STRONG, Richard Malcolm passed away in Victoria on May 28, 2009. He was born in Timmins, Ontario April 15, 1940. Survived by his loving wife of 43 years Huguette; daughter Leeanne Baird (Brian); sons William (Kim Strong), Richard (Petra Strong) and Dwayne; grandchildren Benjamin, Daniel, Emma, Jessica, Malcolm; brother Donald and affectionate family companion Sprig. Rick was an avid outdoorsman who excelled at Trap Shooting and was a permanent fixture at Fisherman’s Warf. He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather that will be dearly missed by all who loved and knew him.
Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Andrew’s Cathedral Parish, Blanshard and View Streets Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 11:00 am with reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Sick Kids Foundation, towards Cancer Centre, 14th floor-525 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2L3.
26 Responses
The Strong Family
My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. Richard will be missed by yourselves as well as many others from the Fishing Industry. Will~ Keep you head high and your spirits higher. God bless
Rhonda
Dear Yogi and family.
We are very sorry to hear about Rick, a great person to
know and we are sending you and your family
our sympathy
with love Barbara and Fritz
Our condolences to you Huguette,your children, grandchildren and Donald. Remember Rick as a happy go lucky guy in Timmins in the mid 50’s. Having moved to Nanaimo two years ago and having a phone conversation a year ago about catching up about life since we last seen each other and reminising about our mutual friend Bob Merritt I learned a valuable lesson. Never put off anything that can be done right away. I will miss that anticipated meeting with Rick for now but hopefully we will get together with the big guy upstairs. Our prayers are with you all.
Dear Huguette & family
We were very sorry to learn about Richard’s passing and wish to offer you our deepest condolences.
We are also very touched by your decision to request donations to Sick Kids Foundation for cancer research; thank you for your thought- fulnes.
Bon courage!
Love, Hélène, Gerald & famille
so sorry to hear of ricks passing.
we will miss that smile and friendly chat he always had with us
when we met .
he will be missed by the morgan family .
It’s always sad to lose a friend or fellow fisherman and Rick was both.
Always quick with a smile or a funny comment. His presence will be sadly missed at fisherman’s wharf.
Rick was generous in business as well. Rick and family always treated me so well. I thank you.
Love to you all.
Ed
Dear Yogi & Family,
We are so sorry to hear of your sad loss. Rick was a friend to all and we will miss him.
We are thinking of you during this difficult time. Caring thoughts are with you.
Expressing deepest and most heartfelt sympathy,
Kenny, Pinky & Bonnie
My condolences to Hugette and family and especially our friend Donald . RIP Richard
It is with great sadness that I have learned about your loss.
My family and I send you our most sincere condolences and hope that your pain will be replaced by great memories of your days together soon.
I was sorry to hear about Rick’s passing. My sympathy goes to all of the Strong’s. I’m sure you all have great memories of Rick. I remember has a young man and I was a little girl who probably was a great nusance to him
as a younger cousin.
Koreen