September 27, 1943 \u2013 April 11, 2020<\/p>\n
You only had to meet him once to know Art as a gentle and steadfast man, always willing to lend a helping hand, share a story, or tell a silly \u201cdad\u201d joke.<\/p>\n
He was a devoted husband to Helen Surette (Ryan), loving and supportive father to Cindy, David (spouse Jen), and Cori-Ann (wife Cal), and adored his grandchildren Katelyn, Hannah, Sadie, Joshua, James, and Joel.<\/p>\n
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Predeceased by his parents Elie and Mattie Surette, sisters Yvonne, Stella, and Ann, brothers-in-law Joseph Comeau, Frank Spencer, and Campbell MacGillivray, he leaves behind his sister Jean (Spencer), nephews Richard and Lee (Spencer), and nieces Marlene and Sonya (Spencer), and Maureen (MacGillivray).\u00a0 He is also loved and missed by his many in-laws, and nieces and nephews from the Ryan clan.<\/p>\n
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Art was more than just a family man.\u00a0 He dedicated almost 50 years to a career in customs brokerage, finishing off at Skyway International where he worked with owners Joe Brown and Karen Zmurchak until the moment he fell ill.\u00a0 Above all he lived his Christian calling through volunteerism and community service through Benedict Labre House, Cursillo, Montreal-Lakeshore Rotary Club, and Camp Kinkora, to name a few.\u00a0 After only a brief illness and hospital stay, it was beautifully fitting for Art to go Home on Easter weekend to share in the feast of the resurrection, in the light of God the Father, and Jesus our Brother.<\/p>\n
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Art\u2019s family is grateful for the gentle care of the ICU staff at Lakeshore General Hospital,
\nespecially the nurses who made extra effort to communicate with us in this exceptional period
\nwhen we could not be present by his side.<\/p>\n
After carrying him in our hearts for the past two <\/strong>years, a celebration of Art\u2019s life will take place with a funeral mass at 11 am on Saturday, May <\/strong>21, at St. Veronica parish, Dorval. Visitation at 10 am. Though the mask mandate has been <\/strong>lifted, St. Veronica parish is asking attendees to continue to wear a mask while in the church, <\/strong>out of respect for vulnerable members of our community.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Should you wish honor Art\u2019s legacy, donations in his name can be offered to Benedict Labre House (www.benedictlabre.org<\/a>) , and Camp Kinkora (https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/charities\/kinkora-activity-camp-camp-dactivites-kinkora\/#donate-now-pane<\/a>).\u00a0 Donations are accepted through Canada Helps, where you can dedicate your offering in memory of Art.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cLook for me in your heart, and there you will find me\u2026 Look up to the heavens, and there you will see me, smiling down from God\u2019s glorious skies\u201d \u2013 Injete Chesoni<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n R\u00c9SIDENCE FUN\u00c9RAIRE J.J. CARDINAL FUNERAL HOME<\/strong><\/p>\n 2125, rue Notre-Dame, Lachine (Qu\u00e9bec)\u00a0\u00a0H8S 2G5<\/p>\n T\u00e9l. :\u00a0514-639-1511\u00a0|\u00a0T\u00e9l\u00e9c. :\u00a0514-639-1516\u00a0|\u00a0Courriel :\u00a0info@jjcardinal.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Indications routi\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Driving Directions<\/a><\/p>\n Pr\u00e9visions m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0The Weather Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 27, 1943 \u2013 April 11, 2020 You only had to meet him once to know Art as a gentle and steadfast man, always willing to lend a helping hand, share a story, or tell a silly \u201cdad\u201d joke. He was a devoted husband to Helen Surette (Ryan), loving and supportive father to Cindy, David […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23038,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12376\/revisions\/23038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}