Michel Tasse

OBITUARY MICHEL TASSE 1939 - 2009 Passed away peacefully in Montreal on November 25, 2009, beloved husband of Mrs. Nicole Lelievre. He also leaves to mourn his children, Alain (Marie-Therese), Bruno (Julie), Frederic, Marie-Michel (Justin), his son-in-law Matthew, as well as his grandchildren Olivier, Charles-Antoine, Andreanne, and Malaya, his brother Yves (Isabelle), as well as his sisters Suzanne (Roger Matte), Guylaine (Terry Cribb), Denise (Andre Vallerand) and Lucille. In addition, his leaves to mourn his precious co-workers as well has his great friends in life, with some of whom, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Born in Quebec, son of the late Pauline Boyer and the late Yvon Tasse, he completed his studies at Universite de Laval's faculty of Engineering (Civil Engineer 1962), he also earned a masters in Business Administration in 1964 at Western University, Ontario. After his studies, he set off looking for a company that would allow him to exercise his entrepreneurship skills. In 1974, after a few jobs, he created a partnership with a Quebecois and a German Industrialist, which led to the formation of Fertek Inc. Over the course of the next years, subsidiaries were created as follows: Steeltech Corporation (Boston), AcIer Inter Provicial (Montreal), Acier d'armature (Trois-Rivieres), Produits d'acier Ecan (Quebec), Metaltech-Omega (Laval), Echafauds Plus (Laval). The merging of Acier Gendron and Fertek led to the birth of AGF Inc, and the merging the division treillis, Fertek Inc. with Sivaco gave birth to the Societe Numesh Inc., which is currently operational in the Laval factories. He was a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the Wire Reinforcement Institute of Canada and the U.S.A. In addition, he was a member of Canada Reinforcing Steel Institute, as well as Cercle des Presidents du Quebec. The family will receive friends and relatives on Thursday, November 26, 2009 from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Friday, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., as well as Saturday as of 2 p.m. at 1255 Beaumont (between l'Acadie and Rockland), Ville Mont-Royal (514-735-2025) A Liturgy of the Word will be celebrated on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of the complex. Condolences may be offered in the form of donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, in hopes of funding earlier detection of Pancreatic Cancer, as well as to the PalliAmi Foundation, palliative care unit, Notre-Dame Hospital CHUM. The family would like to thank the staff of the palliative care unit at the Hopital Notre-Dame du CHUM, in particular, Doctors Laplante and Gagnon.