GORDON LEONARD DICK

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GORDON LEONARD DICK October 11, 1950 - February 1, 2005 Gordon leaves to mourn his wife Mary; sons, Jason, Dion, Shane, Eddie; daughter Shauna; stepson Dwayne; stepdaughter Olivia; foster children, Cory and Carl Crane; mom Mary; brothers, Toby (Christine), Eli (Kathy), John (Eleanor), Dennis (Veronica), Glen (Joan), Andy (Tina); sisters, Maria (Marcel), Fanny (George), Florence (Marcel), Lucy (Stephen), Darlene (Raymond), Lillian (Alec), Caroline (William); grandchildren; Godchildren; mother-in-law Miriam Chartier; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Kenneth (Loretta), Clarence, Collin (Teresa), Ralph (Maureen), Randy (Bernadette), Robert, Derek; Margaret, Flora (Donnie), Rita (Claude), Beatrice (Philip); uncle Samson Dick; auntie Lucy Napekisik; numerous nieces; nephews; friends and relatives; and numerous extended family. Prayers and visitation was held Wednesday, February 2, 7:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Hemauer Funeral Home, The Pas with a Service in The Pas, Thursday, February 3, 11:00 a.m. at Christ Church Anglican with Ven. Grahme Spear presiding. A Wake Service was held Thursday, February 3 at the Peter Beardy Memorial Centre, Grand Rapids First Nation, MB. The funeral service was held Friday, February 4, 1:00 p.m. at St. James Anglican Church, Grand Rapids with Rev. Melvin Cook presiding. Interment took place in St. John's Cemetery, Grand Rapids. Hemauer Funeral Home, The Pas, in care of arrangements. When Death Comes Death will be gentle with me. Like an old friend dropping in to see me and asking me to come along for a stroll towards the sun. I will not hesitate to entrust myself into his company. I will not pause in my steps to look back or perhaps it will come as I am sitting in my soft chair wrapped in my blanket. I will not sigh so that the others can go on with their business thinking me to be asleep. I will know then what I always suspected that death is not a mystery but a guide to birth. Birth-everything begins with it, child, plant, river, earth, sun and stars. That which we do not see or hear. The Spirit of Life that some do fear. By Chief Dan George

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 18, 2005