Garde GARDOM

My name is Leena Nelson first aboriginal to be a private guest to the Government House Victoria BC as I was Nanny to his grandchildren for a couple of years had the pleasure to meet Garde Gardom and Helen his wife and I was able to stay visit the government house and learn how he made impacts on aboriginal communities and various endeavors of his fascinating man wonderful family and a lifetime of memories being the first aboriginal to live work play at Government House Victoria BC with the guidance of his amazing daughter and family! Thank you for a life time of memories I'll always treasure! Leena Nelson

... A true gentleman!

Garde had that rare ability to make us all more aware and proud of who we are as British Columbians and Canadaian - Native or otherwise - and to enjoy the benefits of our gifted lives. He brought joy into every room he entered and will be missed greatly. Condolences to the family.
Glen Ringdal

Dear Mrs Gardom, our thoughts are with you and your familly in the difficult moments you are going through. We remember vividly the nice visit we had with you at Governement House in Victoria when Claude and I were attending a conference.
Michèle Gagnon et Claude Lachance






visit we had at Government house in Victoria

Dear Helen and family,
My deepest condolences on your lost.
I have great memories of the time passed by your pool when I first moved to Vancouver.
I have talked to my parents in Quebec City and
they send their love. Nicole is away on holidays but I will send her a message. I am also away on holidays at the moment and will not be able to attend the funeral but will be thinking of you,
Louise Gagnon

To borrow loosely from W H Auden's poem, "In Memory Of W.B. Yeats,"... Heaven, receive an honoured guest, Garde Gardom is laid to rest... A King of a man who knew true wealth is made up of all you have given up - not all you have hoarded. My heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Gardom, Helen, - the love of Garde's life, his greatest treasure, best friend and wisest advisor; their beautiful granddaughter, Cara, my precious goddaughter, Cara's beautiful mother, Kim, my kind and gentle friend since very early childhood, and to both the Gardom and McKenzie families. On behalf of myself and my respective siblings, Rene, Bob,Tom, and Diane, the adult children of the late Elizabeth Louise and Henri St. Louis, may Garde's memory be for a blessing.

Sincere Condolences to Mrs. Helen Gardom and to all the family members. Having not seen Garde Gardom since just after his book was finished, I am wondering if copies will be available at Christ Church Cathedral. The name Garde Gardom has been a part of Liberal life in B.C. for many decades. Was it cousin George Mussallem, MLA, or Mayor Gordon D. Bryant of Prince George who first mentioned Mr.Gardom? When I moved to the UK in 1991, Mr. Gardom was the Agent General. I recall being with Mr. & Mrs. Gardom at Petersham on the Anniverary of Birth of Captain George Vancouver, and again, back in B.C., at a special service for the late Queen Mother Elizabeth in Victoria, B.C.
Grateful for having seen his efforts in public life come to fruition, and sorry to see him go. A life well lived, indeed.

That warm genuine smile and boisterous laugh will be forever in our hearts.xox

I will always remember July 1, 2000, the day you presided over my citizenship ceremony and granted me citizenship in a special ceremony in Barkerville, BC. It was a very special day! My deepest sympathies to the family.
Elizabeth Astbury, Vancouver

Sleep well ... and Thank you for everything. And,"Ever the best" to all those close to you.