It is with great sadness that the family of Wilfred Baines of Shoal Cove West, residing at The Northern Retirement Home in Port Saunders, announced his passing on Tuesday August 22, 2017 at the age of 85 years. He leaves to mourn with fond and loving memories wife Theresa (nee Lake); son Dwayne (Jennifer); daughters: Rosie Baines (Seaward Coombs), Bonita Baines (Dalton Toope); granddaughter Bianca Baines (Michael Gould); sisters Kitt (Harvey) Taylor, Joyce (James) Offrey, Augustine White, Olga (Albert) Coombs, Iris (Lambert) Coombs; brothers Melvin, George (Elizabeth), Hayward (Jessie); sisters-in-law: Shirley Baines, Dorcas Baines; stepdaughter Cecily (Michael) Guiney; stepson James (Anita) Wilson; stepson-in-law Jerry Boland; step-grandchildren: Melissa, Amanda, Crystal, Karen, Kayla, Danielle, Corrina, Suzanna; step-great grandchildren: Julia, Jacob, Molly, Leila, Mason. He was predeceased by wife Theresa (nee White); parents George and Alma Baines; sister Virginia; brothers Harold, Curling, Noah, Leander; sisters-in-law: Lucy Baines, Olga Coombs; brothers-in-law: Leslie White, Greg Doyle, Nathanial Tucker; stepdaughter Ameilda Boland. The family accepted friends and relatives at St. Margaret of Scotland Church in Reef's Hr. on Wednesday and Thursday 2-4pm and 7-9 pm with a family service on Thursday at 8:00 pm. A funeral service was held on Friday, August 25th at 2:00 pm with interment following at French Cove Anglican Cemetery in Shoal Cove West; officiating clergy The Rev. Jennifer Renouf and The Rev. Clare Stewart assisting. Family and friends may visit the website at www.fillatre.ca to sign the guestbook, leave messages of condolence or a donation to The Canadian Cancer Society. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Fillatre Funeral Homes Ltd. in Port au Choix.