Tribute

It is with great sadness that we share the loss of Ed, husband, father and grandfather. He passed away with his wife of 50 years present, at home: Seabreeze, Lang Bay, Powell River. Ed was born in Vienna, Austria. He was drawn into WW2 during his teens, survived and moved to Canada in 1952. He had a few employers in his field of engineering: Simons (Vancouver), Boeing (Seattle, California, Germany). Ed lived on the North Shore for the first part of his Vancouver life, made many friends and enjoyed skiing the local mountains. His last job was international sales with Rader Pneumatics (now Beloit) supplying equipment to sugar industries and pulp and paper mills. He loved his job and met and made friends the world over. We came to Powell River on a camping trip in 1985 and ended up making Seabreeze our retirement project, which eventually became our home. Ed loved to build and he had ample projects to put into his newly found spare time. He got to know many merchants in town as they helped with supplies in the rebuilding of Seabreeze. Thank you all. He appreciated the long life and had many many stories to tell. He was asking us if we had the tickets ready for his next travel adventure, just a few days before he took his farewell. He never lost his sense of humour. He loved his pickled herring and snake poison (Aquavit). Ed was predeceased by his mum and dad. He is survived by his wife Elaine, his sister Helga and family, his children Michael (Susan), Andy, Chris (Saby), Lisa, Mischa (Aaron) and Peter (Jessica), and his grandchildren Harrison, Rhos, Patrick, Maggie, Finn, Willem, Aven, Seren, Eli, Kelson and Vivianna. The family greatly appreciates the kind care Ed received from the palliative home caregivers and fourth floor nursing staff at Powell River General Hospital, along with Dr. Du Toit and other doctors who attended him. A celebration of life will be held in the spring.