Grandpapa,

I’m so lucky to have been able to call you my grandpapa! Although you are no longer with us, you will most certainly never be forgotten! I will continue to tell stories of you and your amazing skills at checkers, fixing pretty much anything, hockey watching/yelling, strength both mentally & physically, drawing (kolik), playing “tirdy-one”, making hilarious gestures & jokes, throwing parties, raising three astounding children, etc etc!

There is nobody like you anywhere in this world, & the memory of you lives on in each of us, in a million different ways! I’ll always think of you when I hear Feliz Navidad, see a hockey game, hear someone yell Taxi!, see a fire truck or firefighter, etc.

I miss you & love you more than words can even begin to explain!

Love, 
~ Valerie

Pierre et Robert,  sincères condoléances, à vous et  à votre mère et soeur.

Cela fait une quinzaine d'années que je connais, votre père, et cela a  toujours été un plaisir de le rencontrer, toujours souriant et de bonne humeur, il avait toujours les bons mots. 

We will greatly miss him.

Nous désirons offrir nos condoléances à sa femme Cécile, ses enfants, et toute la famille.

Nous ne pouvons être présent avec vous mais nos pensées les plus sincères sont avec vous. 

Nous avons rencontré René et sa femme Cécile chez notre fils Marc et  Geneviève et n'avons que de bons souvenirs d'un homme joyeux et  souriant.

Rene, I remember when I was six years old you and Cecile, my big sister got married to each other.  I was your flower girl. (I feel honored that you and Cecile chose me to be your flower girl.)  After you married I used to call Cecile “auntie Cecile.”  I thought since you were both married to each other, now she had become my aunt. You used to laugh and say “Cecile isn’t your auntie. She is still your sister!”  
As I grew up and got to know you more, I had a great admiration for you.  You were an outstanding brother – in – law that any sister – in – law could have.  You were a kind and loving man, generous and hospitable.  I have very fond memories of you, especially our family get together.  We shared a lot of laughs with our families and relatives.  
I will truly miss you Rene.  You will always remain in my heart forever.

Love, “YOUR FLOWER GIRL” 
~ Gail xoxo     
                                                                                           


How much we will miss you and all the wonderful time we had together with the family. I will never forget what a kind and loving person you are.

Bless you in heaven and when you see Steve say hello for me.

God bless you Rene.

Love you with all my heart.
~ Your sister in law
Adele and family

Dear Cecile and family,
I am grieving with you.
May the memories of your loved one...
of happy times,
of joyful smiles,
of hearty laughter,
and caring  words
Help you through this sorrowful  time.

Que de souvenirs me traversent l'esprit quand je pense à toi, mon cher oncle René. Les mots qui me viennent à l'esprit pour te décrire sont "joie de vivre". Tu as toujours été le mononcle avec qui on avait du fun! Toujours de bonne humeur, relax, y'en a pas de problème avec mononcle René!!! Même mes filles t'ont connu de cette façon là.  Marc aimait piquer une bonne jasette avec toi! Tu étais plus qu'un oncle, mais aussi un bon ami. Tu as une place importante dans nos coeurs. Nous n'oublierons jamais les moments passés avec toi.
On t'aime 
~ La famille de
Montigny/St-Yves

My memories of my childhood were not always happy however what stands out as joy and excitement in my young years were the events at uncle Rene and auntie Cecile's!

I have such vivid memories of the happy, festive parties we had in that basement... there was such a distinct smell to that house, a blend of auntie Cecile's glamorous perfume and uncle renes cologne I'm sure, still to this day I can remember that smell . I remember being so excited to know we were celebrating another new year, Christmas, birthday at uncle renes , only to end the night bundled up,sleeping in the old chair in the corner of the basement.  Does any one else remember playing behind the bar or creeping to the back hall of the basement to that trusty deep freezer ALWAYS full of popsicles?! All of our memories of you  are so different my dear uncle, for me, I was young when you were most prominent in my life ,however your addition to my happy family memories had set the standard for my own entertaining now in my life. My regret was that I wasn't older or wiser to have thought to pick your brain and get to know you on a different level when I had you most prominent in my life. You have set a high standard for what family is and should be and you will be dearly missed! 

I love you always 
~ Farrah

René, I remember when you started going out with my sister. I was 15. I was so proud to have my picture taken with you. I wore my first high heel shoes to be almost as tall as you. You always stood tall in our family. It's sad that you're gone but so many good memories remain in my heart. You will be missed.... May you rest in peace!

Love, ta belle soeur, 
~ Mai (dans l'eau) 
xx

Rene, a man of distinction who lived life to the fullest.  Always prepared and ready to meet the needs of his family.  Rene, bigger than life itself, always made sure to provide for his family through acts of love and service.  Being a great man of service he also reached out to mankind.

The alarm would sound and he would, in an instant, dawn his firefighters' gear and speed off with his team to face great perils, rescue victims and quench the menacing fire ball which threatened them.  He is a hero! 

As a taxi driver, I have no doubt that he became one of the most sought after chauffeurs.  His pleasant demeanor and joyful spirit most certainly  left a lasting, positive impression on his passengers.  (He shared some hilarious encounters with me...we laughed!)

Rene has left a great impression on my life, encouraging me to be the best that I can be. 
Rene will always be missed, however, his legacy will remain for a very long time indeed.

Love you my brother, may great comfort fall upon your family for this great loss.
~ George

My dearest Auntie Cecile, Lyne, Pierre, Bob and Valerie. 

I'm reading all your beautiful heartfelt memories and notes  to your father and those are a true testament to the man he was. So perfectly explained in your love for him. What a great family you are.  

My heart is broken for you all. 

Uncle Rene was such a great man, I will miss him so much. Always outgoing and funny he will remain forever in my heart as such a kind, loving proud man with the best sense of humor who absolutely loved his family more than anything. ..we have so many fabulous memories together... sending you all our love 

~ Heidi, Matthew
and Lydia

Dear Dad,

My hero!!  Dad, you were (and are) one heck of a "he-man".  My hero.  I could never be a complete man like you have been (as I have told you many times, but you laughed it off because you didn’t realize how fantastic you were!): fireman, father of three kids, loving, generous of your time and money, and then you still made time for community service too!  And you never complained one bit about it. Unbelievable!  You always left a good impression of human-warmth with everyone you met.  This is a lesson of respect I will keep forever.  

You made people feel good, you were liked by everyone!  You have given me so many lessons of life which will stay with me forever, amongst others, keep life simple to sleep well at night, don't sweat the small stuff in life, don't take more than you really need, manual skills are important for  your mind, people need each other, be there for others, take life in simple strides, etc etc!  You are still there for me, even in your new altered state.  Those important life messages will stay with me forever!  That is the biggest gift.  So you see, your gifts last forever.  I hope you know that!
A funny story: We were on vacation on Brigantine Island, NJ, where we loved to go every summer.  My brother Bob and I were still young teenagers, and we had a guys’ night out with my dad on the busy boardwalk in Atlantic City.  So we wanted to buy some drinks from the street vendor, and the guy asked how many Cokes we wanted.  We didn’t want my dad to say “trrree Cokes” because we were embarrassed by my dad’s strong French accent when he spoke English.  He couldn’t do the “th” sound.  So when my dad was about to give his trrrreee-Coke order to the vendor, Bob and I quickly whispered to my dad, in a panic, “no no no tell the guy only two cokes”.  But my dad still said “trrree Cokes” to our silly embarrassment. Teenagers, what do we know! My dad was never bothered about his accent.  He was just beyond that pettiness!  Imagine that reaction from us silly teenagers.  But in my soul, I have always been proud that I have the best father one could have, wherever we went. 

I could ALWAYS depend on you to help me throughout my life.  You were always there for me.  You were an incredibly giving person to a fault! Even to this day.  And you seldom asked for help yourself, for fear of “bothering” the others. Even in the few hours before you passed away, when I visited you in the afternoon to have a sandwich at your place, you were still getting up hurriedly to serve me “Pierre, do you want coffee or tea”.  What can I say more?

Well there’s so much to say about a legend like my dad. Here’s one last thing I want to leave you with:  sometimes when I feel lonely or down, and don’t know where to go, the first people I think of to boost my mood are my parents.  The always make me feel good, always happy to see me, always something funny to tell me, and always have an entertaining story to boost my mood.  They are never indifferent.  Can’t beat that! 

I am sad when I think about the inner drive you had and the will to still live much longer.  But I also smile when I think of the AMAZING memories you leave with me, and I want to celebrate the unbelievable luck that I had to have you as a father! 

Dad, may you live long in my mind and soul!  Promise me please!!  In return, I will aim to be as good as you.

Your loving son
~ Pierre

I remember when you came at my parents house  for the first time, you fail In- love with sister Cecile. She was the women that you married and spend the rest of your life with her. Your loving children always looked up to you . You took bobby  &. Perrie  to hockey  and  taught Lyne how to skate . You were the greatest . You were always there to do things for everybody . I remember you coming to our house and did my income taxes for my father and I and staying for my moms labaness food .. we all had a great time as a family  together .  

We all miss you , you were the greatest brother - law

Au nom de l'équipe du Service de soutien à l'audience du Palais de justice de Montréal et en mon nom personnel nos plus sincères condoléances à vous et votre famille.

~ Benoit Foisy, directeur
Service des huissiers-audienciers
Cour du Québec et Cour supérieure

Our family get-together's will never be the same again without Rene. He was a wonderful brother-in-law to us and we will always be grateful for his generosity, sense of humour and his great laugh. He was a  wonderful husband, a loving and caring father and grandfather, who will be missed with all there hearts.

We celebrated most our life events together as a family and all of  them were filled with fun, laughter, respect and love for each other.

Now we can reflect on all those loving and happy memories to help us through this sad and difficult time.

Dear Cecile, Lyne, Pierre, Bob and Valerie we will be grieving with you, we also loved Rene and we will miss him dearly... with our love always

Salut beau-frère

Cher Dadde', 

Tu me manques déjà. Je sais que tu souffrais mentalement parce que tu ne pouvais plus être René!!!!  

My dear Dear Daddy, I already miss you.  I know you suffered mentally because  you could not be Rene, anymore. 

Dad, I'm going to miss your tender voice telling me "Bye, Lyne" on the phone when we'd hang up the phone. You were the best dad. SO, SO devoted to us kids. Working so hard at ANYTHING you did -your job, your time for us, taking care of the house, cars, yard, driving us to all our sports, repairing everything -even if we wanted to buy a new one :)  You were a perfectionist to the MAX.  Dad your love for me and our family was undeniable. You were ALWAYS  there for us. Heck, you didn't even want us to move out of the house, EVER. If you had it your way, we'd still be living at your house. I have such great memories of my summers with you and going on vacation to Brigantine - such great times!  Even though I will miss you so much, I know you are not suffering anymore.  I'm at peace with that because your qualify of life was not there anymore and that's when our Dear God called you and carried you in his arms to Heaven and that's a consolation for me.  Please say hi to my late-husband Joe.  I know you'll be talking about that good IPA "Celebration Ale" beer you so enjoyed drinking together.   Dad, I'm so happy that I got to see you this past summer.  You looked good - weak, but good.  You were in good spirits and I had a wonderful time with you watering your beautiful flowers in your yard and I loved eating your fresh vegetables out of your garden.   When I was a little girl I wanted ice skates and said to you "Lache-Z-en des patines pour Lyne" and you bought me my first pair of ice skates and taught me how to skate which I did for many, many years. 

Dad, I love you and I'm SO proud to call you MY DAD. 

Bon Repos mon cher Dadde', 
Je t'aime de tout mon cœur.  

Ta fille
~ Lyne xoxo

Hi Dad,

We are in shock of your passing so quickly as you still had so much energy and really wanted to live forever - we all want to live forever!  You are in good hands with God, and God will take care of us while you are with him... We still hear you telling us to dress warm when its cold outside, or get some rest as we have a big day tomorrow, and all the good advice you gave us.... without you we wouldn't be here.   We still feel your hugs and kiss "kolik" when were with you.  We won't see you waving at us "bye-bye" through the window when we leave the house, but we will always wave back even if you are not there physically.  When I listen to your favorite music, Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, I will have tears and cry, but happy ones!  Thank you so much for the love you gave us all, and your patience in raising a wonderful family, and a father who was always there for us !!  We will continue carrying your love and spirit in us. 
 When we meet again, I will let you know what happened here since 30 January 2019....  I love you dad, kooolik!   

~ Bobby

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René Prévost

November 11, 1934 – January 30, 2019

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