KERRY ADDISON LOCKHART

Condolences & Memories (13 entries)

• We went to school in Avonport, hooked up a couple of times in Winnipeg. I'm so sorry for the loss, my prayers and thoughts go out to the family. - Posted by: Randy Morine (Friend) on: Jan 11, 2013

• Kerry you were always one of the best things about being at work. I loved sitting in your office and, later after both of us returned to 1445 Pembina, I felt very privileged to sit with you, close the office door and talk. Really talk. We would get all "Oprah" with each other, sometimes shed a tear, mostly laugh out loud and always hug. I will always remember, when we talked about your kids, how I could feel your love for them vibrating off you. You knew you were fighting off death with every step you took, with every thought and every ounce of will and faith you had. I felt so helpless and so honoured at the same time. I feel that way now, knowing you're gone, helpless and so honoured to know you. I wish I could have done more for you, been a better friend, listened more, been better at keeping in contact with you. You died on my birthday, December 29, and I promise you dear friend that I will raise a glass in your honour every year from here on in. It's the least I can do for someone as wonderful as you. - Posted by: Frazier (Old friend/co-worker) on: Jan 07, 2013

• I remember Kerry very well from the old Avonport days. A great guy from a great family. One clear memory that comes back to me is how he was always the fastest player in the Avonport and District Softball League. He could run. My mother Carole kept us informed of what Kerry was up to over the years including his work in radio which he seemed destined for even when he was younger. My heart goes out to Jack and Regina and all of Kerry's family. - Posted by: Shawn Fuller, Nova Scotia (Friend) on: Jan 06, 2013

• I met Kerry shortly after he moved to Winnipeg to be close to his daughter, Samantha. He worked with my wife at CJOB. One of my earliest memories is us going to the Rolling Stones concert together with his girlfriend at the time. The girlfriend didn't last long and about four years later, neither did my marriage. As two reluctant bachelors, Kerry suggested we move into a two-storey house together. Due to our twin borderline obsessive-compulsive natures, we maintained the cleanest household in the neighborhood, if not the entire city ;). Fortunately for Kerry, he met and fell in love with Shelley about a year or so later. Shelley moved in with us and a little while later, I moved out. A lot of life has passed since those days. Kerry and Shelley set me up on a blind date (I think they got tired of driving around with a third wheel!) Kerry honoured me by asking me to be in his wedding party when he married Shelley. Soon after, I asked him to stand up with me when I married my "blind date" and now cherished wife of 13 years, Marlene. After marriage came children. As it happened, Marlene and I continued to follow Kerry and Shelley's lead as we had two boys. Each boy was born about a year after the birth of each of their daughters, Sidney and Jayden. Kerry has always been there during the biggest milestones in my life. Even now it's hard to believe that he won't be there to talk on the phone, get together for a dinner and a movie, or a quick visit when I find myself in the Stonewall area. I have yet to realize just how much I will miss you. You were such a fighter, I never gave it much thought that one day I might be saying goodbye like this. Farewell buddy and our sincere condolences to Shelley, Samantha, Sidney, Jayden, Jack, and Regina from Marlene, Carter, Griffin, and me. I'll be smiling every time I hear a Corey Hart song :). - Posted by: Rod Owen (Lifelong friend) on: Jan 05, 2013

• Kerry was my next door neighbour whose family took me to my first movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and with whom I spent my years at L.E.Shaw as part of the group of local students who had to wait for buses to leave to be allowed to walk home. Us local students hung out in our classroom keeping ourselves busy with games until released to walk home from school. Though Kerry's sister Andrea was expected to leave us early, it is unexpected that Kerry who is my age would leave us too soon as well. My condolences to Jack and Regina Lockhart as well as Kerry's wife, children and relations from all of the Coldwell family who were always pleased to have such kind neighbours and friends. - Posted by: Lisa Coldwell (Neighbour in Avonport and part of the local student's club L.E.Shaw) on: Jan 04, 2013

• How well I remember Kerry growing up in Avonport, with his Mom, Dad and Andrea...he was a great big brother to Andrea, and friend to all. Kerry loved life. Mom, his Aunt Jean, had a wonderful relationship with Kerry, he teased her and she in return teased him. They would often see who could get their Christmas card sent first to the other. Who would ever have thought they would leave us in the same year....Mom in Sept, Kerry in Dec? I know they will tease each other up in Heaven. So sorry for his family's loss, Jack, Regina, Samantha, Shelley, Jayden and Sydney <3 Kerry keep that smile and.... keep those sunglasses on at night. Farewell my cousin. - Posted by: Geraldine Miller (1st cousin in NS, my Mother, Jean was Regina's sister.) on: Jan 04, 2013

• My deepest sympathies to Kerry's family. He loved his family deeply and I'm so sorry to hear of their loss. Prayers and strength are sent your way in your time of mourning. - Posted by: Beth Powley ((friend)) on: Jan 04, 2013

• Friends may come and friends may go, but childhood friends leave footprints on your heart. Kerry and his fellow Avonport riff-raffs had the pleasure of having the school playground as our backyard and we spent many, many hours hanging out there enjoying whatever activity the season offered. Baseball, biking, coasting, playing on the equipment and tormenting each other and fortunately we didn't have far to run home if we were crying! Kerry was a gracious brother to frequently took the back seat to his dear sister Andrea as she battled Cystic Fibrosis and I especially remember that he would eat anything that we made in her Easy Bake Oven. You have to remember that in those days, if you had an Easy Bake Oven in your room it would be the equivalent of having a Bachelor Apartment as a kid today! Sometimes we would just add stuff from her room, but he would always eat it! Kerry and I reconnected a few years ago through Facebook and his love for his wife and daughters was evident in his comments and posts and his never-ending sense of humour. Losing a loved one who had so much living left to do is one of life's greatest tragedies and no words can ease that pain. Shine on dear Kerry as you live on in your wonderful daughters and all that you have shared with them. Prayers of strength for Shelley. I am sure he will continue to watch over you all. It is better to love and lose than to never love at all. - Posted by: Kim (Smith) Kennie (childhoof friend and neighbour) on: Jan 03, 2013

• Kerry and I grew up together in Nova Scotia and although we were not close friends, we were friends. Kerry was always a great guy, and I must say I do not recall him ever having a bad word to say about anyone. My prayers go out to his daughters, wife and the rest of his family. Kerry rest in Peace, I will never forget you. - Posted by: Dareck Fuller (Friend) on: Jan 03, 2013

• Deepest sympathies to Shelly and all Kerry's girls. Having lived "4 doors down" from Kerry in Avonport during our school years we shared many a birthday party, scouting activity and lazy days of summer for so many years. Having met this past summer for a beer at a local brew pub Kerry and I along with another life long friend Jonathan Fuller, shared many laughs and revisited our youth if only for a couple hours. It was a chance to talk about those formative years and memories of simpler times. Kerry made it very clear how proud he was of his family and all his children. My thoughts are with you all. Brad A Sweet Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia - Posted by: Brad A Sweet (Friend) on: Jan 02, 2013

• My thoughts and prayers are with Shelley and the girls during this time. - Posted by: Ryan Caligiuri (worked with Shelley) on: Jan 02, 2013

• It is with great sadness that the world has lost my main man Kerry. All of his fellow Horton District High School friends will miss him dearly. We will toast his great life next summer at our 30th reunion. My condolences to his family and parents. May the force always be with you Kerry! - Posted by: Brock Harrington (lifelong friend and brother in arms) on: Jan 02, 2013

• My sincerest condolences go to Shelley, the girls and the rest of Kerry's family. I worked with Kerry at CJOB and kept in touch with him and Shelley after he moved on to another station. As what happens far too many times, you lose touch with some incredible people. Kerry was one of them. He was a fantastic person and father and I'm sure memories of him will be treasured forever. Rest in peace Kerry. - Posted by: Judy Daniels (former co-worker) on: Jan 02, 2013