This is a great honour to be up here speaking for my friend Bill. I’d like to thank all the people who helped look for Bill and Craig and prayed for their return. Everyone here is blessed and better people for knowing Bill George. As much as we will miss him and mourn his loss, we are here to celebrate his life. That’s what he would have wanted. During some of the most troubling times in life for both of us he was there for me and vice versa. Years ago during my divorce when I had very little money or self esteem he was there for me to pick up my spirit. He gave me fish and venison for food. On my birthday he gave me the tenderloin from a deer. On New Year’s Eve, at midnight, we spent it with our kids lighting off fireworks across the road from the house. It was so windy out they were shooting sideways. I watched him over the years guide his sons as they were growing up to instill in them all his morals, ethics, and values into their lives. Those all showed in the last six days as they showed great strength and guidance in this time of tragedy. Bill was always helping everyone. If you came to his house he would offer you food and drink, make you feel at home and help you in any way he could. If he found out you needed help there he was. If you needed advice he would offer it. It was full of passion, wisdom and total honesty. He told you what he thought no sugar coated B.S. He was a positive role model and an optimist. With his honesty, caring, sharing and how hard work can make you a productive member of society, he was a positive role model for the community. Bill’s passion in life was fishing. I used to call him “Billy Bass”. It didn’t matter what was going on he’d say, “let’s go fishing”. He always caught 10 fish for my one. I loved the way he’d say “hooking” and I swear the fish would hear him and be on his hook and the look on his face like a little boy reeling in the first fish…I remember a time I brought out some guys from Sarnia and we went out fishing. The one guy Pat got snagged and was jerking on the rod to get unstuck and the rod flew in the lake. Bill just said, “damn city folk” and laughed. Two years ago in the same place in the lake that Bill and Craig were, I went out with them and my snowmobile to pack down a trail on the ice. I can still see Craig riding on the sleigh behind with a smile on his face like a little boy as I towed him out. Craig called it, “the Damn Shad Factory”, “I hate those Shad” as day after day for two weeks mostly that’s all they caught before Bill would give up. Our prayers go out to the Bressette family for their loss. Craig will be missed by all. As the years went on Billy met Cheryl. She was the one to complete his life and he hers. She was there for him when his father passed. She was there to help him beat cancer. It was a bit of a job to convince him to go for chemo after surgery but he finally did. It was a battle between mind over matter, positive energy and herbs verses science but he finally agreed to use it all together to battle the disease and better his odds of a long life. Then there were all the good times together with family and friends they shared. At my wedding Bill was there for me. He looked so good and cool with his dark glasses like one of the Blues Brothers. That morning he showed up for the big breakfast us guys had and brought suicide sausage from Kettle Point. We all survived except for my future son-in-law. We sent him to Moores to pick up a couple of things missing for our suits. He had to stop twice and beg stores to let him use the washroom. I’ve never seen Bill so happy as he was with Cheryl or happy as he was when they came home from Thunder Bay last week. He is already in heaven with our creator looking down on us all right now. He is in good hands with other loved ones showing him the way. As much as we can say, “God how could you take someone so good from us?” we all have a destiny. He didn’t suffer. He went to sleep in a place he loved so much. It brought him solace through the storms of life. The lake with his fish. He isn’t gone but will always be with us in our hearts and minds and we with him in our prayers. Goodbye for now my friend. We all love you and will meet again.