Obituary of Gerard J. ‘Gerry’ Short
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved Gerry in the presence of his loving wife at his home on Friday, March 11, at the age of 58 years.
Predeceased by parents: Gerard and Sadie; brother: Gregory; two infant siblings; father-in-law: Andrew Woodfine; sister-in-law: Bernadine (Austin) Power.
Leaving to mourn, wife: Patricia; two daughters: Colleen (Des) Ryan, Ontario and Jodie-Lynn (Jason) Hopkins, Brownsdale; two grandsons: Logan and Hudson; three brothers: Joe (Linda), Randy (Donine), both of Carbonear, and Sam, Cambridge, ON; three sisters: Mary Short, Edmonton, AB, Lucille (Bob) White, Harbour Grace, and Charmaine (Tim) O’Leary, Kitchener, ON; mother-in-law: Josephine Woodfine, St. John’s; brothers-in-law: Felix (Bonnie) Woodfine, Victoria, BC and Ron (Peggy) Woodfine, Torbay; sisters-in-law: Joanne Woodfine, Paradise and Margaret (Steve) Delaney, Mount Pearl; special friend: Benedict Hurley, Kingston; also a large number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Visitation at Noel’s Funeral Home, Main Highway, Western Bay on Monday, March 14 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Funeral service to take place on Tuesday, March 15 at 11:00 a.m. from Noel’s Memorial Chapel, Western Bay.
The family respectfully ask for masks to be worn during the visitation and funeral service.
A celebration of life gathering to be held at Salem Community Centre, Small Point following the service from 12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 1037 Topsail Rd, Mount Pearl, NL, A1N 5E9, online at heartandstroke.ca or North Shore Central Ambulance, P.O. Box 159, Broad Cove, NL, A0A 1L0 or charity of one’s choice.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Gerard J ‘Gerry’
Short 1963 2022..
Death notice for the town of: Carbonear, Province: T-N
My sincere condolences to family and friends, may he Rest In Peace and a big thanks to Gerry for introducing The Jigs dinner to me
Just found out , worked with Gerry on a few different projects . He was always good for a laugh and had some great chats . Always talked about his grandkids and 2 daughters and his wife . He was so proud of them all . He was a very good heavy duty mechanic with a can do attitude . RIP Gerry you were taken to a young .