It is with a broken heart that we announce the passing of a husband, a dad, a father-in-law, a grandfather, and a brother, Cecil Soper of New Chelsea, he passed peacefully away at Pte. Josiah Squibb Memorial Pavillion, Carbonear on August 23, age 78 years.

Predeceased by parents: Norman and Winnifred Soper; brother: Andrew Soper; brother-in-law: Winston Tuck.

Leaving to mourn, wife: Elaine (Trimm); daughters: Joanne (Paul), Julie, and Jennifer (James); grandchildren: Melynda, Kristen, Wyatt, and Katie; brothers: Leonard (Margaret) and Edgar (Helen); sisters: Myrtle and Marion (Ross); sister-in-law: Vera; also a large number of other relatives and friends.

As per Cecil's wishes, cremation has taken place.

Funeral service to take place on Friday, August 28 at 2:00 p.m. from Green's Funeral Home, Winterton.

Interment in the Pentecostal Cemetery, Hant's Harbour.

In lieu of flowers, as an expression of sympathy, donations in his memory may be made to the Parkinson Society of Canada online at www.parkinson.ca.

1 Thessalonians 4-18 tells us,

"But I would not have you to be ignorant, Brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them which also sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout , with the voice of the Archangel, and with the Trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

That is what he lived by, that was how he ordered his life and living, and now his Faith is sight! His eyes have beheld the One he loved and lived for! No more sickness, pain, tears, or sorrow! Jesus, the Lord of his life, and the Saviour of his soul! The Blessed Hope!