Burial of a World War II Veteran

On April 26, 2016, our Branch Richelieu (Quebec 79) of the Royal Canadian

Legion in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu lost one of its World War II Veterans, comrade

Jean-Paul Bertrand, at the age of 92.

Five members of Branch 79, from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, traveled to St-Isidore,

New Brunswick for the burial of the ashes on Friday, June 24, 2016.

A few phones calls were made to officials of some branches of the Royal Canadian

Legion in the neighborhood of St-Isidore. They were more than willing to help us

out with anything we would need.

To our surprise and appreciation, fifteen members of the Royal Canadian Legion in

the St-Isidore region participated in this final tribute to our comrade.

These Legionaries were:

The deputy commander of the Northshore District:

Comrade Denise Dumaresq

From Branch 45, Tracadie-Sheila

President, comrade Roland Paulin

First vice president, comrade Steve Gravel

Second Vice President, comrade Claude Savoie

Comrade Émard Christmas

Comrade Jean-Claude Bélanger

Comrade Christian Larocque

From Branch 56, Caraquet:

President, comrade Armel Lanteigne

First vice-president, comrade Jean-Pierre Chenard

Sgt at arms, comrade Orphir Boucher

Comrade Gordon Clement

Comrade Denise Chiasson

Comrade Julienne Boucher

Comrade Normand Doiron

These comrades arrived fully prepared and organized with color party, music and

all the decorum necessary for the ceremony at the cemetery. This was a touching,

appreciative and emotional moment for Branch 79 and will remain in our hearts,

and our thoughts forever.

A huge thank you to our fellow Legionnaire from New Brunswick who took the

time to pay their last respects to our comrade with us.

We will remember them!