“It is with sadness that I inform you of the passing of Harley this past weekend”, President Bob Tremblett wrote in an email to the Club on the morning of October 14, 2014. “Harley was a founding member of our club and will be remembered for his passion for Rotary.”
Harley passed away at the Sussex Health Center on October 12, 2014, at the age of 97.
Born in Mapleton, NB, on August 29, 1917, he was a son of the late Worden and Rachell (nee Garland) Geldart. Harley was a member of the Sussex United Baptist Church and a member of the First Elgin Baptist Church.
He was a WWII Veteran, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #20 and a Charter member of the Rotary Club of Sussex...
The following article appeared in the Oct. 20, 2014, Telegraph Journal. On that same date, many Sussex Rotarians paid Happy Bucks, including our District Governor Mike Walsh, who was in attendance, remembering Harley and the contributions he made to Rotary, his community, and his country.
