Passed away peacefully at Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital in St. Anthony on the 8th of October, 2015, Mr. John Richard Pittman of Blue Cove, in his 86th year. Left to mourn his passing are his special friend Annie, Mary Ann Dredge (Bob and family), Mary Jane Taylor (sister), Maude (James) Chambers (sister), George (Ruth) Pittman (brother), Elizabeth Myrtle (John) Crane (sister), Gladys Gibbons (sister-in-law), as well as a large circle of other family and friends. John was predeceased by his wife Mary Ann, his father John Pittman, mother Mary Margaret Pittman, sister Deborah (Oliver) Toope and his brother-in-law Gordon Taylor. Visitation took place at the Church of the Advent in Plum Point from where the funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 with Rev. Harold Harvey officiating. Burial followed at the Anglican Cemetery on Darby's Island. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Kerry M. Fillatre Funeral Home, St. Anthony and Roddickton, Lee Nippard, funeral director.