Robert George HOWSE

HOWSE, Robert (Bob) - 13 March, 1944 - 9 August, 2008 “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the places you can.“ John Wesley A short struggle with cancer ended peacefully as Robert George Howse passed from the arms of his wife to the arms of his Saviour. In 64 years Bob deeply touched the lives of his family, friends, co-workers and community. Dearly loved wife Nancy, his children and grandchildren, Paul Howse (predeceased), Lynn van Egmond (Mike, Dinah, Daphne, Nico), Erin Buczkowski (Braden, Isabelle, Thomas) and Dennis Howse (Tephanie, Chris, Nikki, Dawson, Josh, Noah) marvelled at his self-sacrificing love. Bob's family meant the world to him: father Percy Howse and brothers Jim (Jill), Gordon (Pearl), Allan, Doug (Heidi) and his beloved mother Edna and brother Fred in Heaven. Bob enjoyed many years of active community service in Niagara on the Lake, Renfrew, ON and Vauxhall, AB. He worked as Town Clerk, was elected as Town Councillor, ushered for Brock Centre for the Arts, served as church elder and deacon, Virgil business association member, prison ministry (ORAP) and Caribbean workers outreach projects (CWOP) and championed the creation of a multi-purpose trail. He will be greatly missed. Family will receive friends at ST.ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL (KIRK HALL) on Wednesday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. A celebration of his life will be held at ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH on Thursday morning at 10:30. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. As expressions of condolence, donations will gratefully be received by McNally House (hospice), or his favourite missions ORAP (Offender Rehabilitation Assistance Program) and CWOP (Caribbean Workers Outreach Projects). Online guest register www.morganfuneral.com 11196153