Condolences
Dear Fred and Catherine,
I fondly remember us playing board games at your house on Ballantyne In Montreal West with your dad. At age 11, he impressed me by talking to us as equals, teaching us about the games and teasing us, with that twinkle in his eye! As I recall, some of these games were finance-based, and I am sure that what I learned helped me in life :)
Fast forward to age 22, when I was in the Katimavik program in St. Brieux, Saskatchewan. Your parents graciously had me over for Christmas and treated me so generously, like one of their own. I cherish the memories: laughter, your mom's meatballs and playing Trivial Pursuit (where Catherine and I beat Fred and Mr. Pynn because I knew the name of the Saskatoon daily newspaper!).
While I had not seen Mr. Pynn since Jennifer's christening, I kept up with the family news through Catherine. I am thinking of you all - please accept my sincerest condolences.
Dougie, Papa Doug (and of course Carolyn) you changed my life. I was lucky enough to “housesit” for you when you travelled but you became my family. Ok, maybe I didn’t leave and you got stuck with me ❤️. You helped me in more ways than I can count moving from NS and starting a life for me and my eventual family. Charlize and Taryn consider you their papa and Ted had the utmost respect for your business intelligence and kindness.
I can’t even thank you enough for all you have done for me. Even though I didn’t understand how the red thing came in olives or how many salt and pepper shakers I broke, you laughed. Thank you papa Doug. ❤️
Fred and family - we offer our sincere condolences on the occasion of the passing of Fred Sr.
I moved to Calgary in 1980 and took a temporary position with BP Canada as a Switchboard operator. I had a conversation with Gillian on my third day at work and she asked me a little about myself and I shared that I had just moved to the city and where I had previously lived. That afternoon she came back to my office and said her boss, Mr Pynn, would like to see me. I was young, and this was my first job in a big city and couldn't imagine why he would want to see me. I walked into his office and he looked at me and said "I'm from Sydney River, where are you from? I said Sydney River as well, as it turned out he could have thrown a rock at my house from his and knew my older siblings. He offered me a full time job a few days later, and couldn't have been any kinder to me. I stayed for over a year until I moved home to get married. He was a kind, and generous man who to this day remains as one of my favourite bosses after 50 years in the workforce. My condolences to his family, I'm sure he will be greatly missed!
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