Henry Abram Rempel
b. February 22, 1947 in Nipawin Saskatchewan
Married thrice, had a Dau on first marriage
m2. Californian nurse
m3. 19 Aug 1977 BL Barraclough
separated the summer of 1997, never legally divorced.
d.October 1, 2017 Nelson British Columbia
Parents: Jake Rempel
Henry Abram Rempel
Henry was born 22 February 1947 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, third child of Jake and Christina (Derksen) Kusy. (m2. Steve Kusy #207807713). He died in Nelson, British Columbia on 01 October 2017.
Henry is survived by his daughter, Anita Rempel & first born child Lisa (Corey) Friesen; grandchildren, Lu, Jerilyn and Travis; his mother, Chris Kusy; sisters Kathe, Martha, Janet, Elizabeth, Jolly, and brothers Gordon, Barry and Ritchie, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends. Henry was predeceased by his son Daniel Craig Rempel, father Jake Rempel and brothers Isaac and Bruce.
A Celebration of Life will be held in The Common Room at Abbey Manor in Kaslo, BC, on 21 October 2017 at 1:00 pm.
Interment of ashes in Kaslo Cemetery
following the service
**********
Officiant: Lawrence Campbell
Henry Abram Rempel, age 70, of Nelson, BC, died of a heart attack in his residence on 01 October 2017. He was born to Jake and Christina (Derksen) Rempel, 22 February 1947 in Nipawin Union Hospital..
Henry's first five years were rather uneventful, mostly spent playing with his siblings and exploring accessible parts of his parents' quarter section in Ratner, Saskatchewan, and socializing with numerous cousins at family gatherings. In the early fall of 1952 his life changed. His father went West to look for employment and he, with his mother and siblings, moved briefly to Nipawin, to an area known as Moccasin Flats. Here he had an experience which fueled a lifelong thirst for adventure. His older siblings were in school and his three sisters too young for an active boy to play with, so when a teenager approached him in the yard and encouraged Henry to come with him, he happily agreed.
His mother quickly realized Henry was missing and began a frantic but fruitless search. He came home some four hours later, all fine and happy, with tales of being kidnapped. And most exciting of all had been crossing the Mighty North Saskatchewan River on the railroad trestle! He didn't realize how extremely dangerous a situation that had been but his mother did.
A few weeks later his father sent funds for the family to move to British Columbia. Here Henry lived, in many different areas, for most of the rest of his life. He attended elementary school in East Blackpool, and later high school in Clearwater. But Henry did have a strong thirst for adventure always and also lived for a time in the '70s in Hawaii, Mexico, and California. He may have stayed in California where he settled down and even married a second time, his first marriage had ended in divorce, but he was eventually caught working without a green card and deported back to Canada. He came back to BC but in later years spent time in Alberta.
Henry had many good qualities but two very outstanding ones: a generous, helping nature, and a strong work ethic. He willingly gave his time, back and expertise if asked. If one needed help such as moving home or hauling wild meat out of the forest, he was your man. He also enjoyed fixing cars and there didn't seem to be a vehicle he couldn't revive even if all others had given up. One had only to ask. If one needed a loan 'until payday', he was happy to oblige. When he had leisure time he really enjoyed fishing.
For Henry, work was of primary importance, he was lost if he wasn't occupied. He worked at an amazing variety of jobs. His first job was as a preteen, trapping and selling the furs of squirrels and weasels. Checking traplines with brother one winter day his brother's gun accidently discharged and he was shot in the back, near the spine. The bullet ricocheted throughout his body. That he survived the damage and the hundred mile journey to the hospital was a miracle. The prognosis was that he would never walk again, but of course he did, and more.
As a teen he began his working life in a small local sawmill, then went on to work in the forest as a logger in various positions. He enjoyed bartending in various hotels in Kamloops in his early 20s, until the night an irate customer entered the bar where he was working and drew a gun. Luckily Henry was only shot in the shoulder but decided to leave Kamloops, moved briefly to Nelson and then to Quesnel late 1969. He moved to the lower mainland in the early seventies and found employment as a longshoreman. The years rolled on, he married again and settled down as a truck driver. He eventually began working for DCT Chambers Trucking as a driver, then bought his own truck. Shortly afterward he bought a second truck and employed a driver for it. He loved driving, especially the long hauls deep into the Southern US. But because of personal circumstances his whole life fell apart in the mid 90s and he lost everything. He moved to Alberta in 1998 and found employment much to his liking, horse logging. He loved horses.
Accidents plagued Henry. To name a few: a choker chain snapped deep into the side of his head, narrowly missing his eye; a long pavement slide during a motorcycle accident tore the skin from his back; and his pelvis cracked when a large truck slipped off of its jacks. He also experienced a few heart attacks, had open heart surgery, and four years ago an operation for prostate cancer. Rheumatoid Arthritis eventually destroyed his joints and made any of his previous employments impossible, so for a time he packaged potatoes for a farm in Grand Forks. His last years of employment were spent standing on roadways as a flagger, but even opportunities for this became fewer and fewer and eventually, in his mid-sixties he was forced to retire completely.
If Henry had a soundtrack for his life, Hank Williams would sing and play for the first half, the rest would be the music of Johnny Cash. His two musical favorites.
Name Henry Rempel
Cemetery Upper Protestant
Block 33
Plot 1
AGE 70
Birth Date 22/2/1924 (1947)
Death Date 1/10/2017
Interment Date 21/10/2017
b. February 22, 1947 in Nipawin Saskatchewan
Married thrice, had a Dau on first marriage
m2. Californian nurse
m3. 19 Aug 1977 BL Barraclough
separated the summer of 1997, never legally divorced.
d.October 1, 2017 Nelson British Columbia
Parents: Jake Rempel
Henry Abram Rempel
Henry was born 22 February 1947 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, third child of Jake and Christina (Derksen) Kusy. (m2. Steve Kusy #207807713). He died in Nelson, British Columbia on 01 October 2017.
Henry is survived by his daughter, Anita Rempel & first born child Lisa (Corey) Friesen; grandchildren, Lu, Jerilyn and Travis; his mother, Chris Kusy; sisters Kathe, Martha, Janet, Elizabeth, Jolly, and brothers Gordon, Barry and Ritchie, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends. Henry was predeceased by his son Daniel Craig Rempel, father Jake Rempel and brothers Isaac and Bruce.
A Celebration of Life will be held in The Common Room at Abbey Manor in Kaslo, BC, on 21 October 2017 at 1:00 pm.
Interment of ashes in Kaslo Cemetery
following the service
**********
Officiant: Lawrence Campbell
Henry Abram Rempel, age 70, of Nelson, BC, died of a heart attack in his residence on 01 October 2017. He was born to Jake and Christina (Derksen) Rempel, 22 February 1947 in Nipawin Union Hospital..
Henry's first five years were rather uneventful, mostly spent playing with his siblings and exploring accessible parts of his parents' quarter section in Ratner, Saskatchewan, and socializing with numerous cousins at family gatherings. In the early fall of 1952 his life changed. His father went West to look for employment and he, with his mother and siblings, moved briefly to Nipawin, to an area known as Moccasin Flats. Here he had an experience which fueled a lifelong thirst for adventure. His older siblings were in school and his three sisters too young for an active boy to play with, so when a teenager approached him in the yard and encouraged Henry to come with him, he happily agreed.
His mother quickly realized Henry was missing and began a frantic but fruitless search. He came home some four hours later, all fine and happy, with tales of being kidnapped. And most exciting of all had been crossing the Mighty North Saskatchewan River on the railroad trestle! He didn't realize how extremely dangerous a situation that had been but his mother did.
A few weeks later his father sent funds for the family to move to British Columbia. Here Henry lived, in many different areas, for most of the rest of his life. He attended elementary school in East Blackpool, and later high school in Clearwater. But Henry did have a strong thirst for adventure always and also lived for a time in the '70s in Hawaii, Mexico, and California. He may have stayed in California where he settled down and even married a second time, his first marriage had ended in divorce, but he was eventually caught working without a green card and deported back to Canada. He came back to BC but in later years spent time in Alberta.
Henry had many good qualities but two very outstanding ones: a generous, helping nature, and a strong work ethic. He willingly gave his time, back and expertise if asked. If one needed help such as moving home or hauling wild meat out of the forest, he was your man. He also enjoyed fixing cars and there didn't seem to be a vehicle he couldn't revive even if all others had given up. One had only to ask. If one needed a loan 'until payday', he was happy to oblige. When he had leisure time he really enjoyed fishing.
For Henry, work was of primary importance, he was lost if he wasn't occupied. He worked at an amazing variety of jobs. His first job was as a preteen, trapping and selling the furs of squirrels and weasels. Checking traplines with brother one winter day his brother's gun accidently discharged and he was shot in the back, near the spine. The bullet ricocheted throughout his body. That he survived the damage and the hundred mile journey to the hospital was a miracle. The prognosis was that he would never walk again, but of course he did, and more.
As a teen he began his working life in a small local sawmill, then went on to work in the forest as a logger in various positions. He enjoyed bartending in various hotels in Kamloops in his early 20s, until the night an irate customer entered the bar where he was working and drew a gun. Luckily Henry was only shot in the shoulder but decided to leave Kamloops, moved briefly to Nelson and then to Quesnel late 1969. He moved to the lower mainland in the early seventies and found employment as a longshoreman. The years rolled on, he married again and settled down as a truck driver. He eventually began working for DCT Chambers Trucking as a driver, then bought his own truck. Shortly afterward he bought a second truck and employed a driver for it. He loved driving, especially the long hauls deep into the Southern US. But because of personal circumstances his whole life fell apart in the mid 90s and he lost everything. He moved to Alberta in 1998 and found employment much to his liking, horse logging. He loved horses.
Accidents plagued Henry. To name a few: a choker chain snapped deep into the side of his head, narrowly missing his eye; a long pavement slide during a motorcycle accident tore the skin from his back; and his pelvis cracked when a large truck slipped off of its jacks. He also experienced a few heart attacks, had open heart surgery, and four years ago an operation for prostate cancer. Rheumatoid Arthritis eventually destroyed his joints and made any of his previous employments impossible, so for a time he packaged potatoes for a farm in Grand Forks. His last years of employment were spent standing on roadways as a flagger, but even opportunities for this became fewer and fewer and eventually, in his mid-sixties he was forced to retire completely.
If Henry had a soundtrack for his life, Hank Williams would sing and play for the first half, the rest would be the music of Johnny Cash. His two musical favorites.
Name Henry Rempel
Cemetery Upper Protestant
Block 33
Plot 1
AGE 70
Birth Date 22/2/1924 (1947)
Death Date 1/10/2017
Interment Date 21/10/2017
Henry Abram Rempel
b. February 22, 1947 in Nipawin Saskatchewan
Married thrice, had a Dau on first marriage
m2. Californian nurse
m3. 19 Aug 1977 BL Barraclough
separated the summer of 1997, never legally divorced.
d.October 1, 2017 Nelson British Columbia
Parents: Jake Rempel
Henry Abram Rempel
Henry was born 22 February 1947 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, third child of Jake and Christina (Derksen) Kusy. (m2. Steve Kusy #207807713). He died in Nelson, British Columbia on 01 October 2017.
Henry is survived by his daughter, Anita Rempel & first born child Lisa (Corey) Friesen; grandchildren, Lu, Jerilyn and Travis; his mother, Chris Kusy; sisters Kathe, Martha, Janet, Elizabeth, Jolly, and brothers Gordon, Barry and Ritchie, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends. Henry was predeceased by his son Daniel Craig Rempel, father Jake Rempel and brothers Isaac and Bruce.
A Celebration of Life will be held in The Common Room at Abbey Manor in Kaslo, BC, on 21 October 2017 at 1:00 pm.
Interment of ashes in Kaslo Cemetery
following the service
**********
Officiant: Lawrence Campbell
Henry Abram Rempel, age 70, of Nelson, BC, died of a heart attack in his residence on 01 October 2017. He was born to Jake and Christina (Derksen) Rempel, 22 February 1947 in Nipawin Union Hospital..
Henry's first five years were rather uneventful, mostly spent playing with his siblings and exploring accessible parts of his parents' quarter section in Ratner, Saskatchewan, and socializing with numerous cousins at family gatherings. In the early fall of 1952 his life changed. His father went West to look for employment and he, with his mother and siblings, moved briefly to Nipawin, to an area known as Moccasin Flats. Here he had an experience which fueled a lifelong thirst for adventure. His older siblings were in school and his three sisters too young for an active boy to play with, so when a teenager approached him in the yard and encouraged Henry to come with him, he happily agreed.
His mother quickly realized Henry was missing and began a frantic but fruitless search. He came home some four hours later, all fine and happy, with tales of being kidnapped. And most exciting of all had been crossing the Mighty North Saskatchewan River on the railroad trestle! He didn't realize how extremely dangerous a situation that had been but his mother did.
A few weeks later his father sent funds for the family to move to British Columbia. Here Henry lived, in many different areas, for most of the rest of his life. He attended elementary school in East Blackpool, and later high school in Clearwater. But Henry did have a strong thirst for adventure always and also lived for a time in the '70s in Hawaii, Mexico, and California. He may have stayed in California where he settled down and even married a second time, his first marriage had ended in divorce, but he was eventually caught working without a green card and deported back to Canada. He came back to BC but in later years spent time in Alberta.
Henry had many good qualities but two very outstanding ones: a generous, helping nature, and a strong work ethic. He willingly gave his time, back and expertise if asked. If one needed help such as moving home or hauling wild meat out of the forest, he was your man. He also enjoyed fixing cars and there didn't seem to be a vehicle he couldn't revive even if all others had given up. One had only to ask. If one needed a loan 'until payday', he was happy to oblige. When he had leisure time he really enjoyed fishing.
For Henry, work was of primary importance, he was lost if he wasn't occupied. He worked at an amazing variety of jobs. His first job was as a preteen, trapping and selling the furs of squirrels and weasels. Checking traplines with brother one winter day his brother's gun accidently discharged and he was shot in the back, near the spine. The bullet ricocheted throughout his body. That he survived the damage and the hundred mile journey to the hospital was a miracle. The prognosis was that he would never walk again, but of course he did, and more.
As a teen he began his working life in a small local sawmill, then went on to work in the forest as a logger in various positions. He enjoyed bartending in various hotels in Kamloops in his early 20s, until the night an irate customer entered the bar where he was working and drew a gun. Luckily Henry was only shot in the shoulder but decided to leave Kamloops, moved briefly to Nelson and then to Quesnel late 1969. He moved to the lower mainland in the early seventies and found employment as a longshoreman. The years rolled on, he married again and settled down as a truck driver. He eventually began working for DCT Chambers Trucking as a driver, then bought his own truck. Shortly afterward he bought a second truck and employed a driver for it. He loved driving, especially the long hauls deep into the Southern US. But because of personal circumstances his whole life fell apart in the mid 90s and he lost everything. He moved to Alberta in 1998 and found employment much to his liking, horse logging. He loved horses.
Accidents plagued Henry. To name a few: a choker chain snapped deep into the side of his head, narrowly missing his eye; a long pavement slide during a motorcycle accident tore the skin from his back; and his pelvis cracked when a large truck slipped off of its jacks. He also experienced a few heart attacks, had open heart surgery, and four years ago an operation for prostate cancer. Rheumatoid Arthritis eventually destroyed his joints and made any of his previous employments impossible, so for a time he packaged potatoes for a farm in Grand Forks. His last years of employment were spent standing on roadways as a flagger, but even opportunities for this became fewer and fewer and eventually, in his mid-sixties he was forced to retire completely.
If Henry had a soundtrack for his life, Hank Williams would sing and play for the first half, the rest would be the music of Johnny Cash. His two musical favorites.
Name Henry Rempel
Cemetery Upper Protestant
Block 33
Plot 1
AGE 70
Birth Date 22/2/1924 (1947)
Death Date 1/10/2017
Interment Date 21/10/2017
b. February 22, 1947 in Nipawin Saskatchewan
Married thrice, had a Dau on first marriage
m2. Californian nurse
m3. 19 Aug 1977 BL Barraclough
separated the summer of 1997, never legally divorced.
d.October 1, 2017 Nelson British Columbia
Parents: Jake Rempel
Henry Abram Rempel
Henry was born 22 February 1947 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, third child of Jake and Christina (Derksen) Kusy. (m2. Steve Kusy #207807713). He died in Nelson, British Columbia on 01 October 2017.
Henry is survived by his daughter, Anita Rempel & first born child Lisa (Corey) Friesen; grandchildren, Lu, Jerilyn and Travis; his mother, Chris Kusy; sisters Kathe, Martha, Janet, Elizabeth, Jolly, and brothers Gordon, Barry and Ritchie, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends. Henry was predeceased by his son Daniel Craig Rempel, father Jake Rempel and brothers Isaac and Bruce.
A Celebration of Life will be held in The Common Room at Abbey Manor in Kaslo, BC, on 21 October 2017 at 1:00 pm.
Interment of ashes in Kaslo Cemetery
following the service
**********
Officiant: Lawrence Campbell
Henry Abram Rempel, age 70, of Nelson, BC, died of a heart attack in his residence on 01 October 2017. He was born to Jake and Christina (Derksen) Rempel, 22 February 1947 in Nipawin Union Hospital..
Henry's first five years were rather uneventful, mostly spent playing with his siblings and exploring accessible parts of his parents' quarter section in Ratner, Saskatchewan, and socializing with numerous cousins at family gatherings. In the early fall of 1952 his life changed. His father went West to look for employment and he, with his mother and siblings, moved briefly to Nipawin, to an area known as Moccasin Flats. Here he had an experience which fueled a lifelong thirst for adventure. His older siblings were in school and his three sisters too young for an active boy to play with, so when a teenager approached him in the yard and encouraged Henry to come with him, he happily agreed.
His mother quickly realized Henry was missing and began a frantic but fruitless search. He came home some four hours later, all fine and happy, with tales of being kidnapped. And most exciting of all had been crossing the Mighty North Saskatchewan River on the railroad trestle! He didn't realize how extremely dangerous a situation that had been but his mother did.
A few weeks later his father sent funds for the family to move to British Columbia. Here Henry lived, in many different areas, for most of the rest of his life. He attended elementary school in East Blackpool, and later high school in Clearwater. But Henry did have a strong thirst for adventure always and also lived for a time in the '70s in Hawaii, Mexico, and California. He may have stayed in California where he settled down and even married a second time, his first marriage had ended in divorce, but he was eventually caught working without a green card and deported back to Canada. He came back to BC but in later years spent time in Alberta.
Henry had many good qualities but two very outstanding ones: a generous, helping nature, and a strong work ethic. He willingly gave his time, back and expertise if asked. If one needed help such as moving home or hauling wild meat out of the forest, he was your man. He also enjoyed fixing cars and there didn't seem to be a vehicle he couldn't revive even if all others had given up. One had only to ask. If one needed a loan 'until payday', he was happy to oblige. When he had leisure time he really enjoyed fishing.
For Henry, work was of primary importance, he was lost if he wasn't occupied. He worked at an amazing variety of jobs. His first job was as a preteen, trapping and selling the furs of squirrels and weasels. Checking traplines with brother one winter day his brother's gun accidently discharged and he was shot in the back, near the spine. The bullet ricocheted throughout his body. That he survived the damage and the hundred mile journey to the hospital was a miracle. The prognosis was that he would never walk again, but of course he did, and more.
As a teen he began his working life in a small local sawmill, then went on to work in the forest as a logger in various positions. He enjoyed bartending in various hotels in Kamloops in his early 20s, until the night an irate customer entered the bar where he was working and drew a gun. Luckily Henry was only shot in the shoulder but decided to leave Kamloops, moved briefly to Nelson and then to Quesnel late 1969. He moved to the lower mainland in the early seventies and found employment as a longshoreman. The years rolled on, he married again and settled down as a truck driver. He eventually began working for DCT Chambers Trucking as a driver, then bought his own truck. Shortly afterward he bought a second truck and employed a driver for it. He loved driving, especially the long hauls deep into the Southern US. But because of personal circumstances his whole life fell apart in the mid 90s and he lost everything. He moved to Alberta in 1998 and found employment much to his liking, horse logging. He loved horses.
Accidents plagued Henry. To name a few: a choker chain snapped deep into the side of his head, narrowly missing his eye; a long pavement slide during a motorcycle accident tore the skin from his back; and his pelvis cracked when a large truck slipped off of its jacks. He also experienced a few heart attacks, had open heart surgery, and four years ago an operation for prostate cancer. Rheumatoid Arthritis eventually destroyed his joints and made any of his previous employments impossible, so for a time he packaged potatoes for a farm in Grand Forks. His last years of employment were spent standing on roadways as a flagger, but even opportunities for this became fewer and fewer and eventually, in his mid-sixties he was forced to retire completely.
If Henry had a soundtrack for his life, Hank Williams would sing and play for the first half, the rest would be the music of Johnny Cash. His two musical favorites.
Name Henry Rempel
Cemetery Upper Protestant
Block 33
Plot 1
AGE 70
Birth Date 22/2/1924 (1947)
Death Date 1/10/2017
Interment Date 21/10/2017
Gravesite Details
Shared small plot 4 or 5 of them into two plots. ashes above coffins.
Ashes interred Oct 21 2017
Interment Date: 21/10/2017
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