Marco Graf

Goodbye! It’s the hardest word to say! When someone you love, with all your heart, leaves you too soon! “We’ll see you later”, Sweet Marco! Our hearts are broken into a million pieces! You will always be remembered in every ray of sunshine that warms our hearts and souls. Never ever forgotten!

Marco Manfred Graf was born on December 19, 1968, in Neustadt, West Germany and passed from this world on January 30, 2022, in The North Shore Hospice in North Vancouver. He will be lovingly remembered by his mother Marie-Louise and Andrew, his sister Jeanine, Rob and Connor, as well as many relatives and friends. And while in palliative care, he became friends with a wonderful woman who would guide him and help him through the hardest time in his life. For this, we, his family, are so very thankful.

Marco leaves a great void in all our hearts. A son whose heart was filled with love, empathy, caring, sensitivity, kindness, and joy. A zest for life and a personality that made anyone, and everyone feel welcomed and included. He wanted everyone to laugh, live and enjoy every moment of life! His warm spirit, happy go lucky personality will never be forgotten. His smiling face and warm heart will be remembered by all those he touched.

Marco, or Archie as many called him, grew up in North Vancouver and spent most of his life living and loving the North Shore.

Marco’s favorite stories and adventures included his closest and dearest friends – Ted, Aldo, Danny, Mike, Jimmy, Hunter, Joe, and especially his work family, as he called them, at Canadian Utilities Construction, and many more!

No words can express how much we love you and miss you! Not a day will go by that we won’t think of you! Always in our hearts!

Chances make you want to live

To take a chance, you must always give

Give all that you can, and not the least

Live to live, like an untamed beast

Do all the things that come to mind

Then within yourself, ambition you’ll find

One must always strive to reach a goal

If one don’t try, you’ll end in a hole

I love to think of my life as a gift

A gift I cherish and won’t let go adrift

I’m a dreamer at times, and imagine things

Like a pirate looking for a chest of golden rings

There is so much time, we have to do our best

Sometimes I think that this life is one big test

If, with the wink of an eye, your time goes by

Always remember to live, before you die

Author, Writer – Marco Graf

“There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they are gone the light remains”

Saying goodbye is never easy. As we each mourn the loss of Marco, we remember the wonderful days and moments that we were able to share with him. Whether you knew him for a short time or a long time, we all know how special of a person he was and how he impacted so many lives just with his presence. Please join us to celebrate and honour such a remarkable person and life, one that we were all fortunate enough to have been a part of.

Place: Grand Boulevard, North Vancouver, between East 15th and East 17th Street

Time: 11am

Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022

Please call or text us by August 1, 2022 if you will be attending

Thank you,

Marie-Louise: 250-215-4836

and

Jeanine : 250-308-8727