My deepest condolences to Anne, Kyle and Ryan, to Cheryl and Rodney and all of Troy’s sisters and other family members.
Troy was a one in a million person. Forever wondering how things worked (and taking them apart to satisfy his curiosity), fascinated by the world at large — especially the natural world — and generously sharing his happiness and humour with everyone he came across.
My mom has often spoken of a time when Troy first came to our house and was showing someone else around at the same time. He was racing about, delighted by everything he saw. He kept saying, “and it’s just the two of them living here!”
A few years ago, Troy installed a granite countertop and new kitchen sink for my mom, and she said he was just the same as he’d been all those years before: happy and full of enthusiasm. As she said, he was always a boy.
It was a privilege and a joy to have known Troy. All of us should be so lucky to have just a small measure of his best qualities in them. And perhaps he did instill some of those things in the people who knew him, ensuring we will always remember him with the same sense of wonder and joy he shared with us.
Shannon
