At his home in Keenensville in his 78th year, the husband of Donna Pattenden. He was the father of Joanne and Jim VanHoogevest, Brian, Beth and Russ Popel, Keith, Chris and Pamela. He was the brother of Ralph and Gladys, Joe and Neem, Bob and Gloria, Fran (the late Roy) Tindall, Bruce and Carol, Agnes (the late Orval) Leitch, and predeceased by Marie Spang, Archie and Doug Forfar. Funeral service was held in the Rod Abrams Funeral Chapel, Tottenham on April 27th, 2006 followed by cremation.