Dennis Wayne Loewen

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Dennis Wayne Loewen on March 6, 2012 in Vernon, British Columbia at age 61 years of age. Dennis was predeceased by his mother Ruby and step father Walter Wilson in 1994, and his father, Jacob Loewen in 2008. Dennis leaves to mourn his loving wife Audree of 11 years, and his children and their families, son Dwayne (Marni) Loewen and children, Tyler and Coltonl aughter Shandis Loewen and daughter Shawna; stepson Kurt (Jodie) Dodd and children, Dante and Daphne; stepson, Derek (Regina) Dodd and children, Ocean, Tiden, Haven and Salina; stepchild Tamara (Chad) White and child Austin. He will also be missed by his sister Del (Clay) Middlemiss and children Trevor, Tracey and Trent, his sister in law Patricia Henderson, his brother in law Tom McIntosh, and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and many friends.

Dennis was born and raised in Chilliwack, BC He was a big sports fan and played hockey and fast ball for a major part of his life. He always strived to be the best he could. Dennis married Waneta in 1972 and had two children (Dwayne and Shandis). Later, he married Audree in 2001. Dennis' job history involved a variety of jobs from driving tractor at the age of 5 on his grandpa Nitschke's farm( and grandpa said he was better at it than grandma), to assembling farm machinery, packing groceries at Safeway, high lead logging on Vancouver Island, driving for moving companies, operating electric shovel at Bethlehem Mine, before he found his final job that he loved. He started working at Dairyland (now Agrifoods) in Abbotsford in 1980, until 2006. At that time Agrifoods took over in the Okanagan and Dennis transferred and moved to Vernon (God's Country" he would call it). Dennis and Audree bought in Lawrence Heights and made many more wonderful life long friends in "the hood", to add to all the wonderful lifelong friends in the Fraser Valley.

If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane

We'd walk right up to heaven and bring you back a gain

No farewells spoken no time to say goodbye,

You were gone before we knew it

and only God knows why