BLADES, Alvin Henry

Alvin Henry Blades, of Middle Musquodoboit, passed away peacefully on May 4, 2024, at the age of 90. Alvin was one of 16 children born to the late Roy and Alice Blades and the first in his family to go to university. He graduated from Mcgill's Macdonald College in Montreal, the city where he met his beloved wife of 58 years, the late Doreen Blades (Barre). Over the years he worked as a salesman for Cockshutt Tractors and the Nova Scotia Power Commission and then, for 25 years, a school teacher. He was an active community volunteer, as a church elder, a 4-H leader and as a founding member of the Musquodoboit Valley Lions Club. He served as District Governor in19961997 and was an active member until his death. Alvin loved travel and claimed there wasn't a road in Nova Scotia he hadn't been on. Years of family camping trips culminated in 1976 in an epic two-month trip to Victoria, BC and back. He loved flowers, fish and his family, and not in that order. Leaving to mourn, Al and Doreen’s children, Ted (Kathryn), Margaret (Darren), Judy (Rob), grandchildren, Griffin, Winter, Ryan (Leanza), Jayme (Kayla), Jesse (Mackie), Lacey (Devon), Darcey (Jessica) and Anthony (Carolyn), and great-grandchildren, Blayze, Ronan, Bianca, Jordyn, Adelynn, Everett, Anna, Hunter, Riley and Tripp, his remaining siblings, Carl, Keith, Kathryn, David and Norma, dozens of nieces, nephews and other relatives, and countless friends made over the years. Our thanks to his caregivers, Donna, Sam, Valerie and Crystal, for enabling Dad to stay in his home as long as he could, and to Dr. Karen Day and the staff at Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital for their thoughtful care in his final days. A Service of Remembrance will take place at St. Andrew's United Church, Elderbank, on Thursday, May 9th at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Musquodoboit Valley Lion's Club to carry on the community work so important to him.