Clifford Allison Price

Cliff prioritized his family above all else. He was a devoted husband to Addie, his beloved wife of 72years, and a constant source of love, guidance and inspiration to his four daughters and sons-in-law - Janice (Lloyd Mann), Sandy (Dave Williamson), Nancy (Dave Smith) and Marie (Dave Tennent). He adored and was so proud of his eleven grandchildren - Lindsay (Jason), Chad, Jordan, Matt (Shannon), Andrew (Mary Ellen), Ashley (Kent), Nick (Katie), Eli (Laura), Zach, An and Grace. He felt so fortunate to be able to meet and develop loving relationships with most of his thirteen great-grandchildren: Adeline, Ruby, Grayson, Riley, Kyleigh, Calleigh, Elliott, Murphy, Charlie, Ella, Frankie, Isaac and Jake. Newborns Isaac and Jake, who live out of province, were the only ones he didn’t have a chance to snuggle. Cliff is also survived by his sister-in-law Margaret Thomson and several nieces and nephews.

Cliff was born on July 23, 1931, in Saint John, New Brunswick, to Clifford and Nellie (Riley) Price. He was predeceased by his siblings, Richard, Prudence and Juanita. Cliff lived in Saint John until he was 14 years old, at which time the family moved to Glenwood, along the Saint John River. He loved living in the country, and we all enjoyed hearing his stories of his life back then.

Cliff enlisted in the army at the end of 1949. On one of his visits home he met Addie Thomson at a dance. They married on December 6, 1952, as soon as the Army allowed soldiers to marry at age 21 instead of 25. He served 28 years, retiring as a Master Warrant Officer, with postings to Germany, Egypt and seven different Canadian Army Bases, the last being in Dundurn, Saskatchewan. While Cliff and Addie had always planned on returning to New Brunswick after retiring from the Army, by then their daughters were getting married to Saskatchewan boys, and Saskatoon became home. Upon retirement he worked at Northern Distributors until they closed, after which he worked for Wallace Construction Specialties.

After retirement, doing all the work themselves, Addie and Cliff rebuilt their cottage at Nelson Beach on Wakaw Lake and turned it into a beautiful year-round home. The family enjoyed many years of summer holidays and Christmas holidays there. Cliff doted on his grandchildren - ensuring that they had all the toys for enjoying the water, building a go-cart track and a ball diamond, making surfboards and shark fins out of leftover Styrofoam insulation, making treasure maps for scavenger hunts, building forts and a bunkhouse, making wooden rifles and just being the best Grampie ever. His grandchildren will always remember his “specials” (Werther’s caramels). He built a cradle for his first grandchild, which was passed around to each of the eleven, and is now being passed around to his great-grandchildren. It has spent time in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario and now British Columbia.

Cliff and Addie spent their winters in Florida and made life-long friends at their second home in Lakeshore. Cliff assisted in managing the shuffleboard activity and spent one winter helping to repaint the courts. He and Addie also ran the weekly Whist card games. Cliff and Addie loved to dance and made a beautiful couple. They enjoyed going to dances at Lakeshore, as well as weekly card games with their friends. They were loved by so many.

Cliff developed severe vision loss in his later years and was unable to continue doing so many of the things he enjoyed. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the CNIB. Online donations can be made at secure.cnib.ca

In accordance with Cliff’s wishes, there will be no funeral service. The immediate family will gather in October to celebrate his life.

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal.

Love leaves a memory no one can steal.