Ken passed away very suddenly at his home in Chilliwack. He is lovingly remembered and will be profoundly missed by his wife Edith, his daughter Kelly Knill (Patrick), his son, Bill Shortreed, and his grandchildren, Jaxson and Madison Knill and Kaya Shortreed, his dog, Sadie; also, by his mother, Jean Shortreed and his sister, Susan Evans, nieces and nephews, Sarah, David Christopher and Katherine Evans. He was predeceased by his father, William Shortreed.