Olive Lloyd Obituary
We had to say a very sorrowful goodbye and wished for happy journeys, to a very special Lady on June 30, 2011.
Olive was loved and cherished by all who had the privilege to know her.
A celebration of her long, interesting and talented life will be held at a later date.
Special thanks to the friends she made at "We Care" who went out of their way to ensure Olive had a peaceful passing.
This obituary was originally published in the Nanaimo Daily News and Harbour City Star (Nanaimo, BC).
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July 10, 2011
It was with sadness that I saw Auntie Olive's obituary in the Vancouver Sun. I had a busy day yesterday and didn't read the paper until just a few moments ago.
Although not my aunt by blood, Auntie Olive was one of my mother's dear friends and godmother to my older brother. My mum, Marion (Macdonald) Grayston and Auntie Olive were friends from their chilhood, and I have heard many stories about adventures and sleep overs. Cecil and Auntie Olive were frequent visitors at our home in Dunbar. They gave my parents a beautiful crystal vase with matching candlesticks for their "crystal" anniversary. I remember Auntie Olive's fox stole.
I married in 1963 and moved to California where my husband and I raised four children. Auntie Olive and I were Christmas card buddies in those years. Since my retirement back to Vancouver in 2000, I have visited Auntie Olive several times. The last time I brought soup and fresh muffins over on the ferry and we had a feast at her dining room table. In the last few years I have been recovering from a stroke that I had during open heart surgery; an opportunistic lung infection; and, most recently, breast cancer. I had hoped to be able to come and visit Auntie Olive this summer when I felt stronger. It is not to be. I just opened my copy of "Alice in Wonderland: where it is inscribed, To Helen from Auntie Olive - Christmas 1950.
I'm privileged to have many of Auntie Olive's watercolour greeting cards. I have them framed and I change the card with the seasons.
Please let me know when you schedule a service for Auntie Olive. My mother had a group of three friends. When my godmother, Alice Graham, died two years after my mother, I called Auntie Olive to let her know that she had "won"! She was quite pleased with herself.
Before my mother died, I filled up an extra oxygen tank and took her on the ferry to have tea with Auntie Olive. We sat on the love seats by the window and talked over the "good old days".
May she rest in peace.
Helen (Grayston) Williams
604.408.4776
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