October 1, 1927 - March 13, 2019
The man in leather, the gardener of 5 Brant street peacefully passed away at age 91 on Wednesday, March 13th. He moved to Kitimat from Teceira, Azores to work at Alcan in September of 1955. He leaves behind his loving wife of 65 years, Margarida Vieira Nunes Ribeiro. He will be missed by his children - Margaret (John), Sab, Doug and Len (Val) as well as his grandchildren - Melissa, Amanda, Savannah, Lou, Delaney, Justin, Nathan, Danielle and great grandson Fabrizio. He would like to thank the farmers of Canada, CASAW - his second mother that took care of him in his working and retired life and Canada for the clean water and the CBC radio. Our family would like to thank Dr. Huang
and the Kitimat General Hospital for their outstanding care and support. There will be no service as per his wishes.