Louis Vatcher
Born In: British Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Passed in: Whitney Pier, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: August 23rd, 2010
Louis Vatcher, 76, of Whitney Pier, passed away Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, after a brief battle with cancer at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney.
Born in British Harbour, Trinity Bay, Nfld., he was the son of the late Elias John and Mary Patience (Vokey) Vatcher.
Louis retired from the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in 1998 after 45 years service as a painter at the Sydney City Hospital.
He was a member of St. Albans Anglican Church.
Louis is predeceased by his wife, Jean (Dawe) Vatcher, Jan. 2, 2009.
Louis is survived by daughters, Donna Brown, Sydney, Margaret Vatcher (Mike), Sydney, Karen (John) Bell, Eureka, N.S.; sons, Kenneth (Pamela), Reserve Mines, and David (Sabrina), Sydney; sisters, Elizabeth Wiseman, Newfoundland, Olive George, Newfoundland; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, 7-9 p.m. at Sydney Memorial Chapel. Funeral service will be celebrated Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the chapel with Rev. Maggie Coleman officiating. Interment in Hardwood Hill Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to St. Albans Church, or Cape Breton Regional Hospital, palliative care unit.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.sydneymemorialchapel.ca.
