CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER FRANCIS YOUNG (CHRIS)

Condolences & Memories (3 entries)

• I worked with Chris for 10 years. Boundless friendly energy. Happiest guy to talk to first thing in the morning. Great sense of humour coupled with a caring honest personality. My customers always spoke highly of his work ethic and how he always fixed issues. I will miss his personality and kind words. - Posted by: Dave Belford (Friend) on: Jun 08, 2021

• I met Chris in the early 90s through mutual friends and immediately took to him. We had similar taste in music, film, literature, humour. I enjoyed every second with him because of his joie de vivre and his sense of humour. He was immediately and completely a brother to me. When the chance came to invite him into our band we jumped at it. Despite him being a guitar player he was incredibly enthusiastic to play bass with us. We were well aware of his skill and professionalism. He brought an energy and excitement to us that rejuvenated us and changed our band entirely. We still reflect these days on how he approached going on stage with more eagerness and positivity than some of us could muster at the time, and it influenced us in such an impactful way. He made me appreciate those times more than I had in the past and I thank him forever for bringing me back to life in that respect. We eventually ended up living together in the “band house” with our bandmate Darren, and our pals Pat and Cory. Countless and continuous fun, wild and strange times happened there. I reflect on those times as absolutely hilarious and some of the funniest of my life. I thank him for that. We teased him a lot for his idiosyncrasies but it was always out of love. We joked a lot about how on a week/work night, he would wake up at 3:00 or 4:00 am, turn on the tv, have a cigarette, then go back to bed. The energy he shared was palpable, and made an impression on us all. Around this time he also did me the honour of introducing me to this cousin Rebecca, whom under these unfortunate circumstances, I am convinced he has a part in reintroducing me to, and am grateful for that. We also ended up working together in parts delivery for a while after the house, and I can totally recall around this time when he met Steph, and the gleam in his eye when he mentioned her. He was convinced even early on that she would change his life and she did in the most amazing ways. When I moved back to Winnipeg in 2015 he was one of the first people I saw again, and we went to see Sicario in the theatre shortly after. I will forever cherish that movie for that experience, and for his expressed appreciation of it. A little later after that I bought his bass amp from him and now will never forget the time I spent with him at the house when we loaded it into my car and sat around and chatted a bit. With this, I truly regret not spending more time with him in recent years, or getting the chance to. I could write so much more. Like Angie has written, he was cool. He is cool. I honour, respect and love him eternally. Until I see you again, brother. - Posted by: Jeff LaPlante (Friend) on: Jun 06, 2021

• I wish my deepest my deepest condolences on the loss of such a great human being. It was an honor to have him as a friend, even as time lapses as we follow are own paths, Chris was always on my mind and heart... - Posted by: Rui correia (Friend) on: Jun 05, 2021