Mr. Volli Soer, aged 83 years, passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Hospice on July 3, 2021.
Born in Petseri, Estonia on October 15, 1937, the family had to exit quickly because of the war and immigrated to Sweden in 1945 and later Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1949, all at the tender age of 12 with his parents, where his mother sadly passed away.
Later in 1953 he moved to Port Arthur with his father and graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1958. He also obtained his Private Pilot Licence on September 15, 1959, one of his proudest moments.
In 1960 he married Frances (nee Ferguson) on September 9 and they had two daughters.