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February 16,2021
The Antoine family sadly announces the passing of their father, grandfather, great grandfather and great great grandfather, Albert Antoine, on February 16 2021, at NVGH. Albert was born in the Nicola
Valley, May 15 1926. He and his wife, Bernadette Antoine (deceased) had four children, Fredrick Gordon Antoine (deceased), Lorraine Madeline Moses, David Leonard Antoine (Sharon), and Kathleen Bernadette Antoine (deceased) and raised Harry Spahan (Jennifer Morrison) as their own.
Albert worked hard all his life and shared that ethic with his children and grandchildren. Except for having to attend the Kamloops Indian Residential School for 9 years of his childhood, Albert lived and worked all over the Nicola Valley and over as far as the Osoyoos area. He logged, he farmed, and undertook any form of labour to provide for his family. Like the majority of people in his early years, the modes of transportation was horseback, or when taking family, horse and wagon, from Col