Harvey Andrew Herbert

Herb passed away April 6, 2014 with his three children by his side. He is survived by his three children; Diane (Bill) McGaw, Don (Kathleen) Herbert and Deidre Herbert (Steve), his four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren as well as his two sisters Alice Rummey of Victoria and Beryl Herdan of Salmon Arm. Dad was predeceased by his wife Joan of 61 years, his brother, Morris and his three sisters, Connie, Lois and Joyce. Born in Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Dad moved to Rolleau, Saskatchewan, then Terrace, BC. Dad left Terrace and joined the U.S. Merchant Marine which served along the West Coast. After a short time Dad met and married Joan in 1945 and they moved to Camp 6 on Cowichan Lake (Duncan, BC) where Diane and Don were born and Dad worked for the BC Forest Products on locomotives. Herb became a Master Mechanic in 1952 when the family began to travel, chasing various construction and pipeline projects on the Alaska Highway in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

The family moved to Williams Lake in 1960 to settle down where Dad took over the Texaco Station at the “Y” and ran it until 1969, when, with their youngest daughter, Deidre, they went back to pipeline work in Ontario and Alberta. In 1977, Dad and his son, Don, worked on a pipeline in the Assam Province in India for six months. Herb worked at pipeline inspection until retiring in the early 1990’s. After Joan passed away in 2006, Herb lived in Chase, BC until the age of 87, when he moved into The Hamlets in Kamloops, BC where he was well cared for and enjoyed his time there. We have lots of good memories, stories and laughs that will keep him in our thoughts forever. The family would like to send special thanks to the staff on 4 North at RIH and at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Hospice Home in Kamloops.

under the direction of Schoening Funeral Service, Kamloops, British Columbia.