Maurice Snook
November 5, 1918 – August 24, 2011
Dad, we miss you on this Remembrance Day without you here.
As always, but especially today, we thank you for the sacrifices made so unselfishly by you and all of our Canadian Veterans many years ago and since. We will never forget your sacrifices and the gifts of freedom that you have given to many abroad and to us here, on Canadian soil. We will always remember, appreciate, and respect these freedoms and those who have made them possible.
We love you and we miss you dearly.
Mary-Maureen & Jay
We remember one of your favourite prayers:
It is the Veteran, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Veteran, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Veteran, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Veteran, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the Veteran, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Veteran, not the politician,
who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Veteran, who salutes the Flag,
It is the Veteran, who serves under the Flag,
Eternal rest grant them, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
AMEN
Hello Mary-Maureen. I recently read about your dad in the Nov. 10/21 Southpoint Sun. I just want to say my dad thought the world of him. My dad was Heinz Schrade. He and your dad worked together at HJ Heinz. When your dad passed away, I cut out his obit from the Windsor Star. I will also keep the story by Mark Ribble from this recent Southpoint Sun. Although I never knew your dad, I know how much he meant to my dad. He must have been quite special.