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John Hvizdak
January 1, 1929 - January 9, 2015
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<div itemprop="description">John est d&eacute;c&eacute;d&eacute; ce vendredi 9 janvier, empreint de tout l&rsquo;amour qu&rsquo;il nous a &eacute;t&eacute; possible de lui donner. <br />Venu de Tch&eacute;coslovaquie &agrave; un jeune &acirc;ge, il a v&eacute;cu des moments difficiles dans sa jeunesse. Ceux-ci lui ont permis d&rsquo;appr&eacute;cier la belle vie et les chances que le Canada lui a offertes. Interrog&eacute; sur ses origines &agrave; cause de son nom compliqu&eacute;, John r&eacute;pondait &agrave; tous : &laquo;I am Canadian!&raquo; <br />Il fut un mari exemplaire. L&rsquo;&eacute;quipe qu&rsquo;il formait avec notre m&egrave;re pendant plus de 50 ans &eacute;tait forte, belle, aimante et parfaitement compl&eacute;mentaire. Un exemple &agrave; suivre pour nous tous. <br /> <br />P&egrave;re mod&egrave;le, il veillait &agrave; nous inculquer les valeurs qui lui sont ch&egrave;res : amour, partage, respect et l&rsquo;importance de la famille. <br />Grand-p&egrave;re attentif, il a pass&eacute; des nombreuses heures avec ses petits-enfants &agrave; discuter, dessiner et partager sa passion de la philat&eacute;lie et de la numismatique. <br /> <br />Notre papa a toujours &eacute;t&eacute; tr&egrave;s actif: il jardinait beaucoup, aimait la marche et pratiquait le ski alpin. <br />Curieux, grand lecteur et f&eacute;ru d&rsquo;histoire, il avait en toute occasion une anecdote int&eacute;ressante &agrave; raconter. <br />Nous sommes tristes mais honor&eacute;s qu&rsquo;un homme si accompli ait fait partie de nos vies. Pour chacun d&rsquo;entre nous, il laissera un grand vide. <br /> <br />Son &eacute;pouse, Andr&eacute;e Cousineau; ses enfants Marie-&Eacute;laine (Michael), Denis (Manon), Fran&ccedil;ois et la chienne familiale Mia; ses petits-enfants Maxence, Candice et Alexe ainsi que sa s&oelig;ur Mary (Kurt, Mark et Caroline) conserveront tous un beau souvenir de lui. <br /> <br />Nous ne pouvons passer sous silence l&rsquo;incroyable d&eacute;vouement dont a fait preuve le personnel fantastique des soins palliatifs de l&rsquo;H&ocirc;pital Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci; merci &agrave; tous et chacun d&rsquo;entre vous pour les soins exceptionnels prodigu&eacute;s &agrave; notre p&egrave;re. <br />En m&eacute;moire de John, des dons &agrave; la Fondation Gracia seraient appr&eacute;ci&eacute;s. (fondationgracia.org) <br /> <br />Venez honorer John une derni&egrave;re fois au Salon fun&eacute;raire Armstrong-Rideau, 1640 C&ocirc;te-Vertu, Saint-Laurent, H4L 2A2, (514) 331-1104. <br />Samedi 17 janvier de 18h00 &agrave; 20h00, puis dimanche 18 janvier &agrave; compter de 12h00. Une c&eacute;l&eacute;bration de sa vie aura lieu &agrave; 14h00 au salon. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A Trekkie, Star Wars fanatic, James Bond afficionado, skiing into his seventies, unstoppable and fantastic : our father was that and so much more. His passions were many and also included stamp and coin collecting, reading, gardening and history. <br />He was a wonderful husband to our mother. For over 50 years, they were a perfect team and an example to follow. <br />Our incredible father reminded us often how important sharing and family bonds are. He was happiest when with his grand-children Maxence, Candice and Alexe or dreaming up projects with his son Fran&ccedil;ois at the cottage in Lac Simon. <br /> <br />His wife Andr&eacute;e Cousineau, his children Marie-&Eacute;laine (Michael), Denis (Manon), Fran&ccedil;ois (and the family dog Mia) as well as his sister Mary (Kurt, Mark and Caroline) will miss him terribly. <br /> <br />Family and friends will gather at Rideau-Armstrong Funeral Home, 1640 C&ocirc;te-Vertu, Saint-Laurent on Saturday January 17 from 6 :00 to 8 :00 pm and Sunday January 18 at noon. A celebration of his life will be held at 2 :00 pm. <br />Donations in his name may be made to Fondation Gracia (palliative care, Notre-Dame de la Merci Hospital.) <br /> <br />Beam him up, Scotty <br /></div>