Bernie was born in St. Michael, Alberta to a farming family. The family moved to the Lower Mainland when his father trained with what would become the South Alberta Regiment, which was bound for the European theatre during World War II; his father didn’t make the trip due to health reasons. Bernie spoke a patois of Polish, Ukrainian and Russian in his Vancouver neighbourhood near China Town and he remembered watching the battered Canadian soldiers offloading from ships at the end of the war; probably from the Hong Kong theatre.
When the family moved back to Alberta, Bernie continued to help the family and even became an avid trapper on a trap line. When of age, he began looking for work in British Columbia, as attested to by a postcard to his mother stating that Prince George had a lot of work, so that was his next destination. He found work for the Highways Department and met his best friend Henry there. He also met his wife Aline in Prince George; they had 3 boys. Bernie started several business ventures including a flat deck truck owner, a concrete pump truck owner/ operator and he also started a damp roofing business. He spent several years working for North West paving and eventually became a dump truck owner/ operator. He would spend summers driving his White Western Star, with pup, working for several asphalt companies, but mostly Columbia Bitulithic paving. Evenings were spent pulling wrenches on his very well cared for truck. He would spend winters driving a plow truck for the Department of Highways and eventually for Argo and Yellowhead Road and Bridge. He passed on his affinity for shooting to two of his sons and his love of music to the other. One of his favourite past times was spending hours fishing with his son Michael on one of the many lakes they went to.
Bernie was a kind man that would build bicycles out of spare parts for neighbourhood kids that didn’t have any and he would hit baseballs out to the same kids at Gyro Park. He once had a wind fall and decided to help his church, Sacred Heart, which Father Door immediately used to fix their leaking roof. He spent the last years of his life fixing things in his shop and his last year was spent at Gateway where he was very well cared for and loved by all staff members there. We are so grateful to them.
He is predeceased by his parents Alex and Rose Huzar; sister Joanne (Palamarchuk); son Michael Huzar. He is survived by his wife Aline Huzar; son and daughter-in-law Darrin and Brandi Huzar; son Dale Huzar and Julie; sister Connie Schweitzer and many nieces and nephews
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada or the Canadian Cancer Society.
Thank you to the Gateway staff and Doctor Cosio for their ongoing care and support of our Dad. It is so appreciated.
Our mountain of strength is now at peace with his son Michael.
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