In Memory of

Bernard

Victor

Noel

Obituary for Bernard Victor Noel

MY APOLOGIES IF I MISSED ANYONE.



NOEL: BERNARD (BERNIE) V.

1941-11-16 – 2023-06-08



AFTER A LENGHY ILLNESS OF C.O.P.D. AND PNEUMONIA, Bernie SLIPPED QUIETLY AWAY AT EAGLE RIDGE HOSPITAL SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS MOTHER SOPHIE ,FATHER ADELARD. STEP FATHER VINCE, BROTHER AL(LINDA) MARCEL (BARB) AND SISTER DENISE (KENNETH).

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARTNER OF 43 YEARS, MARGE KROEKER, SON SHAYNE NOEL (LYNNETTE) AND GRANDCHILDREN MARIN,MITCHELL, JAYNE, ETHAN, GABRIEL AND AHMBER.

BERNIE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW WESTMINSTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC AND WARANTY TECH FOR 33 YEARS AT FINNING TRACTOR IN VANCOUVER AND BRIEFLY IN PRINCE GEORGE AND A STINT IN FT. MCMURREY AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. BERNIES PASSION WAS SALMON FISHING AND WAS WELL KNOWN AND APPRECIATED FOR HIS SMOKED SALMON. HIS DREAM WAS TO VISIT AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, SPAIN, MORROCO AND PORTUGAL WHICH HE DID AFTER RETIRING. FOR MANY YEARS HE HAD A STANDING TUESDAY DATE AT STARBUCKS WITH OTHER RETIRED FINNING EMPLOYEES.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS TO YOUR FAVOURITE CHARITY WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE