It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of our Dad, Grandfather and Great Grandfather Joseph, on January 09, 2015.
Dad was born December 19, 1927 in Edmonton Alberta to Joseph and Laura Desjardine. He spent his youth there before moving to Kamloops. Here he spent his teen years going to school, playing baseball and basketball and courting his high school sweetheart. Dad hired on the CN Railway in 1946 and was employed there until he lost his eye sight in his early twenty's. In 1949 he married Elizabeth (Beth) Freathy and they started raising their family.
In 1954 Dad and Mom bought property in Westsyde where they built a family home and operated a poultry farm raising chickens and selling eggs door to door. During their years in Westsyde, along with raising their four children, Dad became a founding member of the Westsyde Trail Riders and the Westsyde Volunteer Fire Department. For many years he was an active member of the Westsyde Rate Payers Association.
Later Dad and Mom moved into Kamloops. Dad worked in the kiosk at the Seymour Street liquor store until his retirement in 1993. After retirement, Dad and Mom travelled throughout Europe and the USA with family and friends. When they were not travelling, Dad could often be seen walking in the city with his close friend Marv Crawford. That was an outing that Dad looked forward to every day.
