Dear friend, Sir Fred Heber, we miss you!!
For all those who have met you in one way or another, a true gentleman, veteran soldier and dear friend, it has been an honour, a privilege, a very special treat to have crossed paths with you.
Your very special friend and caregiver Christine Hayward Paquette, shares a humble feeling of gratitude when she says she has served proudly under you ( Veteran Leading Wren, Christine Hayward-Paquette, HMCS York, naval reserve 1980). There are not too many left of your kind. You ask for nothing and yet are so appreciative of all the small and great things that come your way without expecting anything, from a new pair of slippers, she says, to a meeting the Princess of the Netherlands! You expect nothing and are ready to give everything in the service of what you believe is right for the loved ones you serve!!
Dear friend, we all miss you! yet you are with us, as an anchor, as a friend, as what you believe we should all be in the end!
January 10th, 1922 ~ December 3rd (12:55 pm ) 2018!!
Sir Frederick (Fred) Heber – Visitations/Funeral Service
Funeral Service will be held at Dods & McNair Funeral Home, Chapel & Reception Centre 21 First. St. Orangeville, Ontario on Sunday, December 16th, 2018.
– Visitations will be held from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.
– Service will be held from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
As Fred was a veteran and longtime member of the Orangeville Royal Canadian Legion, there will be a Legion Tribute conducted in his honour.
– Reception to follow at Branch 233 Orangeville of the Royal Canadian Legion, 7 John Street Orangeville from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
– Condolences may be offered to the family at www.dodsandmcnair.com
Memorial donations to the Col. Fitzgerald Branch 233 Royal Canadian Legion would be appreciated by the family.
A tree will be planted in memory of Frederick in the Dods & McNair Memorial Forest at the Island Lake Conservation Area, Orangeville.
The annual dedication service will be held on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at 2:30 p.m.
Articles in the Press:
Orangeville Citizen Publication December 6th, 2018 by Mike Baker
http://citizen.on.ca/One of Orangeville’s most decorated war heroes, Sir Fred Heber dies at 96
Orangeville Banner Publication December 4th, 2018 by Chris Vernon
https://www.orangeville.com/news-story/9065937-orangeville-s-knighted-war-vet-fred-heber-dead-at-96/
Orangeville Today, December 4th, 2018
https://www.orangevilletoday.ca/rss/sir-fred-heber-local-second-world-war-vet-passes-away-at-96/
Canada Obituary ~ Obituary for Sir Frederick Roy Heber
https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2018/frederick-roy-heber-january-10-1922-december-3-2018/#.XAlavxNKjOY
A True Gentleman, Sir Fred will be missed by all R.I.P.Sir Fred
Sir Fred was a new friend to us but an old buddy of my father Herbert Shaw during the war. We only knew Sir Fred for such a short time but long enough to know that he was a gentleman and a humble man. He never wanted to talk about himself or his experiences but gave ‘his boys’ all the glory.
We will miss you. Thank you Chris for sharing his life and for all you did to make him happy.
R.I.P. with love, Don and Shirley (Shaw) Mackay