With sadness, we say goodbye our dear father, Jean Michael Lehbauer, who passed away peacefully in the presence of his family on March 16, 2019.

John is predeceased by his true love and wife of 59 years, Mary Joan (Hart), and is survived by his four children, Rick (Louise), Joanne (Garry), Ella (David) and Jeannie (Jeremy), grandchildren Lisa, Tina, Stephanie, Tami, Jordan, Joshua, Ashley, Kristina, John, Thomas, Sandra Palmquist and Laura Gilbert. He was blessed by many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and is also survived by his brother Edward (Nadia), whom he loved and admired very much.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moving to Surrey BC with his parents and brother when he was a young boy, John graduated from Queen Elizabeth High School in Surrey BC.
He met his best buddy and lifelong friend Glen Frisk, working at Trapp Motors in New Westminster, BC for several years before moving on to BC Research. There, he developed a long and rewarding career as an architectural model maker.
John’s true passion was music. He taught himself to play guitar from a young age and became a charismatic and talented musician. In his retirement years he and his fellow band members would entertain at various retirement homes, where the residents there would smile, sing, tap their feet and dance to old time music by the Golden Serenaders.
As a meticulous craftsman, John produced beautiful guitars, furniture and toys in his own backyard workshop, winning awards for his talented efforts.
John was bigger than life. He had an easy smile, a firm handshake and a hearty laugh.

Although he enjoyed a long, full life, he will be profoundly missed by those he has left behind. We are sincerely grateful to the staff at Overlander Care home, for their tender loving care and for treating him as their own.
A celebration of John’s life will be held at a later date.

Condolences may be expressed at www.myalternatives.ca

• Date : 2019-03-19
• Location : Kamloops, B.C.