Kirby Garnier
Born In: North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: January 11th, 2012
It is with broken hearts that we the family of John Kirby Garnier of Sydney, announce his passing on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital surrounded by his family and friends.
Born on January 20, 1963 in North Sydney, Kirby was the son of the late Lonnie and Jean (Kirby) Garnier.
Kirby was a graduate of Memorial High School in Sydney Mines and graduated with his Radio Operators course from Red River Community College. He was employed with the Canadian Coast Guard as a Radio Operator for 25 years. Kirby loved life and enjoyed hunting and fishing as well as biking and long walks with his wife Lori. Hiking was his passion and loved to include his family and friends on these treks.
Kirby will always be remembered by many friends who he made feel like family because that was Kirby’s way. He had such a huge heart filled with so much love and concern for others, not just his immediate family. These friends will always be Kirby’s extended family.
Kirby will be sadly missed by the love of his life, his beautiful wife of almost 25 years, Lori (Schnurr) who was always by his side; his two daughters, Tanya and Natasha (Kyle), both of Sydney, and his unborn grand-daughter Sophia, who was the newest love of Kirby’s life. He is also survived by one sister Edith (Ley), Georges River; two younger brothers Frank (Melanie), Burton, N.B., and Blair (Amiee), North Sydney; sister-in-law Noreen (Steven) O’Gorman, Winnipeg; 12 nieces and nephews; one grand-nephew and one grand-niece; and also aunts and uncles.
Kirby was guided into heaven by both his parents, Jean and Lonnie Garnier. He was also predeceased by his father-in-law Lorne Schnurr; mother-in-law Loraine Schnurr; sister-in-law Debbie Flood and brother-in-law Terry Flood.
The family wish to extend a sincere thank you to all the wonderful doctors and staff on 4E, who treated Kirby with kindness and care and also Tom MacNeil of the Cape Breton Regional Cancer Center.
Visitation for Kirby will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Friday (today) in the W.J. Dooley Funeral Home, 107 Pleasant St., North Sydney. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Church, North Sydney with Rev. Patrick O’Neill officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Kirby’s memory may be made to the Patient Comfort Fund at the Cancer Center of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.
Online condolences may be sent to www.wjdooley.com.
