
BONVIE , Charles Henry Jr. - Lower Sackville, passed away peacefully on August 19, in the Dartmouth General Hospital. He was born June 6, 1934, to Charles Henry Bonvie and Janet Anne O’Connor in Afton, Nova Scotia. Charles (Maxie) grew up in Afton attending High school in Truro, Nova Scotia. He graduated from Miss Murphy’s business college. Maxie worked in the first Co-Op store in Antigonish, NS and worked with his father, Charles senior, on the Canso Causeway with T.C. Gorman. Later in life, Maxie worked at the Canadian Pacific Railway and that is where he met Marilyn McVicar. The two were married July 16, 1960 in St. George, New Brunswick. Maxie worked at the CBC, first in radio, then in television, as an audio technician on shows like Don Messer’s Jubilee, Sing Along Jubilee, and finally Land And Sea. Charles was an excellent carpenter building homes and furniture.Charles was predeceased by his wife, Marilyn Bonvie in 2007. Maxie is survived by three children; Maria, California, and his twin sons, Joe (Trish), Lower Sackville and Gene, Halifax, as well as four grandsons and three granddaughters, two great-granddaughters and two great-grandsons. Maxie has one surviving sister, Janet (Rod) McLean and was predeceased by both of his parents. Visitation will be held Tuesday, August 23 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Atlantic Funeral Home, 125 Sackville Dr. Funeral mass Wednesday, August 24 at St. Elizabeth Seton Roman Catholic Church, Lower Sackville, Father Robert Arsenault, officiating. Reception to follow in the church hall. Burial at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Canadian Lung Association.