At the age of 97 years has passed away in Xàbia, Don Juan Bover, husband of Doña Ramona Fernández de Palencia. Father of 8 sons, 4 males and 4 females. The burning chapel is installed in his house in Puchol. The funeral will take place, this Friday, at 18 hours in the parish of Sant Bertomeu.
Juan Bover was born in Xábia on 1920, he was from the fifth of "feeding bottle", as he points out to us. Juan, one of his children. He was a graduate in Philosophy and Letters but never exercised, he was president of the Jesús Nazareno Agricultural Cooperative and president of the Brotherhood of Labradors and Ranchers.
He published a couple of articles in the Saitabi magazine about the history of Jávea and in the 80s he built the Camping Jávea, contributing to the tourist boom of Xàbia. Her son Juan. He has told us that he was a very shy person and very committed in matters of Xàbia. They offered him in the days of Franco to be mayor and he rejected him, he did not want any political office.
One of his great dislikes took it with the dissolution of the Cooperative, he fought so that workers and investors would not lose money. His wife, Ramona Fernández de Palencia, is the president of the women's fraternity of Jesús Nazareno, and promoter of the Day Center of Xàbia.
Rest in peace, Juan Bover.
