He will be missed by his children: Nathalie (Gaetan Thibeault) of St-Arthur, Étienne (Chantal) of St-Arthur, Nadine (Daniel Sirois) of Matapédia, Qc and Annick (Bruno Lagacé) of Atholville; his grandchildren: Patrick, Roxanne, Jonathan, Martin, Shanie, Marilie, Jérome, Audrey and Jérémie; his sisters and brothers: Bernard, Thérèse, Patrick, Romuald, Irène, Armand, George-Emile and Lucien. Many nieces, nephews, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and friends will also miss him.
His parents and his brother Gérard predeceased him.
Funeral mass was held in the Our Lady of Sacred Hearth Church, Val d’Amour, on June 11, 2008 and celebrated by Father Emile Godin with burial in the parish cemetery.