna and John (Campbell) Kanata, Ontario. Her grandchildren, Joshua (Angela Yeo) of Petrolia, Ontario; Chelsey (David Westwood) London, England; Jared (Bhreagh Sheppard) Troy, Nova Scotia; Jessica (Michael Buss), Stitsville, Ontario; Catherine (Oliver Opplett) Ottawa, Ontario; Karen, Kanata, Ontario. Her great-grandchildren, Clarke and Rose Oliver; Tobias, Winnifred, and Montgomery Westwood; Isla Snair and Kynlee Buss and her sister-in-law, Bea Latimer (Kenneth), Prince George, British Columbia, and of course, she will be missed by her many nieces and nephews. Mom was predeceased by her husband, Harold Oliver in 1999, her siblings and their respective spouses, Arthur and Geraldine, Kenneth, Nelson and Hazel, Marion and John Dingle and Shirley May in infancy. Mom will rest in Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home, Port Hawkesbury on Saturday, July 25th from 2-4 and 6-8p.m. Her funeral will be held at St. Mark’s United Church, Bernard St, Port Hawkesbury on Sunday, July 26th at 2p.m. She will be interred at the Southbrook Cemetery, Port Hawkesbury. A donation in her memory can be made to St. Mark’s United Church, Point Tupper Heritage Church, or a charity of your choice. Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at www.haverstocks.com "How lucky we are to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." We will love you forever Mom. Visitation Information Visitation Saturday, July 25, 2020 Visitation Time 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Visitation Location Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home, Port Hawkesbury Service Information Service Date Sunday, July 26, 2020 Service Time 2 p.m. Service Location St. Mark's United Church, Port Hawkesbury Burial Information Burial Date Sunday, July 26, 2020 Burial Time Following funeral service Burial Location Southbrook Cemetery, Port Hawkesbury