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Spears, Sheldon Wade - 72, Lake Echo passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2025 in Dartmouth General Hospital. Born in Sheet Harbour, September 17, 1952, he was the son of the late Howard and Bernice (Bezanson) Spears. Sheldon grew up and attended school in Sheet Harbour. He moved to Dartmouth and attended Nova Scotia Community College (Vocational School) where he studied Small Appliance Repair. He started his own business, A1 Vacuum Rebuilders in 1980. In 1988 he joined Electrolux Canada where he worked until 1992. Sheldon then established King Courier which he owned and operated until his retirement.

Sheldon loved playing guitar and making music with family and friends. He especially enjoyed the Stewiacke Music Festivals where he would meet old and new friends while jamming on the deck. You would always be guaranteed a song, a laugh a cold one and a big meal if you wanted one. Sheldon was a great cook and shared his cabbage rolls, spaghetti sauce, boiled dinners and whatever else he had on hand with anyone who liked it.

He loved his family dearly and was very proud of his Grandchildren, who called him Bampy, and he took great pride in watching them grow and develop their own unique personalities.

He is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Monica (Quillan), sons Sean (Sara), grandchildren Emelia, Max and Ada of Dartmouth, Greg (Meaghan) of Timberlea and "his third and favorite son Billy"; sisters and brothers Heather Card, Cecil (Debbie), Jacqueline (Lloyd) Hogan, Carroll (Susan), Mark and many nieces and nephews.

Sheldon was predeceased by a sister in infancy.

Visitation will be held Thursday June 19 from 2-4 and 6-8 in DS Crowell and Son Funeral Home, 22558, Highway 7, Sheet Harbour. A Graveside Committal will be held on Saturday, June 21, at 1:00pm in St. Peters Catholic Church Cemetery, Sheet Harbour.²

BEZANSON, St. Clair Parker

Passed away unexpectedly at home on April 6, 2020, St. Clair’s spirit went to be with his beloved Doreen and their daughter Lynn. Clair was born in Sheet Harbour on January 14, 1935, to the late Parker and Jean (Kenney) Bezanson.

As a young boy Clair took on employment where he could find it, working at a forestry camp and odd jobs for his uncle. He especially enjoyed running his uncles’ team of work horses. In his leisure time growing up he enjoyed hunting, snaring rabbits and fishing. Clair loved to play guitar and sing with his family and friends. Clair was well-known playing at local dances and many evening impromptu hootenannies. In school, Clair excelled in math and in his late teens his high school principal pointed him toward a career in banking. Clair’s 38 year career with the Royal Bank of Canada started at a small branch in Middle Musquodoboit and soon took him to numerous locations throughout Nova Scotia. He went on to work in various capacities at branches in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Goose Bay Labrador before returning to Nova Scotia where he finally settled in Dartmouth. He was especially proud to have been chosen to open the first RBC branch in Porter’s Lake. In his final years with RBC he worked with the bank’s inspection team and traveled throughout the Atlantic provinces including Newfoundland and Labrador. His retirement was filled with hunting, salmon fishing on West River, driving his ATV and spending time with his friends in the back wood camps. He especially loved visits with his grandchildren, who in turn loved spending time with him.

Clair was predeceased by his parents, Parker and Jean; his wife, Doreen (Yaxley); and daughter, Lynn; brother, Aubrey; and sisters, Sigrid, Bernice, and Sylvia.

He is survived by his sister, Agnes Dorey, Dartmouth; and brother, Carl and wife Doreen, Sheet Harbour; he is also survived by his sons, David (Marion), Dartmouth; Michael (Madone), Bedford; Brian (Lisa), Harrietsfield; Jeffrey (Kristie), Moncton, N.B; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Clair had requested that no service take place and that his remains be quietly placed to rest beside his beloved Doreen at a later date.³

Bernard R. Kane, 84, of 21 Currier Road, Merrimack, died Friday, August 10, 2001 at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, after a short illness.

Mr. Kane was born in New Boston on July 21, 1917, a son of the late Albert and Mary (Gooddale) Kane, and graduated from Goffstown High School in 1935. He served five years in the US Army during World War II, and was stationed in the Philippines and Guadalcanal. Mr. Kane owned and operated a drug store in New Boston for many years and later worked in the carpet business. He served as a volunteer fireman in New Boston, and was commander of American Legion Post #19. He enjoyed golf, baseball, bowling, and traveling, and had a genuine interest in people.

Members of Mr. Kane's family include his wife of 54 years, Dorothea (Bezanson) Kane of Merrimack; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Stephen Kane of Merrimack and Douglas and Donna Kane of Hebron; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service was held on August 17, 2001, at Last Rest Cemetery in Merrimack. Rev. Marguerite Gage, Pastor of St. James Methodist Church, officiated. The George R. Rivet Funeral Home in Merrimack was in charge of arrangements. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to VFW Post #8641, DW Highway, Merrimack, NH 03054.¹