SHERBROOKE - Est décédé le 11 avril 2008 à la Maison Aube-Lumière, à l’âge de 76 ans, Monsieur André Renaud, domicilié à Ascot Corner, époux de Doreen Rolfe et père de Shawn, Susan, Jocelyn, Daniel, Donna et Paula. Monsieur Renaud laisse dans le deuil son épouse, cinq enfants et leurs conjoints et conjointes, huit petits-enfants, un arrière-petit-fils, sept sœurs, deux frères, ainsi que de nombreux autres parents et amis. Une célébration de sa vie, assistée par la famille, aura lieu plus tard cette saison. En guise de sympathie, des dons à la Maison Aube-Lumière, 220 rue Kennedy Nord, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 2E7 seraient grandement appréciés de la famille.

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SHERBROOKE - André Renaud at la Maison Aube-Lumière on April 11, 2008. Residing in Ascot Corner, husband to Doreen Rolfe and father to Shawn, Susan, Jocelyn, Daniel, Donna and Paula. Mr. Renaud is survived by his spouse, five children and their spouses, eight grandchildren, a great-grandson, seven sisters, two brothers, as well as many other family and friends. A celebration of his life, attended by the family, will take place later this season. In memoriam donations to la Maison Aube-Lumière, 220 Kennedy North, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 2E7 would be greatly appreciated by the family.

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Loneliness.
A misunderstanding,
A lack of acceptance of the mutuality of all things,
A contrived separateness isolating you from reality;
And yet, poignant and consuming.

The room echoes, the sheets are crisp and wintry;
Your thoughts are loud, your influence small.
Joyous self-acquaintance is the reward of tolerating this vacuum;
Yet as the wave crests, it naively misses the ocean.
(March 2, 2006)

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Wherever I am, I am not here.
There is no truth in my presence,
No life in my words.
I am simply acting out what someone like me might;
Barely even that.
I don't hear the sounds around me.
I don't see the things at which I am staring.
I am looking out the window at the drops falling in the puddle
And wondering if it's going to rain today.
(May 09, 2002)