<div dir="ltr">Dear Brian and Mary Lou<div><br><div>We remember Ian well as he was with you during the Christmas services.</div><div><br></div><div>We wish both of you and Ian's family, your family, as well as those of the L'Arche community Peace and Blessings.</div><div><br></div><div>Mary and John.</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 10:55 AM Brian Halferty via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin-bottom:0in">Dear friends,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">I’m sending this message to let
you know that our longtime friend, Ian Squires, has died. He died on April 14,
2024, with his sister Jane beside him as well as many of the staff at the
Groves Park Lodge, in Renfrew, Ontario, where he had been living for some time.
Even though he was living in a nursing home, he remained a cherished member of
the L’Arche Arnprior community.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Many of you in the Sunday
Community will remember Ian. Once having met him, you would never forget
him.<span> </span>He was gregarious, loved social
occasions, and had a loud and booming voice.<span>
</span>Over the years, while he was still able to do it, he would travel down
to Toronto from Arnprior once or twice a year to spend a few days with Mary Lou
and I and the family.<span> </span>When with us, he
would always come with us to the Sunday Community Eucharist.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Ian’s arrival at L’Arche Frontenac,
(which was near Harlowe, Ontario, in North Frontenac County), in June, 1975,
marked the official beginning of L’Arche Frontenac, our new L’Arche Community.
So many people knew him.<span> </span>He was in many
ways a force of nature.<span> </span>We will miss
him, for sure.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">The funeral will take place in
Arnprior, on Saturday, April 20<sup>th</sup>, at the Pilon Family Funeral Home:
Visitation 2 to 3:45 PM; Service at 4 PM; followed by a reception. I will be
driving down to Arnprior with Peter and Colette to attend the services.<span> </span>Lesley and her husband JF will also be
driving up there from Ottawa. I am including a link to Ian’s obituary on the
Pilon website.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="https://pilonfamily.ca/tribute/details/3212/Ian-Squires/obituary.html#tribute-start" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:rgb(51,143,233);background:white">https://pilonfamily.ca/tribute/details/3212/Ian-Squires/obituary.html#tribute-start</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Blessings to you all.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Brian</p></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"new times",serif;font-size:16px"><b><i><font color="#4c76a2">Brian Halferty</font></i></b></div></div></div></div></div>________________________________________<br>
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