Saturday, June 24, 2023
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My sincere condolences to Gayle and family, Janet and family and all who knew Al.
I worked with Al for over 20 years at Praxair. He was a great colleague who had a knack for getting things done! He was extremely reliable, dedicated, and a good friend to all.
He had a good sense of humor and was quick with the one liners, many of which he had to explain to me as I wasn't quick enough to catch them, LOL! Late one night I had to stop in at the Oakville plant to pick something up when nobody was there. When I entered my office and turned on the light I got quite the fright! Al had put "rescue randy" that was a life size dummy used for confined space training in my chair, dressed in coveralls, with a hard hat on, one hand on the keyboard and one hand on the mouse. After my fright I started to laugh out loud while thinking - Edmond!!
I had a hard time finding any pictures of Al as he liked to avoid the camera. I've attached a couple of pictures from a Praxair hockey tournament in 2005. One is his team picture and the other two are of him in the penalty box! He was being very social that game though, in both pictures he's in the box with a different teammate, LOL!
The thing I miss the most is the time I spent with Al at the Clarkson plant just sitting and talking with him about anything and everything.
Those are good memories....he will be missed.
