Obituary of Robert Guy Jacques

BORN OCTOBER 17TH 1952 IN DRUMMONDVILLE QUEBEC, DIED PEACEFULLY AT THE DR. Y. EMARA CENTRE ON SEPTEMBER 7TH 2018. SON OF THE LATE JACQUELINE JACQUES (1993) AND ROBERT JACQUES (2005) HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS BROTHERS RICHARD, GERALD, DAN, HIS SISTER MARIELLE, BROTHER IN LAW BUD, SISTER IN LAW MONA AND SEVERAL NEPHEWS AND NIECES. BOBBY WAS LOVED BY VERY DEAR FRIENDS DENNIS, CLAUDIA, JOHN AND TIM AND MANY OTHERS. A LEGENDARY WILD CAT ON HIS 1977 HARLEY, SHARP SHOOTER ONE EYED POOL PLAYER AND FUN LOVING FRIEND, HE WAS A GENTLE SOUL IN HIS LATER YEARS, LIVING IN BELLE RIVER. HE COULD BE SEEN ENJOYING HIS BACK YARD BONFIRES BY HIS PATIO AND POND OR WALKING IN TOWN AND ENJOYING HIS LEISURE YEARS. HE HAD A GREAT INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF THE TWO GREAT WARS AND COLLECTED UNUSUAL ART AND PIECES THAT COULD FIRE UP LAUGHTER OR CURIOSITY. HE WAS CHARISMATIC, COOL, SYMPATHETIC AND ALWAYS CHEERED THE UNDERDOG. HE WAS DEEPLY LOVED BY ALL HIS FAMILY AND WE WILL ALWAYS MISS HIS QUIET COMPANY AND QUIRKY HUMOUR. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE EMS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND THE GREAT CARE THE VULNERABLE PATIENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM, DR. VARSAVA IN EMERGENCY, THE 7TH EAST WING AT HOTEL DIEU,DR. AOUN IN PALLIATIVE CARE AT THE DR Y. EMARA CENTRE THAT GAVE BOB’S LAST REMAINING WEEKS COMFORT AND SAFETY, AND ALL WHO VISITED IN HIS FINAL WEEKS, WE WILL FOREVER REMEMBER YOUR KINDNESS. RESPECTING BOB’S WISHES, CREMATION HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO SIMPLE CHOICE CREMATION CENTRE AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL GATHER AT A FUTURE DATE. IN KINDNESS, MEMORIAL DONATIONS TO T2B IN BOBBY’S NAME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE LEFT AT WWW.SIMPLECHOICECREMATION.CA