Paul Charles Racette

Surrey, BC.

He was born in Edmonton, Alberta to parents Valéda Sabourin

and Rosaire Racette.

Paul grew up in Blairmore and St. Paul, Alberta, and graduated

from the Faculty of Medicine at University of Alberta. He met his

wife Lois while in medical school, and they practiced together for

several years in McLennan, Alberta. They then moved to Boston

where Paul specialized in Pathology at the New England Deaconess

Hospital. Returning to Canada, they moved to Edmonton, then to

Red Deer before settling in Medicine Hat, where they lived for 46

years. Paul spent his final years at Westminster House in Surrey.

He and Lois were very happily married for 61 years.

He is survived by a close and loving family including his wife Dr.

Lois Racette of Medicine Hat/ White Rock and their children Dr.

Thérèse Racette (LeNeveu) of Winnipeg and her children Renée

and Marc, Paul Joseph Racette (Katie) of Rambouillet, France and

their children Camille and Emerson, and Dr. Jocelyn Racette/

Olsén (Lars Goran) of Karlskrona, Sweden, and their children

Michael, Susanne, and Therese/ Tessa. He is also survived by his

sisters Jeanne Dawson (Brian) of Calgary and Pauline Howatt

(Gerald) of Edmonton/ Calgary and their children. He was

predeceased by his daughter Denise Grant (Racette) of White

Rock, BC.

Paul had a distinguished career as Chief of Pathology at the

Medicine Hat Hospital and the Medicine Hat Diagnostic

Laboratory. For many years he served as president of the Medicine

Hat Cancer Society and later president of the Alberta Cancer

Society.

His interests were many and varied. His love of the wilderness

included working university summers in the Yukon with the

Geodesic Survey of Canada, hunting and fishing with his favorite

uncles, and skiing, canoeing, wilderness hiking and camping with

his wife and children. In later years, Paul and Lois immensely

enjoyed traveling. Their favorite trips were to the High Arctic,

Antarctica, The Arches, Galapagos Islands, Sweden and France.

Paul was passionate about flying. On weekends, he was very often

to be found at Medicine Hat’s Bar-XH Aviation, either flying or

chatting with fellow pilots. He and Lois often flew together to

various locations, several times over the Rockies including a trip

to Vancouver. They also flew their single-engine Comanche to

Mexico City and back.

He was inventive, multi-faceted, and possessed an unwavering

determination. His dry wit would occur at very unexpected

moments.

Paul was a gentle, kind, and loving father, husband, and brother,

and always helpful and understanding with family, friends,

colleagues and the many laboratory staff. He touched the lives of

so many people.

Special thanks to the staff at Westminster House, Chelsea and staff

from Bayshore, and his devoted care giver Juliette. We will miss

him dearly and he will be forever in our hearts.

Service of Remembrance will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday December

11th 2015 at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre, 14831 – 28

Avenue, Surrey, BC. A donation can be made to the Medicine Hat

Hospital Foundation or Alberta Cancer Society.