Raymond Honoree Landry
Born In: Sainte Claire, Quebec, Canada
Born: June 20th, 1915
Passed in: Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: April 11th, 2010
Raymond Honoree Landry, 94, Port Hawkesbury, passed away peacefully, Sunday, April 11, 2010, at St. Anne's Nursing Home, Arichat.
Born June 20, 1915, in Sainte Claire, Que., the son of the late Amedee and Gracia (Blanchette) Landry.
He moved to Smooth Rock Falls, Ont. in 1929. He moved his family to Port Hawkesbury in 1961 for work at Stora as electrical supervisor until his retirement in 1981. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (1941-1945) ending his career as a flying officer doing coastal patrol on both coasts and along the St. Lawrence River.
He was a member of Royal Canadian Legion Branches No. 305 (SRF) and No. 43 (PH), the Knights of Columbus, the Evergreen Senior Citizen Club, the Lions Club and the Strait Richmond Hospital senior advisory committee. He volunteered with the ROC Centre and earlier in Ontario with the Salvation Army, the volunteer fire department and minor hockey.
Surviving are daughter, Viviane (Sandy) Wright, Dundee; son, Norman (Alice) Landry, Port Hawkesbury; sister, Cecile Brown, Pembroke, Ont; grandchildren, Tony (Denise), Geoff (Jill), Sarah (Jonas), Terry (Elizabeth), Michael, Jennifer (Bill). Great-grandchildren, Kris, Abby, MacKenzie, Bruce, Charlotte and Oliver.
Besides his parents he was predeceased by wife of 53 years, Jeanne, 11 brothers, two sisters and grandson, Stephen in infancy.
Visitation will be Friday, April 15 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., with vigil service at 2 p.m. and a legion service at 7 p.m. in Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home, Port Hawkesbury. Funeral mass will be held 10 a.m., Saturday in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Port Hawkesbury, with Fr. Andrew Boyd officiating. Interment at a later date.
Family flowers only please.
Memorial donations in memory of Raymond may be made to the IWK Hospital Centre Halifax, Cardiology Research, or Sainte Anne Community & Nursing Care Centre, Arichat.
Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at: www.haverstocks.com.
