Percy Paul Verreault

November 14, 1936 – October 5, 2013

 

On Saturday October 5th Percy Verreault of Oliver passed away peacefully at the South Okanagan General Hospital at the age of 76 years.

He was predeceased by his father Raoul, mother Susanna and brother Paul.

Percy will be fondly remembered by his loving family including wife Sharri, sons Dwight and Duane and seven grandchildren.

Arrangements entrusted to Nunes-Pottinger Funeral Service & Crematorium

 

The man I knew for fifteen minutes

I knew he must have been special long before I actually met him.

That was because I knew his wife. I had known Sharri for a half a decade or so, as she is  the woman  who is  my mothers caretaker.

A very kind, practical and always ready to help kind  of woman,  and because of this,  I knew the man who  stole her heart so many years ago must have something special. During the times we would  see each other ,  she would in passing tell stories of her history.

Little snipits, snapshots if you will,  of her husband and their lives together.

None of them boastful or the kind used to impress, they were just what they were,  matter of  fact stories.

The tales of flying around the central BC, the days of rodeo with the McLean clan and those alike, the life time of horse chiropractoring , a rare gift and a life saver to many Man’s best friends.

I always thought,  this was a  man I’d like to met someday.  The kind of man you imagined who could easily make one  feel lacking.

It wasn’t until he fell ill a few years ago,  I went to SOGH to say hello and meet him for the first time. It was like I had known him for 100 years, like he was welcoming an old friend . We spoke of his airplane days and you could see,   behind our conversation the  memories of long ago twinkling in his eyes.

In the  fifteen minutes during which our two lives were spent together, two strangers,  two men from different  generations and nothing more than a casual chat , I had met an incredible, humble man of honour.

Percy Paul Verreault passed away Oct 3 2013 and the world lost another good man.

God speed

Chris Jentsch