Obituary of Patrick GAGNE

July 17, 1934 – Quebec City, Quebec

December 9, 2019 – Calgary, Alberta

Patrick Gagné, beloved father and grandfather passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019, at the age of 85 years and 5 months at the Colonel Belcher Veterans Care Center in Calgary. Husband of deceased spouse Rita Camiré, son of deceased Mrs. Jeanne-D'Arc Gosselin and M. Patrick Olivier Gagné.

Patrick’s family tree can be traced to the Gagne family that settled in Disreali, QC, in 1877. He was born in 1934 and grew up in Quebec City where his father was a bank manager of la Banque Provincale. Patrick enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1958 and completed his training as an avionics technician. In 1963 he married Rita Camire in Victoriaville, QC. Early that year he was dispatched to Europe to support a squadron of CF104 fighters; he served in France, Belgium, and Germany. His son Daniel was born 1964 in Zweibrucken, Germany. After three years stay in Europe the family returned to Canada. For the balance of his military career he was stationed in St. Hubert and Bagotville, QC. Over the years he climbed through the ranks where he retired in 1984 as a warrant officer in a role of Quality Assurance Auditor on military contracts.

Patrick was always close to his sisters and he enjoyed visiting them, and them visiting him. We remember the Bagotville air show and holidays being a seasonal trip across le Parc des Laurentide.

Patrick then moved to Pincourt, QC, where he joined Canadair in Mirabel, QC, to work on the Canadian CF18 servicing contract with McDonald Douglass. In 1993 he founded his own quality consultant firm, PDG Qualite that operated across Canada until 2012. He served numerous consultant roles with BDC and Intertek, gave lectures at Montreal Polytechnic School and supported numerous firms with their ISO certification.

In 1993 and 1995 his two grandsons were born. His wife Rita died in July 1995. In December 1996 he married Laure Champagne, purchased a little place in Vero Beach, Florida and began a snowbird semi-retirement lifestyle that included singing, golf, softball, and beaches, with annual visits from the grandkids. We all have fond memories of this and the cottage in St. Zotique, QC.

In late 2012 Patrick began showing signs of dementia and he moved to Calgary to stay with his son and family. We cherished our time and these seven years with "Granpapa Patrick." His stay was cut short when he died at 85 years of age on Monday, December 9, 2019.

He will be most remembered by family members and friends, including his son Daniel Gagné (Kathleen McGuire), grandsons David and Kevin Gagné, his sisters, Lise Gagné (Irving Corcoran), Michelle Gagné (Alcide Arsenault), and deceased Marie Marthe Gagné (Paul Pichette); surviving spouse Laure Champagne; as well as nieces and nephews Linda, Claudine, Steve Pichette, Shawn Corcoran, Yanic, and Karen Arsenault.

Based on his wishes there was no viewing period, and a short service at McInnis & Holloway (Chapel of the Bells) for the family was held on Friday, December 13, 2019. A celebration with the family will be scheduled in January 2020 in Quebec City. The ashes will be interred at a later date in the Cemetery des Bois Franc (St. Martyr) in Victoriaville, QC.

You may wish to express your sympathy and provide hope for future patients like Patrick by providing a gift to one of the following organizations and foundations:

• Alberta Cancer Foundation/Fund Cancer Research: Provincial Office, Sun Life Place, 710, 10123 – 99th Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3H1 Telephone: 1(866) 412-4222, https://www.albertacancer.ca/donate/
• Early Onset Dementia Alberta Foundation: 112 9995 93 Ave., Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 1N5, Telephone: (780) 863-0730.
• Research/Alzheimer Society of Alberta and NWT: Administrative Office, 10531 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton AB T5H 4K1. Tel: (1-866) 950-5465, www.alzheimer.ab.ca.

Condolences, memories and photos may be shared and viewed on Patrice’s obituary at www.McInnisandHolloway.com.

We would like to thank the staff at the Carewest Colonel Belcher and the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary for the dedicated and compassionate care.

A tree will be planted in living memory of Patrice Gagne. McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Crowfoot, 82 Crowfoot Circle NW, CALGARY, AB T3G 2T3, Telephone: 403-241-0044.

Gagné, Patrick

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17 Juillet 1934 - 9 Décembre 2019

Au Centre d'hébergement pour vétérans Colonel Belcher à Calgary, le 9 décembre 2019, à l’âge de 85 ans et 5 mois, est décédé monsieur Patrick Gagné, époux de feu madame Rita Camiré, fils de feu madame Jeanne-D'Arc Gosselin et de feu monsieur Patrick Olivier Gagné. Il demeurait avec son fils en Alberta.

Selon ses volontés, il ne sera pas exposé. Une célébration avec la famille aura lieu à Québec en janvier 2020. L’inhumation des cendres se fera au cimetière des Bois Franc (St Martyr) à Victoriaville ultérieurement.

Il laisse dans le deuil son fils: Daniel Gagné (Kathleen McGuire), ses petit-fils David et Kevin, ses sœurs Lise Gagné (Irving Corcoran), Michelle Gagné (Alcide Arsenault) et feu Marie Marthe Gagné (feu Paul Pichette), épouse Laure Champagne ainsi que les nièces et neveux Linda, Claudine, Steve Pichette, Shawn Corcoran, Yanic and Karen Arsenault.

Un remerciement spécial au personnel du centre Carewest Colonel Belcher et de l’hopital Foothills de Calgary pour leurs soins débordant de compassion.

Vos témoignages de sympathie peuvent se traduire par un don aux organismes suivant.

• Alberta Cancer Foundation/Fund Cancer Research: Provincial Office, Sun Life Place, 710, 10123 – 99th Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3H1 Telephone: 1(866) 412-4222, https://www.albertacancer.ca/donate/
• Early Onset Dementia Alberta Foundation: 112 9995 93 Ave., Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 1N5, Telephone: (780) 863-0730.
• Research/Alzheimer Society of Alberta and NWT: Administrative Office, 10531 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton AB T5H 4K1. Tel: (1-866) 950-5465, www.alzheimer.ab.ca.