Willy Thiery Joseph Vanneste passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the age of 72 after a short and courageous battle in University Hospital, London. Beloved husband of Jeannine (Coolman) Vanneste and loving father of Lorette and Bob Mawson and Joseph and Nancy Vanneste all of Parkhill, Nicole and Christopher Howlett of London and Giselle and Dan Paine of Guelph. Much loved granddfather of Yvonne and Whitney Mawson, Emily and Sarah Vanneste, and Paige, Elodie and Harrison Howlett. Dear brother of Frank and Lea Vanneste of Lucan, Freida and Jerry Spruytte of Parkhill, Cesar and Ellen Vanneste of Ottawa, Gerard and Marion Vanneste of Sarnia, Rosa and Jim Chambers of Belmore, Eric and Janice Vanneste of London, and Roland and Sandra Vanneste of Australia. Dear brother-in-law of Fritz and Marcela Coolman of California, Guido and Carol Coolman and Mark Coolman all of London, and Leon and Helen Coolman, Estele Coolman and Kathy Coolman all of Exeter. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Joseph Vanneste and Demetria Vereenooghe, a brother Abel, brothers-in-law Willy Coolman and Dirk Coolman and a sister-in-law Anna Coolman. Willy will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He immigrated from Belgium to Canada with his family at the age of 18. Once married Willy and his wife Jeannine settled on a farm, north of Lucan, where they raised their family. Throughout his life Willy enjoyed his livelihood of farming and training standardbred horses and his hobby of racing homing pigeons. Friends may call at the Haskett Funeral Home, 223 Main Street Lucan on Sunday 2-4 and 7-9PM. Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Mount Carmel on Monday, December 10th at 11 A.M. with Father Ray Lawhead presiding. Interment Mount Carmel Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the London Health Sciences Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Prayers will be said in the funeral home Sunday at 8:45 PM.
Willy Thiery Joseph Vanneste
We are always willing to go where called upon but this image shows a visual of the communities that our included in our initial transportation fee. We offer a 40km radius from any of our 5 locations (Arva (London), Exeter, Lucan, Seaforth, and Zurich). Any mileage beyond the included 40km will be charged a rate of $2.50/km (one way travel only).
Marc Coolman
Dear family,
While scanning my mother’s archives, I discovered photos of the visit of the beautiful couple Willy and Jeannine to Belgium in 2007, including a visit to my parental home in Hooglede. From the photos it is clear that the line’s parents (Victor Coolman and Jeanette Descamps) were very proud of that visit. I remember my dad always talking about it enthusiastically, but I now regret that I didn’t pay enough attention to it at the time. Contact with the Canadian family was apparently quite important for both my parents.
It may have been quite some time since Willy left us, but I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the family and Jeannine in particular.
RIP dear Willy!
Dear family, I hope that your (much too short) life may be or remain favorable to all of you.