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Local Legion stalwart © succumbs to cancer.

THE MAN who figured prominently each Remembrance Day here passed away March 23. - Lawrence . Douglas

Kirkaldy, known to most as... “Bud,” and for years the pa- "

rade marshall for Branch 13

of the Royal Canadian Le-

gion on Nov. 11, was 74. His . datighter,. Carole Kirkaldy of Fort. St. James,

_ Says he went the way he: wanted to go:

» “During «the last six months, family was number one for him,” .she said. .

.He passed away. with’

members of ‘his. family by *his.side.

Diagnosed with terminal liver: cancer. in May 2005, Kirkaldy was told he had between two weeks and four, months to live.

But the Terrace native proved his doctors wrong and his daughter believes a living tribute, staged. for her father last August at the Legion that drew: more than

-» 300 people, buoyed him.

-“T ‘honestly believe . [the tribute] gave him more life,”

Carole Kirkaldy said. “He.

woke up that morning, with so much energy.”*.

‘Afterward, said daughter, he started setting some last goals, such as set- ting up his famous Christ-

‘mas light display and getting _

his wife Pat’s garden ready

this year. Gardening was just one.

of his favourite. activities

’ says his wife’ of 47 years.

- “He loved . gardening, sports: and travelling,” Pat

Kirkaldy. said, adding her.

husband won many ‘medals

in track and field at the B.C.

Seniors’ Games. | ~ -He was also fond of

building floats for the River- ‘’ boat Days parade.

.Cmde Peter Crompton of

the Branch 13 says he will. -

remember Kirkaldy for his tireless float work.

.“Him and I, we worked. together closely on the pa-—

he as ‘the parade marshall. eo

Eldest —~ son Brian Kirkaldy remembers living at the “Kirkaldy homestead” where Trigo’s is now with his grandparents and his dad. °

Later in life, his father proved to be a dependable curling teammate and avid _karaoke singer.

“We were more than just

- father. and son, we were

‘good friends,” he said.

Kirkaldy had two other °

“families” in Terrace. He served in the Canadi- an Navy from 1949 to 1974 and was a fixture at the. Le- gion since his return. | He worked for.two years as a bartender and went on to

be onthe branch executive -

three times. His eldest son,

Items

‘stolen

A ROBBER stole several items from a car parked. outside a local hotel while

the driver was inside March.

21.

The Prince Rupert motor- ist locked and alarmed her car, then took her luggage to

her room around 10:30 a.m.,.

say police. She returned to discover

- that someone had pried open.

the car’s convertible top and: stolen documentation and CDs from inside the ve-

. ~hicle.

Anyone with . informa- tion can call the RCMP or Crimestoppers, 635-8477. .

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Brian, would twice go on to be the branch president.

Kirkaldy also worked at ‘Williams Moving for closé to 20 years, retiring. in the late 1990s.' There, current manager Shawn Kluss says he will be deeply missed.

“He was a strong man with a strong heart,” Kluss - said, adding Kirkaldy was:

an ideal mover and lifter.

Nicknamed “Shakey” by

his ‘co-workers for his habit

“of shaking, Kluss says fe- .

male clients used to follow

“him around when he was |.

carrying their china sets but .Kirkaldy never did drop any: ‘of them...

Pat Kirkaldy says she'll .

miss “everything” about her

. husband, who. she met in

New Westminster where she

» Was a nurse and he was a na-”

val officer. “He was of character,”

some -kind said Pat

- Kirkaldy.

Kirkaldy served as a war- rant officer on a number of ships, including the Ontario,

tthe Columbia, the St, Croix

and the Fourtune;' however,

it was .while serving on the

Athabaskan . that Kirkaldy made two trips to Korea. He also spent time in England.

- Nicknamed “Bud” from

birth when his sister start-, -

ing calling him “Buddy,”

Kirkaldy is survived by’ his . _ wife and six children — Bri- _an, Robert, Heather, Carole,

David and Gail.

A public memorial ser- vice for Kirkaldy will be held Saturday, April” |

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