Pat's 80th Birthday Celebration

This past summer our eldest brother, Pat turned 80 on July 18. To celebrate this momentous occasion many of his family planned a little get together in Marystown to toast the first of our siblings to reach that great age. Quite a few family came back to Newfoundland to visit at the time including Junior from Chapleau, Ontario, Kevin & Diane as well as their son, Cory as well as Cory's 2 boys, Eli and Isaac from Moncton.  Gerard and Kathi came from their new home in Osoyoos, British Columbia and they brought with them their Granddaughter, Ophelia who was a delight to have around. Ophelia is Gerard's son Aaron & Sonja's 5 year old daughter who lives in Calgary.

Pat's special friend Jackie as well as his daughter, Pamela and son Colin along with Colin's daughter Hope and her baby Kaiden came to celebrate with us too. Many of Pat's friends came by to wish him a happy birthday as well. His first cousins Maureen 7 her husband George from Petite Forte as well as Bernie & her husband Ron from Allan's Island came along as well.

His birthday was Friday July 18 so we celebrated with an open house in the afternoon at the Lions Club which was well attended. We followed that up with a little get together at Barry's after supper. On Saturday we attended mass for mom, dad and our sister Pamela at Sacred Heart Church at 4:00pm followed by a lovely dinner at Wong's Palace Restaurant. After dinner everyone came to my house for a chat and a sociable drink. 

Terry King and Gayanne cooked a fantastic Blue Goose fish & chip dinner on Sunday afternoon for a large group of us. We finished up on Monday with duck stew and lasagna at our place.

All in all it was a great celebration for a great guy. Pat has been the glue of the Stacey family for years and he continues to stay in contact with all of us. We hope you have many years of good health, brother.

Below are some photos taken from that lovely weekend. My apologies for being late in getting them posted.

Cheers

 

Birthday Cake with TTC Bus

 

Birthday Boy With a Toast

 

Pat & Jackie

 

Pamela, Hope, Kaiden, Pat, Colin

 

Pamela & Pat

 

Hope, Kaiden, Pat, Colin

 

Siblings: L to R: Kevin, Gerard, Junior Pat, Barry, Joan, Bernadette - Ophelia in front.

 Stacey Clan including front L to R: Diane, Eli, Isaac, Anderson, Ophelia, Isabella and Cory.

Pat with Junior on the left and Kevin on the right.

 

Barry, Pat, Gladys

 

Joan, Pat, Reuben

 

Terry King, Pat, Gayanne

 

Pat with Neil

 

Ron Strickland, Pat, Bernie

 

George Power, Pat, Maureen

 

Lloyd Smith, Pat - old trucking buddies from years ago.

 

Pat with Mary Jo Stacey

 

Pat with Reggie Hillier

   

 Pat with Reuben

 

Pat with Eric Ayers from Lamaline

 

Roy Shea from Lamaline along with Pat and Bill Hynes

 

Norbert Brake, Pat and Barb.

 

Table 1 at Wongs Restaurant

 

Table 2 at Wongs Restaurant

 

Table 3 at Wongs Restaurant

 

Gladys with nephew, Tyler who came from St. John's for Sunday's dinner at Terry Kings.

 

Terry Kings

 

Dinner served at Terry's.

 

L to R: Terry King, Kevin, Junior having a chat.

 

Drinking at Toast to Pat - L to R: Pat, Ray Drake, Terry King, Reuben, Kevin

 

Relaxing at Barry's - Pat with Diane, Kevin and Cory.