Saturday’s Celebration of Life for Pete Rees
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 8:33AM Saturday May 14th at Forbes Hall, 2:00 pm, will be the memorial service for Retired Fire Chief and founding member of the TIVFD, Pete Rees.
Please park off the community centre grounds and make your way up the driveway to the centre gravel area where we will have some canopies and chairs set up.
The Cowichan Valley Fire Service Honour Guard, active and retired TIVFD fire fighters, active Auxiliary Team members, serving Improvement District Trustees, and other fire service personnel will accompany Engine 1 marching behind the Honour Guard Piper, from the Fire Hall to Forbes Hall at 2 pm. (Muster by 1:30 at the Fire Hall.).
Following a short fire service ceremony outside, you will be invited to enter Forbes Hall for Pete’s Celebration of Life, emcee’d by Retired TIVFD Fire Chief Ernie Hunter. The family invites you to share your memories of Pete and Audree’s six decades on Thetis and there will be light refreshments served.
Even if you didn’t know Pete personally, please join us to celebrate a life well lived in the community he loved and served.
Fire Chief J. Caldbeck