BOLAND, Harley Gordon - 84, of Bangs Falls, Queens County, passed away June 1st, 2011 in Queens General Hospital, Liverpool after a short battle with cancer. Harley was born June 18, 1926 in Bangs Falls and was a son of the late Roger K. and Hazel A. (Layboldt) Boland. Harley worked hard all his life to provide for his wife Mary and their children. Over the years he worked in the woods and was a grader/snow plow operator for the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and later became a school bus driver from which he retired. Harley enjoyed the outdoors and in his earlier years was an avid fisherman and hunter as well as maintaining the family homestead raising cattle, pigs, chickens and every year planted a successful garden He always seemed to have a Ford truck and treated it well. He had many good friends and loved nothing better than a visit with family and friends. He is survived by his wife of 65 years Mary (Sutherland); daughter Virginia (Peter) Stafford of Red Deer, AB; daughter-in-law Linda Boland-Uhlman of Bangs Falls. Grandchildren Sherri (Rudy) Hebrang of Bangs Falls; Nicole (John) Cross of Wilmot, NS; Stephanie (Corey) Tracy of Toronto, ON; Justin (Kelly) Stafford of Red Deer, AB. Eight great-grandchildren all who affectionately knew him as “Bumpy”; Sister Jean (Clyde) Uhlman of Chelsea. Brother Linkard (Elizabeth) of Mersey Point. He was predeceased by his son James; Sisters Belva Brown and Ruth Walsh and Brother Grover. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Chandlers’ Funeral Home, Liverpool. A graveside funeral service was held June 6th in South Brookfield Community Cemetery. Donations may be made to Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia or the Canadian Cancer Society. Online condolences may be made to www.chandlersfuneral.com