Dennis John OLIVER (1932 – 2017)
Name
Dennis John OliverGender
MaleBirthdate
13 August 1932Birthplace
WanganuiMarriage(s)
1956
Date of death
22 March 2017Parents
- William Oliver (1903-1978)
- Irene Joyce (Joyce) Oliver, nee Gilling (27/9/1907-1990)
Partner(s)
Children
- Robert Oliver
- Richard Oliver
- Shelley Oliver
Primary education
Hawera Primary SchoolSecondary education
Hawera High SchoolTertiary education
University of the South Pacific, Massey UniversityRelated records
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Biography
Dennis came to Hawke’s Bay to rescue the YMCA which was in financial strife, setting up many youth-centred programmes aimed at getting young men into the workforce. He spent many years in Fiji and Samoa where he set up these programmes originally, with a view to bringing the Islands into the modern world. He also ran the development of U3A in Hawke’s Bay.
His father was from Cornwall, lived in Wanganui; older sister Laureen; maternal grandmother Janie Trerise from Cornwall; lived in Hawera from 1937 onwards
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