William Gordon (Bud) Dey
On December 24, 2011 Mr. William Gordon “Bud” Dey passed away at Royal Inland Hospital at the age of 87 years. He is survived by his loving wife Tina, his sons Ron (Nancy), Gord (Sandy) and Cal and his daughter Kelli Speidel; his five grandchildren Kristi, Shelley, Leslie, Andrew and Trevor and seven great grandchildren.
Also left to cherish his memory are his sisters Mary Sloan, Joyce Sentist, Jean Inglish, Frances Dalgleish and Chris Christian.
Bud was predeceased by his first wife Irene and his brother George.
He was born in Pense, Saskatchewan on December 6, 1924. Upon release from the RCAF in 1945, Bud, with Irene and his parents, purchased the Windmill Lodge in Savona. In 1954, they opened Dey’s Centre on the “new” Highway in Savona. He retired from the store in 1972 and moved to Nanaimo to launch Deydream II and for the next number of years enjoyed sailing the coastal waters, including a trip to the South Pacific. In 1986, they returned to Kamloops, purchased a motorhome and cruised the inland empire, enjoying life as snowbirds. Following mom’s passing he continued his passion for lawn bowling where he met and married his current wife Tina. With that, we have welcomed Jack Legebokow, his wife Kathy and Cory Legebokow, his wife Heather and their children to our family.
A Celebration of Bud’s life will be held on Friday, January 6, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the Schoening Funeral Chapel, 513 Seymour Street.
Donations to the A.L.S. Society, 119 – 1600 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. or the B.C. Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3V4 in memory of
Bud would be appreciated.
Ron,Gord,Cal and Kelly my heart is with all of you.
sincerely
Joe Prochnau,(Wanda)
Heartfelt condolences to all the family.
Our sympathies to you all. Bud will live on in our memory of the time that we sailed with him and Cal onboard Deydream out of Nanaimo. His love of sailing’s feedom and his satisfaction with his accomplishments, Deydream and his family, remain alive in our memories.
dearest gord and family,our hearts are with u at this sad time
Dear Gord and family,
Our thoughts are with you during this sad time.
Dear Kelli and family,
We are thinking of you during this sad time.
My great friend Gord, Cal, Ron, Kelly and families,
Our hearts and thoughts are with you today.
My great friend Gord, Cal, Ron, Kelly and families.
Our hearts and thoughts are with you today.