It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing, after a life long battle with cerebral palsy, of Christopher M. Fewer of St. John’s, formerly of Avondale, on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011. Predeceased by grandmother and grandfather, Catherine (Kitty) & Otto Costello of Avondale. Left to cherish his memory is his beloved son Christopher Jr.; his parents Violet and Joseph Smith of Avondale; his sister Katie; brothers: Des, Stephen (Anita) of Alberta and Rodney (Charlene) of New Zealand; nephews: Tommy Moore, Eric Williams, Stephen, Jordan and Brandon Fewer and Logan Fewer; niece Maddison Fewer; special uncle Leonard Costello (Pat), Labrador City and uncle Stephen Costello of Philadelphia; also good friend and neighbor Gladys and a large circle of extended family and friends. Resting at Dunphy’s Funeral Home, Holyrood. Visitation Thursday from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., Friday from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 12 noon. Mass of Christian Burial to take place on Saturday, October 22nd, at 2 p.m. from Assumption Church, Avondale. Cremation to follow. Flowers gratefully accepted or donations in his memory may be made to the Newfoundland Autism Society. Funeral Arrangements entrusted to Caul’s Funeral Home, St. John’s and Dunphy’s Funeral Home, Holyrood.
“Today he walks in the land where the blind see, the deaf hear and the crippled stand straight and can run free.”