John Francis "Jack" Lalonde
July-08-1929 - June-12-2014
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Cynthia Hughes posted a condolence
To Jack's family. Sorry for your loss.
Jack was always a pleasant man when he worked at Ontario Hydro each summer with the Forestry Department. He was an interesting person.
He will be with Ellard Linton and Jim Hughes having a chat.
Cynthia and Harry Hughes.
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Drummond Centre Women's Insititute posted a condolence
The Drummond Centre Women's Institute would like to pass our deepest sympathy to the Lalonde Family. Our thoughts are with our fellow member Edna at this sad time. Keep you memories close to your heart.
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Jane Paul & Family posted a condolence
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the Lalonde family. May many good memories help you through this stressful time. Jack will be missed especially by Brien and all the euchre crew.
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Don & Dianne Adam posted a condolence
To Jack's family. We are sorry to hear of Jack's death. Unfortunately we were away today and again tomorrow, so have missed the visitation and funeral. However, we have many memories of Jack and he is in our prayers.
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Keith & Mona Bechervaise posted a condolence
We will miss you Uncle Jack. We always enjoyed having a visit with you when we were back home. Wishing we were closer to be there with the rest of the family during this time. You will be missed and we'll always think of you during our euchre games.
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Jack Lalonde – Eulogy
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<strong>Jack Lalonde </strong><strong>– Eulogy </strong></p>
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<strong>Saturday June 14, 2014 – Blair’s Funeral Home Perth</strong></p>
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Good morning everyone…. This morning we are gathered to celebrate the life of Jack Lalonde, my uncle, the eldest brother of my father. </p>
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Today, we celebrate his life, and take a moment to pause to remember him, and perhaps share a memory or two.</p>
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On behalf of my father, Russell, and his siblings Edna, Edith, Jim and their families along with the family of my Aunt Jean who passed away at Christmas, I have the honour and privilege of saying a few words about Uncle Jack.</p>
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To most people my uncle was an intense man … especially when it came to playing cards. He loved to go to “cards” and was known to be a pretty fierce opponent and heaven forbid you were his partner and you led with the wrong card! </p>
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My children remember me telling them that it was safe to play euchre with Grandpa and Grandma Corinne when they visited them at their home in Hopetown but that if Uncle Jack popped in, they should stop playing as they were just learning and Uncle Jack took his cards pretty seriously. It is a lesson they took to heart and when they watched Uncle Jack play, they quickly realized he was way out of their league!</p>
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Euchre and Uncle Jack seemed to go hand and hand. Everyone had a card story to share …</p>
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Yesterday I heard a story of Uncle Jack being banned from playing cards as he was scaring the ladies. The fact that this happened didn’t come as a surprise to me as I had also heard about tables being broken under his fist, but what did surprise me is that after Uncle Jack apologized to the ladies so that he could be permitted to play again, he said to a gentleman who was welcoming him back was …. “sometimes you just have to keep quiet” … keeping quiet about cards was not something that I knew Uncle Jack to be able to do!</p>
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Uncle Jack was a hard working man. As a teenager he worked at the Milton farm by helping with the haying … that is until he and Billy Lang got to fighting and they both were fired! He also lived with Aunt Mary Horne as a teenager helping at her farm. He travelled west for some harvest seasons, and when he returned back to the area he lived at the home of Maisy Sweeney for twenty years before buying his trailer and moving to the Pine Grove area. I remember Uncle Jack having many cats at the trailer and he took great pleasure in their company and in taking care of them. </p>
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Uncle Jack started working seasonally for Hydro in 1953 spraying the hydro lines, and retired when he turned 65 … If you do the math, he worked for Hydro for almost the same length of time that I have been alive. </p>
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He also worked many winters at A. Wilson Lumber on the French Line cutting trees. Jack was known to be a very hard worker and one of his former co-workers mentioned that if you were the man that was working beside him you went home more tired than usual that day as you had to work hard to keep up with Jack and he didn’t take any excuses for slacking off.</p>
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Uncle Jack was known to be passionate about woodstoves. He would go to many auctions and it was rare for him to come home without at least some type of woodstove treasure. Uncle Jack had a huge collection of woodstoves and parts. To the untrained eye, one would think it was just a heap of cast iron but to Uncle Jack, they were things of beauty and he knew his inventory well and he also knew where each piece was. </p>
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When my brother in law David was a young boy, he remembers going to Uncle Jack’s with his father as a piece of their stove had broken and Jack was known to be the man to go see. </p>
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Uncle Jack made David’s dad, Floyd a cup of tea, as Floyd explained the part that was broken and showed him the broken piece. Uncle Jack said that he had the piece and off he went to find it. David, seeing the mounds of stove parts thought that they would be there forever and was none too happy, but Uncle Jack returned with the part within minutes and handed Floyd the new part. The cost .. five dollars. </p>
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About seven years later, the same piece broke so off David and his father went to see if Jack could help them out again. They arrived, and Floyd showed Jack the piece … Jack kind of smirked, made him a cup of tea, and with a twinkle in his eye, said of course he had just the part … off he went, and he returned with the same part that Floyd had given him on his first visit seven years prior but now it was repaired and good as new … the price … five dollars!</p>
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Uncle Jack also enjoyed fishing and hunting … He was a successful fisherman but was never was successful in hunting. When asked if he had ever shot a deer, he responded QUOTE “I came notoriously close to not missing each and every time” END QUOTE!</p>
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Uncle Jack was famous for showing up unexpected. Part of this I am sure is because he didn’t have a phone and had no way of calling to let you know he may pop by but I also think this is because he would take off in the morning in his truck to see where the day would take him. If he ended up somewhere … especially around dinner time … it was his lucky day! Although he is known for not liking “milky” potatoes and suggested that Marilyn should dry some off for him .. I am sure she obliged.</p>
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Jack was also known to show up early some days … one Saturday morning he showed up at Uncle Joes and Aunt Evelyn’s at 7AM, and was appalled that Uncle Joe was still in bed … He told Uncle Joe that he “was going to die in bed” because he was still lazing about in bed at that time in the morning when he should be up and about! Uncle Jack was always good at telling you what he thought … whether you wanted to hear it or not!</p>
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Uncle Jack had a soft spot for kids. My younger brother and I would always receive a gift of money from Uncle Jack at Christmas. We had specific instructions that we had to buy something from Orok’s Home Hardware so we would head off feeling rich and empowered that we could buy whatever we wanted ... or at least that is what we thought. One year we came home with an Ojibwa (O-E-G) board and our father made us take it back and pick something else – our response that it was Uncle Jack’s money didn’t seem to matter so off we went to exchange our gift. Uncle Jack was also known to give away toonies wrapped in electrical tape .. a type of wrapping paper that he could relate to.</p>
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One of the most special memories I have of my Uncle Jack is when he came to my wedding. I wanted him to come but my mom had told me that Uncle Jack doesn’t always like weddings so don’t be upset if he doesn’t make it to the church. To my delight, he did made it! I remember when he came through the receiving line outside the church. When watching our wedding video, Eric and I laughed as we noticed that after Jack went through the receiving line, he headed straight for his truck and left! </p>
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Uncle Jack always had a truck … the older the better. He once decided to purchase a “modern car” and did nothing but complain about it. One day my father was travelling with him and Jack got upset at the never ending beeping when they stopped until my father mentioned that the car was beeping because Jack had forgotten to turn off the lights! You can imagine how well Jack took that piece of advice from “the young lad” as Uncle Jack referred to my father as.</p>
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Uncle Jack loved his chewing tobacco … he loved spitting it out the window as he drove – something that drove my mother crazy! I have memories of him having an orange truck that interestingly enough had black speckles all the way down the side. </p>
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Uncle Jack had a well known aversion to phones. I remember that he would always come into our house when I was growing up and have my mother make calls for him. During the last few years, Dad and Corinne tried to get Jack to have a phone installed in his trailer for emergencies but Jack was having nothing to do with this new technology … whatever the reason for his aversion, he never did have his own phone and was happy to have never given Bell Canada a cent of his money.</p>
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My uncle never had children of his own and because our family lived close, Uncle Jack was always a part of our extended family and you never knew when he would pop in. I know that even though he chose not to have a family of his own, he cared a lot for his relatives, friends, and animals. The people that knew him the best, knew that beyond his tough exterior there was an extremely loving and caring man.</p>
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All of us who were privileged to know Uncle Jack … can surely attest that we are better people … and probably better card players …. for having known him. Jack left this world better for having been here, he will be missed, and I am honoured that he was my uncle. </p>
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Keith & Mona Bechervaise posted a condolence
Friday, June 13, 2014
We will miss you Uncle Jack. We always enjoyed having a visit with you when we were back home. Wishing we were closer to be there with the rest of the family during this time. You will be missed and we'll always think of you during our euchre games.
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Don & Dianne Adam posted a condolence
Friday, June 13, 2014
To Jack's family. We are sorry to hear of Jack's death. Unfortunately we were away today and again tomorrow, so have missed the visitation and funeral. However, we have many memories of Jack and he is in our prayers.
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Jane Paul & Family posted a condolence
Friday, June 13, 2014
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the Lalonde family. May many good memories help you through this stressful time. Jack will be missed especially by Brien and all the euchre crew.
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Drummond Centre Women's Insititute posted a condolence
Thursday, June 12, 2014
The Drummond Centre Women's Institute would like to pass our deepest sympathy to the Lalonde Family. Our thoughts are with our fellow member Edna at this sad time. Keep you memories close to your heart.
First Visitation
When Friday, June 13th, 2014 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location
Blair & Son - Perth Chapel
Address
15 Gore St W,
Perth, ON K7H 3C7
Location Information
Plentiful parking at the rear of the facility
Second Visitation
When Friday, June 13th, 2014 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location
Blair & Son - Perth Chapel
Address
15 Gore St W,
Perth, ON K7H 3C7
Location Information
Plentiful parking at the rear of the facility
Service Information
When
Saturday, June 14th, 2014 10:30am
Officiating
Rev. Rod Bennett
Location
Blair & Son - Perth Chapel
Address
15 Gore St W,
Perth, ON K7H 3C7
Location Information
Plentiful parking at the rear of the facility
