Thank you. He served out the rest of his career working as a riverboat pilot for Northern Transportation and lived on a pension from that company. Albert was a very quiet and modest person who took a methodical approach to dealing with issues that were on him in a very organized way. The one thing that marked him apart from everyone was his intense appreciation for each and everyone he came across. He spent a great deal of time speaking with people, observing and taking time to assess the positive worth of everyone who lived around him. In a sense of humour apparently a member of the clergy went to visit him a week and a half ago at Stanton and asked him, supposedly to assess Albert's chances of getting past St. Peter. He said, Albert, did you do much charity work in your lifetime? Albert as modest as he was, did not hesitate for a second and told the clergyman, he said, more than you ever will. It is well known that Albert did a tremendous amount of work for people in Good Hope, for individuals who came to him and in his younger life, physically, did a tremendous amount of work and has always said his life-long commitment, even from being a very young man was to help and assist the elders in the daily things that they had to deal with. It has been with him all his life. We have to, of course, on behalf of the family extend their
appreciation for the incredible hospitality and treatment that he received at the Stanton Yellowknife Hospital. The staff who took care of him, the doctors and the nurses.
Albert gave his life to the people of Good Hope. He went there for three months. He spent his whole life there. He gave up his family, his people to live - and as we say in Good Hope - he came and he must have seen something beautiful amongst us because he stayed for the rest of his life. As a young man he came with hopes and dreams and he must have seen a chance to pursue those in the company of the people of Good Hope. On behalf of the people of Good Hope, I wanted to today record the love and appreciation we have for him and publicly acknowledge the tremendous contribution that he has made in his lifetime to the community and people of Fort Good Hope. Thank you.
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