B14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 26, 1998

He will be misse

By BRIAN GREGG
A VERY DEAR friend, Roger Renaud,
died August 15 from cancer at the age of
47.

I’m not here to bury Roger or eulogize
him, but he was definitely one of the good
guys.

He was an eccentric bachelor and man-
aboul-town. And since he was bor here,
he could give the veritable who’s who of
local citizenry.

Roger was a man of talent. His metabo-
lism worked at warp speed; he seldom
slept but he napped a lot. He could drop
over al 10:30 p.m. and nap until 3 o’clock.

I€[ dropped over to see him he’d hand
me a stack of magazines and have a quick
nap right there at the kitchen table.

In the story of Alice in Wonderland be
would have been the dormire at the Mad
Hatter’s Tea Party.

He never got his driver’s license. Roger
had too much energy for the car culture.
And ance be got going he was like the guy
who put on his shoes and sped off in all

directions at once,

I remember 12 years ago, after | was sent
down to St. Paul’s hospital in Vancouver,
Roger popped in io see me,

“You didn’t walk down here from Hal-
liwell Avenue, did you?’’ I asked.

No, he’d taken the plane, He had vaca-
tioh time and decided to take it while [ was
in Vancouver. Roger always went the ex-
tra maile for his friends,

His favorite hangout was McDonald’s
perhaps because Roger too had golden ar-
ches. He could arrive before supper and
hang out until closing time,

Staff there may remember him as the
red-haired guy with the moustache who
could nap and drink coffee at the same
time.

Yes, Roger was an all-round good buddy
whose passing leaves Terrace a lille
poorer for his absence.

When he died St. Peter let him into
Heaven because once Roger starts ex-
pounding his theories of creation it’s the
only way to shut him up.

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REMEMBERED: Many Terrace locals are feeling the
loss of Roger Renaud who died of cancer August 15.

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