George Russell Moore

Russell was born in Maple Creek Saskatchewan on October 16th, 1944 to George and Fern Moore. He was the eldest of six siblings. Shortly after his birth, the small family moved to Alberta for a couple of years and then set out to BC. As the family grew they moved to several different towns before settling on an eight acre parcel of land in Hope, BC which became known as "the Farm". Many years later when his parents moved to Chilliwack, Russell purchased the Farm and it became a rental property which kept him busy until he couldn't look after it any longer. He sold it a few years ago leaving behind many fond memories of the family growing up there.

After graduating from high school, he experimented with a few different careers. In 1969 (after a three year apprenticeship) he became an Ironworker with Local 97. After many years in this trade he pursued a career in Real Estate and became a Realtor here in Chilliwack in 1990. He worked hard and tirelessly at both of these professions, always giving 100%. Both of these jobs gave him a flexible schedule to allow him to do a fair bit of traveling to many different places. His adventurous spirit led him into skydiving in Hawaii, bungee jumping, white-water rafting, parasailing in Mexico and even flew a fighter jet!

Family was also a big part of Russell's life. He had two sons: Terry and Sheldon with his first wife: Karen along with many nieces and nephews. Over the years the extended family kept growing and there were many gatherings with the whole gang. In the past six years Russell and his siblings enjoyed traveling together on several vacations where there was always lots of good music and laughter.

In 2005 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He handled this like a trooper and didn't let it affect his active life for the most part. However, life threw him another curve in 2019 which affected his bladder and in 2021 he underwent major surgery. This took a toll on him causing him to retire from Real Estate in February 2022. He was blessed to celebrate his 80th birthday last October with a big family dinner. Lots of great memories of that day and many others.

At the end of February of this year Russell's health took a quick turn for the worse where he was in hospital for a short period. Soon after he was moved into hospice care at Cascades and a couple of days before he passed, he was surrounded with family who sang for him and broke bread for the last time. God was gracious and didn't prolong his suffering and took Russell home to be with Him for eternity!

He will be deeply missed by all his family and friends and the void he leaves in our hearts and lives will never be filled!