Obituary of Bill Braun

Obituary William "Bill" David Braun was born Nov 3rd, 1928 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. He passed away peacefully at the Fort St. John hospital on Dec 17th, 2015 at the age of 87. He lived in Cochin Sask, Nanaimo, BC, Hudson Hope BC, and finally Fort St. John, BC for the last 40 years. He was born to Dave and Katherina Braun, who were immigrants of a German colony in Russia. His memory lives on with: Marlene MacLeod Monica and John Preston Troy Braun Misty and Alvin Day Chrissy and Stacy Laboucane Rene and Derek Green. And many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bill worked at many different jobs over the years: brakeman, mechanic, logger, blacksmith, inventor, and finally as self-employed welder for many, many years. Bill belonged to many clubs but a few notables were Toastmasters, River Rats, painting group, novel writing group, and a bird watching group. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Dec 29th, 2015 at 1pm in Hamres' Funeral Chapel. Pastor Alan Braun will be officiating with interment to follow at the Woodlawn Cemetery. Eulogy will be given by Troy Braun and the Pall Bears are Troy Braun, Jacob Laboucane, Derek Green, Alvin Day, Destiny Laboucane, and Lane Day. Bailey Green will perform "Take Me Home" by John Denver. The family would like to invite everyone to a tea to follow interment at Silver Creek Cookhouse. Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Salvation Army or Ducks Unlimited. Special thanks to the Peace Villa Care Centre nurses and care givers, as they were invaluable in the later part of his life. Dad (Grandpa Bill) was a very adventurous person that loved a lot of different activities: scuba diving, photography, painting, skating, golfing, hunting, flying, bird watching, boating, inventing, prospecting, and hang-gliding. But most of all he loved to be with one of his children or grandchildren while he was doing one of his activities. We all love you and we all miss you, Dad. Cemetery Details Woodlawn Cemetery Fort St. John, BC, Funeral Service DEC 29. 01:00 PM Hamres Funeral Chapel & Cremation Center 10315 - 102 Street Fort St. John, BC, CA, V1J 4B9 Services