Gerald Latham (64) March 18th, 2018, loving and adoring spouse of Anne (Burgess); father of Daniel, Mark, and Michael; foster father, father figure, and mentor of Stephen Howatt (son Alex), Samantha Reid (Jacob Savoie and daughter Ariel), TJ Hurshman; and several other lads who passed through his home. Predeceased by his mother, Helen Elizabeth Latham.
Gerald was born in Halifax, July 16, 1953. Finding himself on his own at 15, he continued school, supporting himself through several part-time retail positions.
Realizing he needed to be a bigger part of something, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1972 where he developed an everlasting love for the sea and ships. When it was discovered he had a genetic eye disorder, Chorioderemia, he was given a Medical Discharge in 1977.
For the next 8 years he worked in retail and security. Wanting to start a family, he realized he needed a profession he could do well and in 1985 entered the Maritime School of Social Work, graduating October 1988. He started in the Social Work field fall of 1988 with the County of Halifax and continued through the amalgamation with the Province of Nova Scotia where he was well respected, admired and thought of. He left on long-term disability in 2010 when his sight was nearly gone.
Gerald suffered a stroke in May 2014 and was diagnosed with a very progressive early onset of Alzheimer in October 2015. He continued his live's journey with great dignity, humility, kindness, respectfulness for all around and cared for him.
A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, March 23, 2018 at 2:00 - 4:00 PM at J.A. Snow Funeral, 339 Lacewood Dr, Halifax, NS. This is informal so please come and share any remembrances or stories of Gerald you would like to share.
Please make donations to the Alzheimer's Society of Nova Scotia or CureCHM.org (Cure Chorioderemia), Canadian chapter.
SHARE OBITUARY
v.1.8.18