Dale Geldart
1939-2016
Dale Everette Geldart, 77, of Upper Coverdale
passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at the Moncton
Hospital.
Born in Nixon, he was the son of the late Everette
and Nora (Wilson) Geldart.
Dad lived 1 day past his 77th birthday. It may come
as a shock to hear of his passing, as he wasn’t known to be
an ill man. However throughout the past year, his health had
declined and an official diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s
Disease) was made only hours before his passing this
week.
Dad has had many different chapters in his
life. He was married to Helen Pellerin (Sue’s
mother) for 2 years until her early death in 1969. He worked most of
his life as a signal repairman for CNR, which took him to Newfoundland
where he met our mom, Margie in Clarenville and brought her home to NB
where they had myself (Shelli) and Jason.
Besides work, Dad’s interests have
included working at the firewood, raising his own foxes, snowmobiling,
woodworking, hunting and fishing. He loved Newfoundland and
our family there so much that we never took a family vacation
elsewhere growing up. It is a very special place for all of
us and we love our family and friends on « The Rock ». Dad was
always up for a game of crib – beating me most recently in the
hospital for our last 2 games. He and Mom spent much of
their social life with a group of close friends playing cards at each
other’s house. They were as close as family to
us.
Since Mom’s passing in 2005, this last
chapter of his life has brought new friends into his life.
They range from fishing buddies, to his wood buddies, to simply
friends in his life that he considered as close as family.
Know that your friendship meant so very much to him, and to
us.
Besides his parents and Mom, he was predeceased by
4 siblings: Winston, Wayne, Sharon and Joan. He is survived
by 3 siblings: Wade (Elaine) of Keswick Ridge, Ronald of Turtle Creek,
and Nancy Flinn (Tony) of Woodstock. Also his children Sue
Scribner (Kevin) of Sussex, myself Shelli (Denis Collette) and Jason
(Jenn Bourque) both of Salisbury and all of our families, which
include 10 grandkids and 3 great-grandkids will miss him
dearly.
Family will receive relatives and friends at the
Salisbury Funeral Home, 3350 Salisbury Road (372-4800) on Thursday,
December 22 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm. There will be a
private family service at a later date.
If desired, donations to a local food bank, in his
memory would be appreciated by the family.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Dale Geldart – 1939-2016.source

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