Obituary of Charlie Blaquiere

Charlie Blaquiere passed away in Edam, Saskatchewan on Monday, May 2, 2016 at the age of 90 years. Charlie leaves to mourn his passing: wife Annette; son, Henri (Mary Jean) Blaquiere and their children: Beth (Ian) Sabraw, Denis (Megan) Blaquiene, Jeffrey (Susan) Blaquiere and Chris (Jen) Blaquiene; son Roger (Lisa) Blaquiere and their kids: Jordan (Brittni) Blaquiere, Ashley (Josh) Rafuse, Amber (Rob) Blaquiere, Joel Blaquiere and Jared Blaquiere; daughter, Joanne (Dwight) and their children Reid and Mason Rubisch; and eight grandchildren. Charlie was predeceased by his parents Sever and Henriette Blaquiere, son Dennis Blaquiere, brother Bert Blaquiere, nephew Danny Blaquiere, father-in-law Gerald Cote, mother-in-law Marie Anne Cote and sisters-in-law Alice Caouette and Betty Cote. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the LMHCC Resident Fund Edam, Saskatchewan. EULOGY Charles Henry Blaquiere was born December 10, 1925 in Edam Saskatchewan to the parents of Sever and Henriette Blaquiere. Dad was the oldest of 5 kids. Dad did not attend school for long; he started at age 8 and left school after grade 8. Dad once told my boys he never finished school his school was a pitchfork and pile of manure. Dad and mom were married for almost 58 years. But dad did have another love and it was his cows. Dad loved his black angus the best. We remember seeing one of the first times dad cried, he had lost 17 purebred herd in a freak lightening strike in 1972. Dad enjoyed farming and farmed with his dad Sever until he bought Ter Mors farm from Andy Bellanger around 60 years ago. Dad like to run a strict schedule, as kids nothing happened until chores were done, we didn’t realize you could actually open Christmas presents before chores were done, as many farm kids we got the cows fed first then you could move on with your day. Weekends were usually busy because those are the days when you had more time to help. Dad never threw much away, he grew up in a time when you just didn’t. Never knowing when you might need things, dad did have some very precious items that you made sure not to loose or break: 1. Jeanne Kline’s glass oil dispenser 2. Eddy Bernard’s bail hook 3. Eric O’sheas fencing pliers To this day dad would be extremely happy all 3 items could still be found on the farm! Dad was never one to go to town like us boys for coffee, and never had a bad word to say about anyone, dad always asked about his neighbors, especially asked how the Jullion Boys (as he called them) how they were doing. Dad always said there are 2 real important men, one was the Pope and the other was Ernie Levasseur. I probably would miss the pope, but not as much as Ernie. Dad was not a world traveler by any means; the big trips he took could be counted on one hand. Mom and Dad Expo in 67 in Montreal Some fishing trips with Andy Bellanger when Andy could finally convince dad to go. Hawaii with mom Pete and Dodds Roach And went to visit his only sister, Aunty Terry in Santa Barbara, and after 2 days there, he thought that he had seen everything and was ready to come home. One of his favorite trips was going to Denver Cattle show with John Grant that was right up his ally. Dad’s nationality might have been French but dad did have his own language for which we will miss: Hambies: were hamburgers Lighties: were beer Pippies: were cigarettes 385 juice: were V8 juice Its ok to say dad was a simple man and a kind man, easy going and didn’t need much. But a hard worker, both our dad and mom put in many hours on the farm and we could only hope to have half the drive they did. He didn’t want anyone going out of their way for him, but one thing dad couldn’t go without was his shredded wheat for 58 plus years. The only thing that had changed was he had 1 shredded wheat instead of 2 at the end. Last couple of year’s dad’s age had caught up with him and after he broke his hip, things really had changed. One thing that never changed and gave him pleasure was asking and talking about the farm and asking how the cows were. His conversations often asking if the boys were getting things done? We would like to thank our mom from spending so much time with our dad and keeping him company especially these last 3 years, some days were very long, but as his wife, you just did it. This is our time to thank all the people who visited. Fridays were beer day with Roger for which he looked forward to his lighty. Hank for his booming voice for which dad seemed to pick up. And well what could be said about JoAnne, his favorite daughter. Which he seemed to perk up when she came home. As far as the Edam Lady Minto health center, no words can express how much we have appreciated what you all did for our father, the staff there is like no other, but coming from a small community we are so lucky that way. Showing him the respect and dignity that we all hope and want as we age. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I would like to finish with this comforting thought, all I could think after dad passed was he was probably greeted by Louie and Andy, Nick and Pete, John, Tom, Walter and Herman asking dad what took him so long, he must be running on Blaquiere time? I could imagine the farm talk that has been happening and card playing. Rest in peace dad you will be missed, love your family