Vernon Ralph John Gower
Oct. 10, 1925 - Feb. 9, 1945
Graduated 1943 Rogers High School

Gone 65 years, still missed
and looked up to.

The Gower Family

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TREVISON, ROBERT LEANDER
Feb. 9, 1932 - Feb. 27, 2009
www.roberttrevison.com

Robert Trevison was born and raised in Trail B.C. during the Depression. From an early age family and friends recognized his wit, his compassion, his strong moods and an incisive, versatile mind, equally at home with poetry, physics and fishing. As a teen, he was a Latin scholar, a smelter worker, a musician who played trombone in the Maple Leaf Band and an outdoorsman with a passion for the beauty of Kootenay Lake.

After receiving his B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering at the Montana School of Mines in 1956, he married childhood sweetheart Janet Brown and worked as a research engineer in high purity metals for Cominco Ltd. in Trail. In 1961, he became the technical driving force behind the new Cominco Electronic Materials unit in Spokane, eventually patenting new processes while developing cutting edge products for customers such as Intel, Texas Instruments and IBM. As production manager, he was a charismatic leader who recognized people's talents and helped them reach their potential. His efforts helped build the operation from a group of four to a commercially successful enterprise of 350. At the same time, he raised a family, caring for his wife during her long battle with cancer and for their three children following her death in 1978. After his retirement in 1991, he spent his life savings to buy Camp Lourdes on Kootenay Lake as a legacy for the Trevison family.

His varied interests - from growing tomatoes and making antipasto to building and fixing almost anything to appreciating books, art and music - made him welcome in every walk of life. "He had a unique capability of sizing up people at the first encounter, and tailoring his words and his behavior and body language to establish easy contact," said friend and former boss Dr. Eb Hirsch. "It was one of the great gifts he had."

He was passionate about socioeconomic fairness and a knowledgeable critic of politics and government, although as his health weakened he dispaired of his ability to create change. "He was so well informed on everything," said friend and political activist Sally Jackson. He "had a real passion for what was right."

His primary interests were the fate of neglected children and mistreated animals, particularly the millions of dogs and cats killed in the U.S. each year. Neighbors grew used to seeing their pets among his own pack of dogs - mostly former strays - enjoying home-cooked meals, a good scratch and rides in his car, generally receiving better care than he gave himself.

Countless people who never knew Robert Trevison's name will remember his humor or one of his daily acts of respect and generosity. He helped stranded migrant workers push their broken truck to a service station, paying for the part they couldn't afford. He shoveled travelers out of snowy ditches, bought diapers for the mother outside the grocery store and slipped cash to parents with hungry kids. "He just had the kindest heart. He was the most giving person we ever met," said friend Ken Safranek. "He was always thinking about 'How am I going to help that poor person out there in the street?'"

Although physically fragile at the end of his life and relying on help from his son, his intelligence remained undimmed. He died at home, asleep in his favorite chair. He was preceded in death by parents Peter and Emma Trevison of Trail B.C; wife Janet; and daughter Erica, who died in infancy. Survivors include companion Evelyn Smith; son Peter of Spokane; daughters Nancy (Michele Rain) of Nelson, B.C. and Catherine (Charles Blanke) of Portland Oregon; and one granddaughter. He is also survived by sister Eleanor of Trail B.C.; and brothers David (Claudette) of Penticton B.C. and Louis (Lillian) of Newbury Park, Calif. Please sign our guestbook at www.roberttrevison.com

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Susette GeMay Littell Werner
12/12/1966 - 02/08/2009

Dear Susie:
It has been one year since your
infectious laughter, beautiful smile and "I love you's" were tragically taken from our lives. We don't know any more today then the day you joined our Lord. We are still mystified.

There will be a memorial mass offered for the repose of your soul on the
anniversary of your entrance into
eternal life with our Lord on Monday, February 8th at 8:00 am at
Assumption Parish, 3624 W. Indian Trail Road. All are invited to attend this service by Father Michael Savelesky. We all know that divine
intervention is the only thing that will bring us closure.

Love, Mom and Dad

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Geretta Violet Levens Gosselin
Feb. 8, 1910 - Nov. 17, 1997
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY

You left us over 12 years ago for
a much better place.
We miss you everyday.
You were a mother and friend to your
4 children: Glenn, Clifford, George J. and Vondalee.
Grandmother to 9 and
great-grandmother to 17.
A wife for 63 years to your husband George who celebrated his 100th
birthday with family and friends
on Nov. 2, 2009.

Geretta spent many years in Spokane. She was active at Sacred Heart School and with the Girl and Boy Scouts.
Enjoyed camping and later traveling
in the RV.

I say a little prayer
When I see a wreck by the
side of the road
I say a little prayer
When I meet someone carrying
a heavy load
I say a little prayer
When I see a mother with a
crying child
I say a little prayer
When I see some children
running wild
I say a little prayer
When my cross gets heavy
and hard to bare
And there is no one around who
seems to care
I continue on with my little prayer
I knew God would hear me
He is everywhere
- Written by Geretta Violet
Levens Gosselin

Mom, I miss you more than
most people know.
You were my best friend and I could talk to you about anything.
I still talk to you and I know you still watch over me and your extended
family.
Love and God Bless,
your daughter Vondalee

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