Robert (Bob) Carmen BANNISTER

Robert (Bob) Carmen BANNISTER obituary

Robert (Bob) Carmen BANNISTER

Robert BANNISTER Obituary

Published by Comox Valley Echo on May 24, 2013.
Passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on November 30, 2012 at St. Joseph's General Hospital in Comox, BC.

Predeceased by wife, Doreen. Loving father to daughters Donna (Mike) and Brenda (Ralph). Proud grandfather to Kyle (Stephanie), Kurt and Brett and great grandfather to Alexia.

Born in Ontario on October 20, 1929, and raised on the family farm near Wilsonville, he joined the RCMP in 1948. After graduation from training in 1949, he was posted to and/or worked in Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. After retirement, many years in Ontario and Saskatchewan and the death of Doreen, he ended up on Vancouver Island in British Columbia to live nearer to his daughters. He truly lived coast to coast.

In accordance with Bob's wishes, his ashes with be interred next to Doreen's, at the RCMP Depot Cemetery in Regina, Saskatchewan on Monday, June 24, 2013 at 11:00am.

This obituary was originally published in the Comox Valley Echo (Courtenay, BC).

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