Date de Décès: 2004-11-10
Date de Parution: 2004-11-11
Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder, ON
SMITS, Gerard At the Ottawa Civic Hospital on Wednesday, November 10, 2004. Gerard Smits of R.R.#1 Iroquois; formerly of Lancaster; age 72. Loving husband of the late Adriana P. "Jane" Vloet. Dear father of Donna (Robert) Pease of White Rock, B.C., David (Dawn) of Summerstown, Alma (Kevin) Scully of Waterloo, Bonnie (Chris) McCall of Brantford and Gerry of Owen Sound. Dear brother of Jo of Toronto, Broer (Mary) of North Bay, Mia (Theo) Beentjes of Ottawa, Paula (Henk) DeKemp of Ottawa, Diny (Henk) Vandenakker of Ottawa, and Harry (Genia) of Windsor. Opa will be sadly missed by grandchildren Madeline, Nicholas, and Katherine Pease, Garret and Evan Smits, Keelin, Mairead and Sjaan Scully, Adriana and Samuel McCall and Jordan Smits. Predeceased by a brother Tony and sisters Toos Vandenberg, Greta Wygergangs and Jet Vandenberg. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Williamsburg (535-2339), on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Knights of Columbus service will be held on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Morrisburg on Friday, November 12th at 11 a.m. Interment St. Mary's Cemetery, Chesterville. Donations to the Ottawa Heart Institute or the Heart & Stroke Foundation would be gratefully acknowledged by the family. - 11/11/2004 - ID5180854