Date de Décès: 2003-03-25
Date de Parution: 2003-03-27
Source: The Gazette, Montréal, QC
Passed away at home on March 25, 2003. Born in Montreal in 1921, he served with the Royal Canadian Regiment in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and the British Isles during the Second World War. Worked in the composing room of the Montreal Star for thirty-three years and the Montreal Gazette for eleven, retiring in 1990. Beloved husband of Laura Braley (nee Chisholm) and the late Doris Braley (nee Wright). He is survived by two brothers, David and Russell, and two sisters, Avril (Bingham) and Heather. He is predeceased by brother Raymond. Proud father of Rae (Bunny) Holden, Doris (Dodie) Gibson and her husband David, Leslie, Frederic and his wife Catherine, and Richard and his wife Heather. Loving stepfather of Peter and his wife Alison, Michael, Derek and his wife Sandra, Carolyn and her husband Craig, and Neil and his wife Eileen. Loving grandfather of thirteen, step-grandfather of eleven, and great-grandfather of one. Friends will be received at J.J. Cardinal Funeral Home, 560 Lakeshore Drive. Dorval, 514-631-1511 on Friday March 28, 2003 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral will be held in the chapel of the funeral home Saturday March 29 at 11 a.m. Special thanks to the Montreal General Palliative Care Unit, Lachine CLSC and the St. Anne and District Branch of the V.O.N. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the V.O.N. at 422 Beaconsfield Blvd., Beaconsfield, H9W 4B7.