William Michael Tarabas

June 19, 2014

William Michael Tarabas, 75, passed away on June 19, 2014. He was born at St. Paul’s Hospital in 1939 to Mike and Maria Tarabas. He was predeceased by his parents, and survived by his sister Sylvia, his loving fiancé Shirley, and three children, Debbie Tarabas, Dan Tarabas, Ellena Gjesdal and four grandchildren.

Bill worked in construction all his life, building homes in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. His specialty was building houses in the rocks, some of them in British Properties and Caulfield. Even in the 60’s he built million dollar homes. He also spent many days with his family and friends on his boat in the Gulf Islands.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Living Waters Church, in Fort Langley, BC. The address is 9095 Glover Road, Fort Langley.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence for the family.

Messages of Condolence

I was saddened to read of your dad's passing,Debbie. I only met him a couple of times back in the day,and I remember his gruff exterior. But I also remember him taking a bootload of us punkass kids skating out to cloverdale one particularly cold winter night.Not to many dads would do that. I knew then he was an alright guy.Not to mention the parties. Iknow you'll miss him. My father passed away in May,my brother Mike in March of last year. It sucks. My heartfelt condolences,Debbie and family.

- shawn keegan

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