{"id":2826,"date":"2017-04-27T22:38:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T02:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2020-11-13T10:26:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:26:42","slug":"roussain-norman-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/27\/roussain-norman-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"ROUSSAIN, Norman Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apr 27, 2017 @ 22:38<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cOFF WE GO\u201d.\u00a0 This was an oft heard\u00a0comment cheerfully proclaimed by\u00a0 Norman Roussain as he headed out on yet another outing with his family.<\/p>\n

It is with deep love and sadness that Cheryl Roussain Nice, Deanna and Craig Roussain,\u00a0 children of Norman Francis Roussain and Caroyl Jo (Carson) Roussain\u00a0announce Norman\u2019s passing on\u00a0Friday, April 14, 2017.\u00a0 Whilst at the height of enjoying\u00a0 his 97th year involved in outdoor winter activities,\u00a0 making new friends and being nurtured by his family in Red Deer, Alberta; \u00a0Norman\u00a0unexpectedly\u00a0succumbed to lung cancer.<\/p>\n

Up to his last days, Norman shared his witty humour and loving hugs with the entire family including Bob Coffey, husband of Deanna, Lynda Moore, wife of Craig, \u00a0his grandchildren, Malia and Kelcie Nice, Alida, Jody and Wyatt Roussain and his great-grandson, Toby Roussain Hope.<\/p>\n

In his\u00a0 96+ years, Norman touched the hearts and the minds of so many who remember him with deep respect for his\u00a0 unshakable honesty, his integrity and his fairness.\u00a0 He was a man who looked at life situations from many sides and never had a critical word to say about anyone.\u00a0 His humble demeanour belied an inquisitive, brilliant mind that grasped philosophical concepts well ahead of the times.\u00a0 Growing up,\u00a0 kitchen table talk opened our minds to thought provoking ideas about eternity, infinity, world affairs.\u00a0 Always there was an underlying theme of compassion and a deep understanding of human nature.<\/p>\n

Norman impressed all who met him with his witty humour and his spontaneous recitations from memory of complete ballads and poems heard over a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Following the passing of his first wife Caroyl Jo (Carson), Norman married Joyce (Westwood) Seyler who also preceded him in death.\u00a0 Joyce\u2019s daughter Lisa and son in law Paul Wright and their two sons Aiden and Brandon from Sault Ste. Marie share\u00a0our sadness in saying good bye to this proud, noble man.<\/p>\n

Norman, was the second born child of Mabel (Sherlock)\u00a0 and Francis Roussain.\u00a0 He will be missed by his surviving siblings Jack Roussain in Wawa, Marvin Rathbone and Nancy Tibbles from Sault Ste. Marie. A celebration honouring Norman and his legacy as a member of the long-standing Roussain fishermen family will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion – Branch 429 in Wawa in the fall of 2017.<\/p>\n

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  Apr 27, 2017 @ 22:38 \u201cOFF WE GO\u201d.\u00a0 This was an oft heard\u00a0comment cheerfully proclaimed by\u00a0 Norman Roussain as he headed out on yet another outing with his family. It is with deep love and sadness that Cheryl Roussain Nice, Deanna and Craig Roussain,\u00a0 children of Norman Francis Roussain and Caroyl Jo (Carson) Roussain\u00a0announce …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[391,386,352,353,2769],"class_list":["post-2826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fnews","tag-for-the-fallen","tag-joyce-roussain","tag-norman-roussain","tag-veterans-memorial-board","tag-wwii-vets"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 22:00:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38845,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions\/38845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}