Albert Hogue, 103, passed away Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 at his home at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont.
Albert was born on June 30, 1913 in Bluff Creek, Man.
He left the family farm in Silver Ridge, Man. to work in Ontario, where he met and married Aline St. Onge in Sault Ste. Marie. They then moved to Caramat, Ont., where Albert was employed as a mechanic in the woodlands department of the Marathon Pulp Mill for many years.
After retiring in 1974, they relocated to Thunder Bay, Ont.
Albert came to the Fort Frances area in 1997 to live with Diane and Garth, and then in 2002 made Rainycrest his home.
Albert had an incredible work ethic, a positive, optimistic nature, and had the ability to talk with anyone, anytime, anywhere. He loved to tell stories and always had a joke.
He was very independent and determined, and could be quite stubborn, but at the same time adapted to situations in life that were not in his control, no matter how difficult.
He began to lose his sight after he moved to Rainycrest, which was challenging, but he made the best of it, noting he had been lucky to have been able to see as long as he did. He appreciated what he had; not what he didn’t have.
Albert loved music and grew up in a time and a home where everyone played a musical instrument. He also loved to dance, read, putter around in his workshop, fix things, scrapbook current events and interesting trivia, journal the weather, the outdoors, and fishing–he enjoyed life.
He was a weather watcher and usually could predict the weather more accurately than the Weather Channel, using the moon and the signs of nature around him.
During his lifetime, he did many things, worked hard, cared deeply for his family and friends, and lived out his life faithfully, with integrity and honesty.
Albert was predeceased by his parents, Marie Louise and Thomas Hogue; his wife and partner, Aline; siblings, Yvonne, Laura (John), Eva (Wilford), Leo (Eva), Ida (Ed), Alice (Pete), Hector (Aurora), Ralph, Ernest, and Oscar (Eva); and son-in-law, Garth.
He is survived by his siblings, Raymond and Evelyn; sister-in-law, Rena; children, Maurice (Denise), Victor (Louise), and Diane; grandchildren, Mark Hogue, David (Carmen) Hogue, and Geoffrey (James) Hogue, David (Stephanie) Black, and Rachel (Mark) Skinner; and great-grandchildren, Alyssa and Michael Hogue, Caitlyn and Ethan Hogue, Sophia, Lila, and Caleb Black, and Josh and Matthew Skinner.
A celebration of Albert’s life with family and friends will be held Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 at 11 a.m. in Hallett Hall at Rainycrest Long-Term Care, with lunch and a time of fellowship to follow.
Burial will take place at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Thunder Bay at a later date, where he will be laid to rest beside the woman who was his help-mate, friend, wife.
In memoriam donations may be made to Rainycrest LTC or another charity of your choice c/o Green Funeral Home, P.O. Box 427, Fort Frances, Ont., P9A 3M8.
Online condolences may be offered at www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com
We give thanks to the Creator of all life for the gift of Albert and give thanks for his long, well-lived life.
ALBERT HOGUE
