With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Ernest (Ernie) Roy Connolly on February 27th, 2022, at the age 87.
Born on August 27th, 1934, in Kamloops B.C., he grew up the youngest of 6 in Upper Deadman (Criss Creek), Monte Lake and Kamloops. As a teenager he worked for his Uncle Stewart Johnson’s Ranch next to the Casa Grande in Upper Deadman and his sister Margret and her husband Stuart Morison’s Ranch in Knutsford. After a short time in the military, he started his fulltime career driving commercial transport.
In 1967 he met the love of his life Diane, they raised 4 children together, Donalda, Coleen, Lyle (Monique) and Michael (Erika). In 1970, the family moved to Pinantan Lake, where they resided until 1989. After leaving Pinantan, Ernie and Diane moved to Westsyde, Kamloops. Ernie loved his family, music (playing his bass guitar and jamming with friends), motorcycles, snowmobiles, woodworking and playing horseshoes (often traveling with his family to tournaments). Ernie and Diane would pack up the R.V. and the kids most weekends and head out camping to Adams Lake (Bush Creek), where they played horseshoes and dirt biked all weekend.
Ernie worked 35 years driving truck, operating equipment for Plateau Construction at Lafarge cement plant. After retiring from Lafarge, Ernie found retirement boring and started to drive truck again till he was 75. Ernie is survived by his loving wife Diane, the 4 children they raised together and his 3 daughters from his previous marriages, Debbie (Art), Michelle (Rod) and his youngest daughter Sherry, 14 Grand Children, 11 Great Grand Children (with 2 more on the way). He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him.
There will be a celebration of life on June 18, 2022 @ Dreamscape Ranch 6200 Long Lake Road, Knutsford B.C. starting at 2:00pm.
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Death notice for the town of: Kamloops, Province: Colombie britanique