It is with heavy hearts that we announce on July 24th, with his wife Christy, daughter Larissa and two kittens Clover and Peanut by his side, Rick lost his second battle with cancer. He was born on September 17, 1965 on Salt Spring to Dennis and Lyn (Akerman) Andrews. He had a great life full of love, laughter and friendship and will be dearly missed by all who knew him.
We would like to thank all the healthcare professionals who helped Rick and made his cancer journey bearable, we couldn’t have done it without you. We would also like to thank everyone for their love and support during this time.
A celebration of life will be held for Rick on September 20th from 1pm to 3pm at the Community Gospel Church located at 147 Vesuvius Bay Rd. This event will be all about Rick so the formal part will be kept short so that there can be lots of visiting afterwards. Tea/coffee, cookies and some of his other favourite “treatsies” will be served. Rick would want you to come dressed in whatever your normal everyday attire is, nothing fancy unless that is what you normally wear.
We kindly request that any floral tributes be replaced with donations to Cats of Salt Spring, the Canadian Cancer Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC.
How sad, he was a great guy!