Tribute

On Monday July 19, 2010, long time Oliver resident Mr. Frederick William Hack passed away at McKinney Place ECU at the age of 96 years.
Fred was born on April 11, 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His early schooling was in Winnipeg before moving to Oliver on October 30, 1927. Fred attended Testalinda school in 1928 and 1929. He worked with his father until 1935 when he went in as a partner in the wholesale fruit business. Fred sold the business to Slade & Stewart wholesale produce firm from Vancouver and opened a warehouse in Penticton and worked as a truck driver salesman until joining the RCAF in 1942 until 1945. He then returned to the same company as a salesman for two years.
Fred then moved back to Oliver
in 1948 and went in to vegetable growing and joined his dad and brother Edward. They formed the company F.W. Hack & Sons Ltd.
Fred was an ardent skier and assisted in starting two ski areas: Twin Lakes and Morning Star in the early 1940’s and 1950’s before Apex was thought of.
The Hack’s sold their company and moved back to Penticton to retire in 1973. After his wife Hazel passed away in 1988, Fred moved back to Oliver and married Mary Smith in 1989. Together they loved travelling by trailer or motorhome and spending winters in Arizona. Mary passed away in April of 1997. Fred continued living in Oliver and continued his travels.
Fred then married Dorothy Nichol on June 14, 2000.
Fred will be fondly remembered by his loving family including wife of twelve years Dorothy Nichol Hack of Oliver; step-daughter Sandra Nichol; stepson Keith Nichol of Oliver; step grandchildren Taryn (Ian) Brown, Spencer (Sally) Wells of Revelstoke; daughter Lenore Hack Zender of Bellingham, WA; grandchildren Rev. Gary Zender of Renton, Julie (Mike) Reichardt of Anacortes, WA, Brian (Paula) Zender of Bellingham, WA, Bruce (Sarah) Zender of Deming, WA, Robert (Barbara) Zender of Bellingham, WA and Carol (Dean) Johnston of Bellingham, WA; great-grandchildren Jennifer, Jacob, Brianna, Andrew, Alexander, Kerri, Lindsey, Heather, Michelle, Rachel, Zachery, Anica, Kenny and Abigail; three great-great-grandchildren in South Carolina and one great-great-grandchild in Victoria as well as many extended family and a host of friends.
He was predeceased by his brother Edward and his sister Lillian Powell.
A memorial service will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday August 7, 2010 at the Oliver Royal Canadian Legion Branch #97. Urn interment and committal will follow in the Oliver Municipal Cemetery.
Donations are gratefully accepted to McKinney Place ECU, R.R.#3, 7139 – 362nd Avenue, Oliver, BC V0H 1T0 or Desert Valley Hospice, PO Box 1261, Oliver, BC V0H 1T0.
Condolences and tributes may be directed to the family by visiting www.nunes-pottinger.com
Arrangements entrusted to Nunes-Pottinger Funeral Service & Crematorium, Oliver & Osoyoos, BC