Thursday, September 8, 2022
My sincere condolences to the Deveau family including Melanie, Parker, Kate and Victoria, Herve and Geneva, as well as the many people he touched. I worked with Den at NB Environment and Local Government for a number of years, and actually had the pleasure of mentoring him during his short diversion to Stantec before returning to a career of service to the people of NB. He was part of my curling team for a year or two, and we shared many laughs and maybe a few beers :). Being cursed with the same first name as he (and the many mispronunciations of it in Englilsh), I'll always remember him gently responding to someone about the way they were saying his name, as he matter of factly but politely pointed to his elbow and said "da elbow", then pointed to his chest and said "da knee"...people got it. I still use that all the time. My heart is broken at the loss of a true friend and great human, but nothing compared to your great loss. He will live forever in my heart and every time someone mispronounces my name, I will see him pointing as his chest and patiently reinforcing who he was. RIP Denis
