William “Allison” Darke
1943-2022
Peacefully at the Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John
NB, on July 11, 2022, with his beloved wife Cynthia and his family by
his side, Mr. William “Allison” Darke passed away and joined
his Lord and Saviour. Born at St. Stephen NB on June 20, 1943, he was
a son of the late William and Alice (Leland) Darke. A loving husband,
step father, chosen father, brother and friend, in addition to his
beloved Cynthia, he is survived by three chosen children including
David Thomas; step daughter: Heidi (Dwayne) Ward of Burnt Ridge NB;
chosen and step grandchildren: Kristal McCoy (Chris White) and
Jacqueline McCoy (Andrew); chosen and step great-grandchildren:
Bohdan, Skyler, Johan, Denica and Brodie; one sister: Elizabeth
“Beth” Darke of Lambertville NB; chosen father-in-law: Keith
Stuart of Lambertville NB; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides his parents; he was predceased by his first wife, May Darke;
one brother Gregg; one sister: Donna; and by one step-son: Daniel
Bertaux.
Prior to his retirement, Allison served with the US Navy for
20 years, retiring as Chief Petty Officer. Allison and Cynthia spent
most of their time together traveling. They traveled extensively
through the United States and Canada seeing every province, territory
and state with the exception of Newfoundland and Hawaii. Allison also
took up whitewater rafting, which he truly enjoyed. He was a long time
member of the Lamberts Cove Baptist Church and was a well known social
butterfly who spoke to anyone he met on his journey.
As keeping with Allison’s wishes, there will be no visiting.
A graveside service will be held on Friday at 2:00 pm at the Fairhaven
Community Cemetery, Calder’s Head, with Rev. Kevin Richardson
officiating. A reception will follow at Lambert Cove Baptist Church.
In Allison’s memory, donations to a charity of the donor’s choice
would be appreciated by the family.
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Death notice for the town of: St-George, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick