聽 聽 聽 聽 Chad was born April 5, 1962 to Aime and Loraine Dumaine.聽 He is the second eldest of six sons.聽 Chad is survived by his children, Preston Lorann and Chandler Toms; his loving parents, Aime and Loraine and his five brothers and their families, Jeff and Janice, Chance, Ashton, and Kristin; Marc, Suzanne and Brett; Cal and Shauna, Cody Braden, and Barrett; Garry and Monique, Celeste, Travis, Trevor, Jacob, and Josee; Trent and Tiffany, Chloe and Emma. Chad is also survived by numerous aunt, uncles, cousins and countless friends.
聽 聽 聽 聽 He was predeceased by his grandparents, two aunts and close friend and uncle Rene (Maverick).
聽 聽 聽 聽 Following is the eulogy his daughter Preston read at the funeral service:
My dad Chadwick John Dumaine was born on April 5, 1962 in Redvers, Sk to Aime and Loraine Dumaine. He was the second eldest son of six boys, Jeff, Chad, Marc, Cal, Garry and Trent were raised on a farm north of Storthoaks where they helped Grandma and Grandpa haul bails, move cattle, feed pigs, chickens, and cows, fix fence and stack the bails, dad particularly enjoyed this as he was very strong.聽 Growing up dad enjoyed playing hockey, there was enough Dumaine brothers to make up their own team.聽 Dad was a great hockey player, smooth on the ice as others would say.聽 Dad was always known for being tough, and one that not many would mess with.聽 As tough as my dad was, nobody had as many friends as he did.
Growing up, one of dad鈥檚 passions was looking under rocks.聽 He was always looking under stones for worms and bugs while Jeff busy putting snakes around Grandma鈥檚 neck, while she was busy weeding the garden.聽 Dad also enjoyed playing in the sandbox, until he was 14 (Ha! Ha!).聽 He enjoyed it so much, that whenever work was to be done, everyone knew where to find him; the sandbox.
Another Passion of dad鈥檚 was 鈥渁ll-star wrestling鈥�.聽 His famous move was 鈥渢he claw鈥�.聽 As most of you can all guess, dad never quit until he had beaten everyone in the room.聽 Dad then moved on from 鈥渁ll-star wrestling鈥� to arm wrestling, where as he stands undefeated in his left arm.
As dad grew up, his love for music flourished.聽 He got this passion for music from his dad.聽 I remember countless Dumaine gatherings where Grandpa and dad would play the accordion and sing, entertaining us all night.聽 Chad Smokem Live began with an accordion back when dad worked for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.聽 He bought his first guitar, and started filling local pubs and campgrounds all over the prairies.聽 Wherever Chad Smokem Live was playing there was sure to be a full house full of fans.聽 My love for music stemmed from, singing along with dad on his karaoke machine in our living room for many years.聽 As Chandler and I grew up, we have gained the title 鈥淪mokem Jr鈥� as we tend to follow in our dad鈥檚 footsteps and performing when going out with our friends (Ha! Ha!).
Dad was well known and liked by everyone he met, even the odd hitcher.聽 Dad met many great friends while building elevators for Saskatchewan Wheat Pool for 15 years.聽 From there he entered the oil patch working 25 years for Ensign Drilling, making many lifelong friends.聽 Dad knew how to work the system on the rigs, when he wanted time off, he knew to just take off his hard hat off.聽 During road bands, dad enjoyed sun tanning; also known as shingling.聽 Dad was famous for roofing in daisy duke shorts, burning his body like a red tomato.
My dad was a social man, who loved a competitive card or crib game, with anyone who would play with him.聽 His favorite past time was stealing money from his brothers, uncles, nieces and nephews during family 鈥渇ire鈥� nights.聽 Uncle Maverick and dad played cards on a daily basis, which usually ended up in a heated argument, I鈥檓 sure they鈥檙e up there continuing this tradition.聽 Oh and just a reminder; dad is a Habs fan.聽 Jeff seems to think dad was tortured into this!
To wrap this up I just want to say how honoured I am to look around today and see all of you people, my dad鈥檚 鈥渇ans鈥� here to celebrate his life, he was truly such an amazing man and would be incredibly humbled to see all of you here today, for him.聽 My dad sent me a message in June 2013, that I have saved on my phone for nearly two years, the message reads 鈥淭hank you my baby, I love you soooo much, and if tomorrow never comes, you will know I love you and I will always be there in the sky and rain and the sounds of thunder will be singing in heaven if tomorrow never comes. Mwah, Daddy.鈥�
Over the past week I鈥檝e heard the saying 鈥淚鈥檓 sorry for your loss鈥� countless times.聽 I took it upon myself to look up the true definition of loss.聽 Loss; 鈥渢he harm caused by losing something or someone, no longer had or kept, no longer to be found, no longer visible.鈥澛� The truth is though, I didn鈥檛 lose him.聽 I see him around me in the sky, clouds, and the rain, I hear him singing through the thunder, I see him flying like the hawks in the sky.聽 I see him every time I look at my five strong, compassionate uncles, and I see him every time I look at my strong, brave baby brother.聽 My dad is all around us, I can feel him in my soul.聽 I can feel him hug me and say 鈥渙h Pressy relax鈥� every time I start to get worked up.聽 I can hear him singing every time I turn of my radio.聽 He lives all around us, and we just have to choose to see him.聽 I look in the mirror, and I look deep into my own eyes, and I know I can see my dad staring back at me, because he will always live on forever in my heart and soul.
聽 聽 聽 聽 Thank you:
Our family wants to thank everyone that has supported us sine Chad鈥檚 tragic accident.聽 To those who bought food, flowers & gifts, for the visits, phone calls & messages sent to us.聽 Thank you to Halls Funeral Home, Father Melchor Samonte, Murray Aulie, P.A. Meats, St. Anthony鈥檚 CWL & Tianna Martin for your special touches that made the service and lunch so personal and special. Words cannot express how grateful we are for our family and friends, and how thankful we are for the small communities that help us get through these tough times.聽 God bless you.
The Dumaine Family
