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Fabien Sylvestre
1931 - 2018

Fabien Robert Alexander Sylvestre was born on September 29, 1931 to parents, Regis and Louise Sylvestre in Bellegarde, SK and passed away on October 6, 2018 at his home in Tiger Lily Way in the Redvers Health Centre. He took his schooling at Bellegarde and Kelvindale Schools and Gravelbourg College in Saskatchewan. He was employed helping build the pipeline during the 1950s and returned to the family farm and continued working the land he loved until his retirement.

Fabien was active in sports in his younger years - baseball, curling, roller skating, hockey, golf, tennis - he enjoyed all of them. But what he enjoyed most of all was making music. First with his trumpet and then as a drummer. He played trumpet in the marching band while attending Gravelbourg College and he played in many dance bands around the surrounding area. To name a few - The Tune Toppers, Ray McNeil Band, Olson's Band, KO & Friends and enjoyed making music with many different band members over the years. Fabien loved to dance and from a young age attended dances with his sisters and still danced and played music until failing health in 2008 didn't allow him to continue.

Fabien's memory will be forever cherished by his loving wife Hazel, who he married in 2005; her son Travis (Monique) Otto; grandchildren, Emily, Brandon and Parker Otto, as well as his sister-in-law Mildred Sylvestre; Hazel’s sister Judy (Wilf) Wahl and brother Dennis (Pat) Steer. He will also be lovingly remembered by his niece Bernadette (Craig) Duncan and nephews, Marcel (Linda) Dauvin, Jean-Marie Dauvin, Gilles Dauvin, Regis Sylvestre (Stephanie Barnes), Trevor Sylvestre, Garry (Jo-Anne) Sylvestre and Neal (Pauline) Sylvestre. His great nieces and nephews, Michel, Joel and Rachelle Dauvin; Leslie Dube and Shawn Duncan; Tavian Barnes; Dana and Kyle Sylvestre; Travis and Lenay Sylvestre; Morgan, Lynden, Holly and Abby Sylvestre, will also cherish his memory, as well as four great, great nephews and many cousins.

Family was very important to Fabien and he loved and was loved as a son, brother, uncle, husband, stepfather and Papa.

Fabien was predeceased by his parents, Regis and Louise Sylvestre; brothers, Omer and Romeo and sisters, Cecile (Lucien) Dauvin, Charlotte Sylvestre and Germaine Sylvestre.

The Funeral Mass was held on Friday, October 12, 2018 at Our Lady of Fatima R.C. Church, Redvers, with Pallbearers Reg Sylvestre, Garry Sylvestre, Neal Sylvestre, Trevor Sylvestre, Craig Duncan and Travis Otto carrying him to his final resting place at the Redvers Town Cemetery.

The Family would like to thank Rev. Wilfred Calinawan for presiding over the Mass, the choir and musicians who provided the music, the ladies of the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima for the lunch and Hall Funeral Services (Dustin Hall and Marilynn Garnier) for their assistance in our final good-bye to Fabien. Thank you to the relatives and friends who came from near and far to celebrate his life.

We would also like to thank the caregivers at the Long Term Care Homes in Redvers and Wawota who cared for Fabien where he made his home during the past five years.

The Long Good-bye is over. Rest in Peace Fabien, until we meet again Beyond the Rainbow's End.

Love Hazel and your Family.

If friends so desire, donations in Fabien's memory may be made to the Our Lady of Fatima R.C. Parish building fund, Box 169, Redvers, Sask., S0C 2H0 or the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, 301 - 2550 12th Avenue, Regina, Sask., S4P 3X1.

Dustin Hall of Hall Funeral Services, Redvers, assisted Fabien's family.