PUTTNER, Edmund Robert: It is with deep sadness that the family of Edmund Robert Puttner announce his passing at the age of 82 on the 15 day of June 2015 at his rest home Westview in Penticton, British Columbia. Edmund was born in the Southern Moravian Region of Czechoslovakia, now known as the Czech Republic during a tumultuous time. Spirited away with his mother to Canada at the end of WWII by his father who remained behind and died during the end of the Nazi occupation. Edmund was instilled from birth with the quintessential ideal: family is all. He was an avid orcharder and dedicated his life to his family's orchard in the Okanagan, a sprawling wonderland of fruit trees, perched on the cliffs of Lake Okanagan. He relished family visits and any opportunity to share his wealth of knowledge and sense of adventure with the next generation, whether it was showing them how to perfectly pick and split a peach, running his old 1950's tractor down to the candy shop along the Okanagan Cliffs or showing his young cousins how to properly pack his favourite pipe. He retired from the orchard business in 1993 due to declining health and began a retirement in Keremeos, fostering elderly farm dogs on his small property. He is predeceased by his parents Juliana (nee Jedlicka), Edmund Puttner and beloved cousin Kay Hart Brett. He is survived by his cousins, Priscilla and Charlotte Brett, Betty, Seth and Noah Giuliano and May Hart. Funeral Services will be held at Providence's Summerland Chapel 13205 Rosedale Avenue, Summerland, British Columbia on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM with interment to follow at Canyon View Cemetery. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Keremeos Animal Shelter in Edmund's name. Condolences may be directed to the family through www.providencefuneralhomes.com (250) 494-7752
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