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Deep Cove loses a champion

The Cove community lost a longtime resident on April 22, when John Pavlik passed away. People will remember John as part of Pavlik Travel, a business started by his wife Janet.
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The Cove community lost a longtime resident on April 22, when John Pavlik passed away.

People will remember John as part of Pavlik Travel, a business started by his wife Janet. The company became such a success that after 27 years, John left his job at Canadian Pacific Airlines to work alongside her. In that role his face appeared for several years in the top right-hand corner of the Crier, always wearing a different hat. The hat complemented the travel column inside that Janet wrote.

John became an early member of the Mount Seymour Lions and continued with them for 46 years. As a volunteer with the Lions he was a leader in the building of various Lions Housing projects and was always visible at the Club’s events (whether sunny, raining or snowy) from the Penguin Plunge to the unveiling of the covered barbecue shelter in Panorama Park and many events in Cates Park. It was John’s idea to create the Breakfast with Santa event at Parkgate.

He was all about serving this community. Energetic and gregarious, John was also a quiet, reserved, kind man who Janet called her European GENTLEman. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1930, John moved to Canada in 1952.

Married to Janet for 52 years, John also leaves behind his sister, Majka, his daughter Misha, son Paul and three grandchildren – Brian, Teah and Alistair (following in their grandfather’s footsteps, all three are now community volunteers).

The Seymour community has truly lost a champion.

Thank you, John. ■