Mrs. Gertrude "Harriette" Jory formerly of Sussex Corner passed away at the Kiwanis Nursing Home on August 18, 2013 at the age of 88. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Katherine (Mouzar) Pentz and the wife of the late Frank Jory who passed away in 2009. Harriette will be lovingly remembered by her son Kevin Jory and his companion Debra Fields of Ajax, Ontario. She is also predeceased by: her brother Graham Pentz; three sisters: an infant baby sister, Irma Pentz and Katherine Mosher; her brother in law, Walter Mosher and her sister in law Dorcas. Kevin would like to express his deepest appreciation to the nurses and attendants at the Kiwanis Nursing Home for the wonderful care Harriette received during her stay. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Wallace Funeral Home, 34 Sunnyside Drive, Sussex, NB (506) 433-1176. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 23rd, 2013 from 12:00 to 1:45pm followed by a Service Celebrating Harriette's life at 2:00pm. The family will be hosting a light lunch immediately following the service. A private family interment will be held from Trinity Cemetery at a later date. If you are considering making a memorial donation the family has recommended the Alzheimer's Society. This is a copy of the Eulogy given at Harriette's Celebration of Life: Gertrude Harriette Pentz Jory 1925 - 2013 Eulogy - Art Mosher Aug 20 2013 On behalf of all of us gathered here today, our deepest sympathies to Kevin on the loss of your mother. She WILL be remembered. We are all part of a web of friends - that only has one centre - Harriette That centre has moved on but we are the strands that remain attached. Each of you have your own strand of the web of Harriettes contacts Think and Remember your favourite thoughts and pleasures with her & her family. Share them at your leisure. I am a single strand on that web, her nephew who adored his Aunt and considered her my 'Big Sister' and a special best friend long after we both matured to adults. She was my favourite #1 Aunt. I think I was her favourite nephew - there not being too many boys fathered or mothered by her brother or sisters. Uncle Graham Pentz made a valiant effort, but after 4 girls, through in the towel ! Or perhaps rather Aunt Dorcas did ! Of course Harriette & Frank created the most im portnat boy in their family, their son Kevin, of whom they have always been rightly proud with damn good reason. To my Mother, Harriette was her little sister. Her love of Nova Scotia & the ocean was inate. Deep & Complete. Particularly the Atlantic. The sea was a powerful magnet that drew her back periodically when wandering afar too long. Her nose would always go up & her spirits lift the closer she became after leaving it at her birthplace Beach Meadows near Liverpool Nova Scotia where she grew up. Beach Meadows was the Pentz family home where her father was a fisherman for many years from a small nearby Island - Coffins Island - one of the few remaining lighthouse locations in Nova Scotia. While my memories are pretty thin of that time, I do remember going out to his island fishing shack, having a picnic there & sleeping over. Harriette was part of these trips, and I'm sure many others off onto the ocean withg her father in search of the fish that sustained his living and his dinner plate. Arthur Pentz built a better than average wonderfull home in B each Meadows overlooking the ocean & Coffins Island. I can picture Harriette running energeticcally through & around this house. It still stands with only minor modifications today. At a very young age I grew up in Beach Meadows, the Pentz family home. It had a wonderful full sand, no rocks, beach with a creek area full of clams for the digging. Harriette & I would wander down there, fill up buckets with dug clams & return to the rest of the family gathering. I was always so proud to be seen with this beautiful older 'sister'. We would build a fire with stones around & a tin top upon which we placed the clams for roasting until the shells popped open. And gorge on clams with the sound of the waves lapping not far away. To my Mother, Harriette was her little sister. My Father & Mother & I lived in Dartmouth NS & Harriette, when I was younger, lived in Moncton NB and ran a beauty parlour with her sister Irma - The Pentz Sisters Beauty Parlour When things got too hot around home in Dartmouth and or my father was off on the ocean delivering oil to the war effort, and when I was quite young, my Mother & I would journey to Moncton & camp out in the beauty parlour. I always remember the rows of ladies in beehive hair dryers. At night the equipment would be put aside & beds would come out for all and a good family conflab & games. Hattie was gracious & graceful - and always a well put together lady. Come evening she was often off to have fun. She was young vivacious & beautiful. I idolized her. Harriette was exceptionly beautiful. I think for a period of time she modeled. That beauty attracted the eye of Frank Jory, whom she subsequently married. Frank was with the RCMP force and was subsequently posted around a number of locations in New Brunswick, and finally in Sussex. Harriette threw her strength and organizational talents fully behind each move, making each posting a little easier for the young couple. Watever was needed, Harriette was on it. She was always jovial with ready laughter & friendly. At ease with life. And at the same time an exceptionally loving and caring soul with ready interest & empathy for here fellow life travellers. She had a mischevious grin & mannner & a quick wit & a ready laugh. She was a rock of support for her sister Irma & my mother Kathryn. Irma subsequently retired in Sussex and the two very close sisters continued their support for each other. She was a real girlfriend to my wife Penny. With whom they had long gory girl type conversations. She had a rough time with colon cancer - but successfully survived it. Harriette was an avid photographer and filled many albums with her memories. Her eye for composition and subject matter was incredibly refined. Later in life she took up painting and turned some of the scenes from these photographs into wonderful works of art that grace the walls of many New Brunswick homes, as well as my own. I look at them every day with warm memories of my Auntie. Harriette painted the Orchids from Penny & my wedding. Long after the plants have retuned to compost, her pictures of the beauty of our wedding remain in our hallway as a beautiful reminder of the event & the painter. Harriette & Frank helped me through a rough patch in my life & got me pointed in a better direction at a time when I was to say the least wallowing. Frank pointed me into stimulating openings such as wall washing, post hole digging, brushing out & carnival setup. Harriette nursed the young urban lad's daily wounds each night. Eventually I decided that perhaps a return to university was not such a bad idea given Franks presented alternatives! One of my best memories is when I stayed at their home in Sussex - listened to her & Frank laughing & enjoying each other. A level of friendship & comradierie that was more muted in my home life. Her & Frank supported my parents in Moncton when they were going down hill later in life at a time that I was working away in Ontario. A gesture that I am forever grateful Harriette & Frank joined us many times both in our Bedford home & at our Caissie Cape cottage. We had many a fun evening over piles of steaming clams & lobsters & a few drams of wine and other libations. Harriette & Frank joined us for a vacation tour of Cape Breton highlands, including a stay at the Glenora Inn, the home of the only Canadian Scotch. We ate, snapped & tippled our way around scenic C ape Breton Island. Always with cheery company clearly enjoying the trip. And Harriette snapping away scenes perhaps to show up on future paintings. To her many friends around Sussex and afar, I'm sure Harriette wishes - again from REALLY afar ! Thanks & appreciation for your friendships & thoughtfulness over the years. Thank you Bill & Eva Stuart, Connie Friars, Walter Sanford & other kind Sussex souls. And to Art Gould for your many cheery bouquets over the years at home & at the Kiwanis Nursing home. Harriette loved flowers with a deeply, as did all the Pentz girls. Kiwanis & Wallace staff, thank you for making sometimes difficult sitautions a little brighter. Somewhere in the afterlife, Hattie & Frank are joking & laughing with each other & snuggling for eternity. A wonderful piece of my life has been silenced to me. Perhaps someday to join in the revelry again. Thank you Aunt Harriette for your love & affection & understanding. It will be cherished forever. And thank you both Harriette & Frank for putting a somewhat wayward teenager on a path to a better life. Kevin, the torch of decency & good cheer is now yours to hold high. I know you will carry it well.