Obituary of William Alfred Myette

It is with great sadness, we, the family of William Alfred Myette, 74, of Lochaber Road, Antigonish, regret to announce his passing on March 9, 2016 at home. Born on August 21, 1941 in Tracadie, Antigonish County he was the son of the late Lavin and Anita Myette (Rogers-Hicks). At an early age he left home to work in Ontario with his older siblings. Accompanied by friends, he ventured to work in the gold mines of Thompson, Manitoba. After moving back home to Nova Scotia he worked for the Department of Transportation. He was a devoted son, husband, father and grandfather. His passions in life were his family, cars, gardening and hunting and fishing with his sons. He was very proud of the education that his sons were able to obtain. He enjoyed trips to Ottawa and Halifax to visit his children and grand children and looked forward to visits from his family. His grand children were his pride and joy and conversations with him would normally include stories of them. He is survived by his wife Agnes (Mills); two sons William Myette (Kathleen) Ottawa, Blaise Myette (Jennifer) Dartmouth; three grandsons Kyle, Stephen, and Paul; brothers Donnie (Peggy) Tracadie, John (Jeanette) Pefferlaw; sisters Gladys Benoit Antigonish, Shirley (Frankie) DeCoste Tracadie, Rose Marie Dartmouth; in-laws Mary Theresa Mac Neil Havre Boucher, Marcella MacDonald Heatherton, Angus Mills (Anne) Meadow Green, Wilma Mills (ten Brinke) St. Andrews, Marjorie Ferguson (Bob) Westville, Jean ten Brinke (Benny) Glen Roy, Jeanette Mills (Colin) Edmonton, Jimmy Mills (Dianne) Meadow Green, Annie Maxwell (Darrell) Brierly Brook, as well as, many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers Chester, Leo, a brother in infancy; sister-in-law Mary Myette (MacInnis) and his brother-in-laws Louis Benoit, John MacDonald, Mike MacNeil and L.J. Mills. Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held Sunday March 13th from 2-4pm and 7-9pm at MacIsaac Funeral Home, 61 Pleasant St., Antigonish. Funeral Mass on Monday March 14th at 11am St. Ninian’s Cathedral. Burial in the parish cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to a charity of choice.