Patrick James Hanley
1951-2019
The passing of Patrick James Hanley, husband of Debbie Elizabeth
(Simpson) Hanley of Back Bay NB occurred on January 19, 2019 at the
Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John NB with his family by his
side. Born in Blacks Harbour NB on July 26, 1951, he was a son of the
late Whitman and Thelma (McVicar) Hanley. A loving and devoted
husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, in addition to his
wife Debbie, Pat is survived by his children: Michael (Leona) Hanley
of Grand Prairie AB, Jamie (Ruth) Hanley of Kitchener ON, Cory
(Amanda) Hanley of Guelph ON and Amanda Hanley of Victoria BC; his
cherished grandchildren: Nicole, Shayla, Isaac, Michael, Jonis,
Ashlynn, Conner, Megan, Emily and Braden; one step-granddaughter:
Felicity; a great-grandson on the way; his brother: Owen (Kim) Hanley
of St. George NB; his sister: Iris (Wayne) Matheson also of St. George
NB; one sister-in-law: Judy Hanley of St. Andrews NB; his favourite
four legged friends: Candy and Zoie; and several nieces, nephews and
many cousins. In addition to his parents, Pat was predeceased by one
brother: Dennis Hanley.
To know Pat was to love Pat. Married to Debbie in March of 1975, they
quickly settled into family life together. Pat was a meat cutter for
many years and then decided he would like to try truck driving. He
started out in Nova Scotia driving lobsters to New York then moved to
Ontario and drove truck hauling groceries to Toronto for Grant
Transport for approximately 15 years. Then he and Debbie moved back
east and resided in Sus so they could be closer to their mothers in
their later years. Finally, roughly 14 years ago they settled into
Back Bay. Pat worked for three years for Jeremy Smith and last year
worked in Ontario driving a gravel truck for Steed and Evans. During
this time, Pat`s health started to deteriorate. With a diagnoses
of Rheumatoid Arthritis, he spent both this past Christmas and New
Years in hospital and then sadly got the news he had a brain tumor. He
fought hard and went into surgery on January 4 but on January 19 he
went home to be with the Lord. Pat gave his heart to the Lord in
February of 2001 and was faithful to the day he passed. He was a
member of the Sea View Full Gospel Church in Back Bay. Debbie and Pat
were very much in love and best friends. They went and did everything
together. She will miss him dearly and he will always be in her heart
but the family as a whole can rejoice in knowing where Pat is and is
no longer suffering. His sense of humor, smile and willingness to help
his friends will truly be missed.
Arrangements in the care of the St. George Funeral Home (755-3533) 26
Portage Street, St. George NB. Resting at the Sea View Full Gospel
Church on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. The service will be held at
the church on Thursday at 2:00 pm with Rev. Randy Crozier officiating.
The interment will be held at the St. George Rural Cemetery in the
spring. In Pat`s memory, donations to the NB Heart & Stroke
Foundation or to the Arthritis Society would be appreciated by the
family.
www.stgeorgefh.ca
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Death notice for the town of: St-George, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick