HARLEY, Betty Marie (Terreberry) Harley Obituary

HARLEY, Betty Marie (nee Terreberry) U.E. – Passed away peacefully at the Welland Hospital on Monday, October 5, 2015 in her 87th year. 

Cherished mother of John Lester Harley (Brenda) and Susan Harley-Kidd (Bryan). Proud and loving grandmother of Treena Harley, Shouna Harley (Marci) and great-grandmother of Cody Samuelson, Ryan Harley Samuelson, Nicole Samuelson and Connor Harley.  Dear sister-in-law of Dorothy Terreberry.  Sadly missed by several nieces and nephews. 

Predeceased by her parents Aylmer and Lily May Terreberry, brothers Gordon (Vera), Chester and Ronald (Mildred).

Betty was employed as a secretary at Atlas Steels Ltd., Canada Forge, Traders Finance, Welland Hydro and for the last 27 years with the Ministry of Correctional Services in Welland.

Following her retirement in 1989 she volunteered as a secretary with the Senior Centre in Welland and then took an active role as a volunteer in politics.

She was an active member of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada, Colonel John Butler Niagara Branch and a member of the Ontario Genealogical Society and the Quarter Century Club, Ontario Public Service. She was a lifetime member of Cook’s Mills United Church and initiated the archives collection for this church. Betty was most proud of her family and loved spending time with them.

The family will receive friends at the H.L. Cudney Funeral Home, 241 West Main Street, Welland, Ontario on Thursday, October 8th from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m.  and on Friday, October 9th from 10 am until the time of service in the Cudney Chapel at 11 a.m.  Interment will follow at Fonthill.

The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Betty’s PSW, Donna Dubois and her nurses, Kim Gatt and Jocelyne Molnar for their exceptional care and compassion.

s an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Fibromyalgia Association of Niagara or the Canadian Cancer Society.

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