Olive Elsie Lorenzi
1927 - 2022
Olive Elsie Lorenzi
Service Information
Service Date
Saturday October 8, 2022
Service Time
2pm
Service Location
Rockland Cemetery, McAdam NB
Requested Charity
Local SPCA, or Donor's Choice
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Olive Elsie Lorenzi passed away peacefully on Friday September 23, 2022, at the Wauklehegan Manor in McAdam, NB. 

Olive is survived by sister Christine Solloway; daughters Kirkie Jones (Larry) and Bonnie Flynn (Doug Jackson); sons Brian (Karen) and Neil (Melita) Vincent; 10 grandchildren: Allan and Cheryl Jones, Greg and Ian Vincent, Tom, Trevor, Dan and Andrew Flynn and Christopher Vincent; as well as 17 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and other family members who live all over England, Canada and the United States.  Olive was predeceased by her parents George and Maude Eden, first husband Allan Rowsell, brothers Charles and Eric, sister Joyce, a nephew and a niece as well as an infant great grandchild.  She was also predeceased by divorced husbands James Vincent and Peter Lorenzi.

Olive grew up in Birmingham England and had many interesting stories to tell about World War II.  She came to Newfoundland as an 18-year-old war bride, first landing at Pier 21 in Halifax.  Tragedy left her a widow at 21 with a young baby.  She later remarried and had 3 more children.  In the 1970s she moved back to England but found that she now felt more Canadian than British and as a result moved back to Canada; first to Newfoundland, then to Ontario and finally to New Brunswick.  She spent the last two years of her life under the tender care of the staff at Wauklehegan manor in McAdam.

Olive loved the outdoors, flowers (lavender especially), birds and her pets. She was a skilled and talented crafts person who knitted many cherished items for her friends and family.  In her later years she was especially proud to win 1st prize at the Fredericton exhibition for her beautifully knitted dolls when she was almost 90 years old.

A graveside memorial service is planned for October 8th, 2022 at 2pm at the Rockland Cemetery in McAdam, New Brunswick.  In lieu of flowers, donations in Olive’s memory can be made to the local SPCA shelter or a charity of one’s choice

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Olive Elsie Lorenzi