Obituary of Geoffrey L. Conley

“To die is gain” – and with that Divine Promise a servant of the Lord went home. Geoffrey Leigh Conley died on November 2 at the Saint John Regional Hospital. For nine years the bully in his body had been cancer. Geoff was born on September 12, 1948 into the family of Desmond and Virginia (Hurley) Conley, soon to be one of 6 siblings. Elementary education was at the village school in Leonardville followed by junior and senior high at Deer Island Regional from which he graduated in June 1966. Post Secondary schooling was at the Lady Dunn Trade School and Maritime Christian College from where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Bible in May of 1972. Ordination into the Christian ministery followed in the spring of 1973. His preaching ministery was 28 years in Montague, PEI and 8 years in Fredericton, NB. Survived by cherished brothers and sisters; Garfield (Gary) and his wife Jane; Dana; Maureen; David (Bimbo) and his wife Wendy; Belinda and her husband Robert Thorne. Cherished nieces and nephews; Drew and his wife Mireille and their children Sophia and Kate; Stephanie and her husband Shane Borthwick and their children Rowan and Reese; Craig and his wife Sarah and daughter Isla; Heidi and her husband Darren Higgins; Christa and Robert Ferguson and their children Luc and Lacy. The immediate family welcomes extended family members and friends to visitation at the Leonardville Church of Christ, November 12 from 7 pm to 9 pm. A private family service will be held at the Leonardville Church of Christ. A public service at the family lot at Calder’s Head Cemetery will take place on Sunday, November 13th, 2016 at 2:00 pm from where family will leave believing the words of the Prophet “Your dead will live, their bodies will rise, the earth will give birth to her dead”. A public reception following at the Church Hall, Leonardville. For those who wish, donations to the Bayview Christian Camp on Deer Island or to the Charlotte County Cancer Society would be appreciated by the family.