Rosemarie Salvatore (Friend ,)
Entered
August 2, 2020
from King City, Ontario
This is a struggle for all those of us who knew Doug.
There are no few words that can appropriately eulogize him..
For those who knew him, spent time with him, how is this happening? how did he fight the good fight, do all the right things and then so suddenly be gone?
How did we not get to tell him how much we admired him, respected him, loved him, tell him how much joy he had brought to us all?. How he equates with less than a handful of our non-family members who mattered and left an everlasting impact on our lives that we will all carry forward until we to are gone. With his ever confident swagger, his attention to our point of view, his impeccable dress and his impossibly infectious joy for the day that was?....and we are not even family!. That both my daughters, who have know Doug for over 15 years, grieved as we did is a tribute to how his character passed through the generations and filled a void of endless joy and possibilities as no one else could.
Or his beautiful "Lynda". Devoted. Always telling him not to have "that dessert" when we knew he could never resist - but in recognition of his respect of Lynda chose to "Share" dessert with Bernadette rather than have his own.
So much bigger than life. So present and caring. So kind. So full of joy. So loyal, so compassionate. (may have loved the Rathlin dogs (Rocky, Daisy and Ceaser) more than the Rathlin girls!!)
So devoted to his family. So very well bred, as evident in his dealings with other humans. So respectful of all the lovely Rathlin girls that he associated with and who are deeply saddened by this loss. Our guy. He had our backs always. A true gentleman. A tribute to his mom and dad that is evident with all his siblings.
Our Doug! what a great human being. What a loss for this troubled world.
My heart is sore for my, Bernadette's, Renée's, Cara's, Donny, Paul, Riya, Donya's etc....profound and sudden loss, but more so more Lynda, AJ, Kerri-Lee and Doug's siblings.
The world is weeping, we need more Doug's in our lives.
xooxox forever in our memories, Bernadette, Rose and family...
