BRIDE, J. Harvey - Peacefully, on Saturday, August 10, 2019, James Harvey Bride, passed away to join the celestial choir in his 90th year.
Harvey was born on February 3, 1930, in Newbridge, ON, to Carman and Alice (Spence) Bride.
In Fordwich, ON, on April 20, 1957, Harv married Marianne Jean Doig.
Together, they raised two children, Peter and Miriam, in their home in Don Mills where they celebrated 62 years of marriage.
Harvey was known for his kind and gentle nature, his heartwarming smile and uplifting spirit. His passion for friends, religious and secular choir music, gardening and family history, was appreciated by all who knew him.
For 80 consecutive years, Harv was steadfastly committed to his local church choir. He also joined French choirs, teachers' choirs, Toronto choirs and patriotic choirs. In 2013, with the Oxford Church Music Choir's tour to Dublin, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of visiting the Spence ancestral home in County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Harvey was predeceased by his brother, Lorne, of Winnipeg, MB. He is held in loving memory by his wife, Marianne; son, Peter and cherished granddaughter, Emily, of Don Mills; his daughter, Miriam, of Whistler/Pemberton, BC; his sister, Merle McIntosh and family of Listowel, ON; by his sister-in-law Rosada and family of Winnipeg, MB; and by his brother-in-law and his wife, Edward and Joyce Doig, of Atlanta, GA.
To celebrate Harvey's life, we welcome family and friends to join us in hymn-sing services on Friday, August 30th, at 10 a.m. at Jubilee United Church, 40 Underhill Drive, Toronto, and 'up country' on Sunday, September 1st, at 2 p.m., at Fordwich United Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Harvey's name to Parkinson Canada, Jubilee United Church Benevolent Fund or Fordwich United Church.
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