Obituaries

CHRISTOPHER JOHN MICHAEL BRYANT Funeral Liturgy will be Celebrated on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, 271 Hampton Street with Rev. Fr. Gerry Ward presiding. Immediately following the ceremony, friends are invited to share memories of Chris and a light lunch, in the lower level of the Church. Wojcik’s Funeral Home & Crematorium, 2157 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, 204 897 – 4665 wojciksfuneralchapel.com.Publish Date: May 18, 2013CHRISTOPHER JOHN MICHAEL BRYANT Christopher’s laughter will forever echo in our hearts. His courageous and lengthy battle for life ended abruptly at his home on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Chris loved life. It was a wonderful adventure. Full of music, art, travel, gourmet food, Joy, and friends. But he also loved the other side of life. The sick, the impoverished, the downtrodden. The addicted held a special place in his heart. He had experienced as a former addict the sadness and pain that attends it. He was an active and loyal member of alcoholics anonymous for a number of years. It played a very important role in his life. The members cared for each other as family. Chris was born and raised in Winnipeg, attended St. Ann’s Parochial school, St. Paul’s High school and the University of Manitoba. He was formerly employed at Sears, BB Bargoons, Salvation Army, and the Addiction Foundation of Manitoba. Chris was predeceased by his loving parents, Frances Adeline Newman-Bryant (Babs) and Joseph Alan Bryant, and leaves to mourn his beloved Aunt Agnes Walker (Nessie), and many friends, and cousins. According to his wishes, cremation will take place. Arrangements for a funeral service to be announced at a later date. Many many thanks to special friends Sandy and Vera Spence, David and Denise Breen for all the love and care they gave Chris. Thanks also to the Medical community, especially Dr. T. Hochman, whom Chris greatly admired. Thanks also to caretaker Ken Gun for his kindness and assistance. Chris will be laid to rest with his parents in Assumption Cemetery secure in his knowledge of the risen Christ and promise of eternal life. In lieu of flowers, donations in Chris’ memory may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Wojcik’s Funeral Home & Crematorium, 2157 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, 204 897 – 4665 wojciksfuneralchapel. O Divine Master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as to understand to be loved as to love for it is in giving that we receive It is in pardoning that we pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. St. Francis of Assisi. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.Publish Date: May 14, 2013   As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on May 18, 2013