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September 12, 2024
If you knew John, lucky you.
John truly left an impression on everyone he knew with his stories, jokes, and one-liners. Forever a kid at heart, he still laughed at a well-placed fart joke right up until he passed away. It’s hard to hear a car horn without saying “Excuse me”.
If you only knew John for a short time, you were a new audience and he was excited to share his most classic stories with you. You laughed. You smiled. He always knew how to make people smile. If you knew him a long time, you heard those stories over and over, but somehow they were still just as funny. Mostly because he could barely get through them without laughing himself.
John was proud. He was proud of the life he had created for himself, proud of the people he chose to be around him, and so, so proud of his family.
He may not have known how to build a woodshed or make a picture frame (we have proof of that), but one thing he knew was how to have fun. On any given day, if you were to ask him how he was doing, he would say: “I’m good everyday”. And he truly was.
John died doing what he loved. Playing a round of golf in Florida with Bobby Orr and Burton Cummings while eating hot dogs, having a crisp cold beer, and watching the Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. Ok, maybe not – but you know he loved a good story. Just know he had his wife and daughter by his side at the end and it was incredibly peaceful.
Gone too soon.
He had way more jokes and stories to tell and more memories to make. But now it’s up to us to continue his legacy of making other people groan with one-liners, and laugh uncontrollably until your face turns red.
How do we honour this incredible human? Raise a can of Coors Light or make yourself a Manhattan (Crown Royal ONLY) with lots of ice. Stir it with your finger. Have a vanilla ice cream cone or milkshake. Tell a joke. Sit on a dock or watch the hummingbirds in the morning while drinking a hot coffee. Pet your dog and watch some hockey. Play a round of golf or two. Complain about the humidity but go to Florida. Hug your kids. Hug your grandkids. When you wake up, get up, and when you get up-do something. Whatever you do, make sure you’re having fun and LAUGH because life is too short.
John Wesley passed away peacefully at West Parry Sound Hospital on September 12th at the age of 72.
A huge thank you to the doctors and nurses at West Parry Sound Health Centre, Sudbury Care Centre, Whitestone Fire & Rescue, and our amazing Care Coordinator and staff.
He leaves behind the light of his life, Sheila, married for 50 incredible years. He loved her more than anyone else in the entire world, crowning her with the name “Saint Sheila”.
He also leaves his daughter Seanna, son-in-law Andrew, and three of his favourite people-his grandchildren: Raine, Chase, and Skylar; who knew him as the one and only Guppa.
He will be greatly missed by his sister Sue (Peter), and Marsha (Gord), and so many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his brother Steve, and his mother and father.
A celebration of life will be held both in the Parry Sound area and in Toronto because there are just too many people that loved him for one celebration. And he loved a good party.
Information to come. Please reach out to the family for details.
As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Health Sciences North Foundation (Sudbury), the West Parry Sound Health Centre Foundation, or the Whitestone Firefighters Association (donations by cheque only, please) would be appreciated.
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Death notice for the town of: Parry-Sound, Province: Ontario
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