Wilfred \'Boots\' Boutilier
Born In: SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed in: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: January 24th, 2010
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our son, husband and father, Boots Boutilier, 39 Reserve St., Glace Bay, on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010.
Born in Sydney, he was the only child of Mildred ‘Polly’ Boutilier and the late Ernest Boutilier.
Boots worked many years in the insurance industry, first as an adjuster then as the manager of Island Insurance in North Sydney. He was a founding partner in the MacLeod Lorway Group and was vice-president until his retirement in 1999.
Boots’ passions were fishing and gardening. He spent many hours at his summer home in Margaree either on the river or in his garden. He excelled on the horseshoe pitch and won many tournaments at Northside East Bay.
He was past-president of the Cape Breton Canoe and Geographic Society and the Cape Breton Anglers Association. Boots was also a long-standing member of the ‘card club.’
Besides his mother, Boots is survived by his wife, Wilma (Lever) Boutilier; son, Marc and daughter, Jennifer.
Visitation will take place 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 27 at V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay.
A funeral service in celebration of Boots will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at St. Andrews United Church, 40 Bentick St., Sydney. Interment to take place at Holy Family Cemetery, MacLeod’s Road, Glace Bay.
Donations in Boots’ memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or charity of choice.
Online condolences to the Boutilier family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
