John Sim passed away peacefully, at home, on August 1 at age of 75 after a long battle with cancer.
He was born August 18, 1945 in Halifax, N.S. and was a long resident of Victoria, B.C.
John is survived by his wife Susan (Burnett) of 50 years. They had 3 sons, Stuart (April), Steven (Dania) and Shaun (Kelly). John was predeceased by his parents Edward and Margaret, brother Eddie and survived by his sister Joan Sullivan , several nieces and nephews all of Halifax. John spent 28 years working for Capitol Stores Ltd in Halifax, before moving to Victoria where he owned several Tim Hortons franchises, a career he loved. John retired in 2009 and spent many months each year traveling the world with Susan. The pride and joy of his life were his 12 grandchildren Spencer, Bryce, Madeline (triplets), Claire, Napoleon, Scarlett, Keira, Conor (surviving triplets), Alexis, Cooper, Dylan and Santiago.
A special thank you to Dr Tim Troughton and Dr Jane Henderson.
No service by request.
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16 Comments To "John Robert Sim"
#1 Comment By Daniel Tarlit On August 4, 2021 @ 9:30 am
My condolences to the family he will be missed beautiful person
#2 Comment By Don and Barb Jerrett On August 6, 2021 @ 6:20 am
We are very sorry to hear of Jon’s passing. We remember living across you Jon and Susan on Parkland Ave in Cole Harbour, NS. Susan and Don had identical birthdays, same date, same year. Please accept our condolences.
Don and Barb Jerrett
Stellarton, NS
#3 Comment By Susan Sim On August 6, 2021 @ 1:03 pm
Of course we remember you! Thought of you both every year on my birthday….Don and I were celebrating our 30th!
Hope you and your family are doing well.
John left us far too soon, he wasn’t ready, we still had a lot of traveling to do!
#4 Comment By Don Jerrett On August 7, 2021 @ 11:32 am
Great to hear back from you during these difficult times Susan. I don’t know if you have a picture of our 30th birthday that I have. If you don’t and you want it, I can email it to you if I had your email address.
Don
#5 Comment By Susan Sim On August 7, 2021 @ 1:03 pm
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#6 Comment By Susan Sim On August 7, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
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Thank you very much Don I would love to see a photo of our 30th….hard to believe it was 40 years ago!
#7 Comment By Don Jerrett On August 10, 2021 @ 4:06 pm
Hopefully you got the 2 pictures I sent. Please let me know. Thanks.
Don
#8 Comment By Harold and Debbie Clarke On August 6, 2021 @ 10:47 am
Sue so sorry to hear about John’s passing. We have many good memories working with him at Capitol Stores.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this most difficult time.
Our deepest sympathy
Harold and Debbie Clarke
#9 Comment By Susan Sim On August 7, 2021 @ 5:03 pm
Thank you so much for the kind words….those were good days spent with great friends.
Susan and family
#10 Comment By Harold and Debbie Clarke On August 6, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Sue so sorry to hear about John’s passing. We have many good memories of working with him at Capitol Stores.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this most difficult time.
Our Deepest Sympathy
Harold and Debbie Clarke
#11 Comment By Jeanne FLemming On August 7, 2021 @ 1:34 pm
Sue; Norm and I could not be more saddened at your news. We enjoyed every minute of our time with both of you. Our sympathy to you and your family.
Smooth sailing, John.
Jeanne Flemming and Norm Kyle
#12 Comment By Susan Sim On August 7, 2021 @ 5:07 pm
Jeanne and Norm, meeting the two of you on that riverboat cruise was the highlight of John’s cruising days.
It was a wonderful cruise and your company only enhanced it….we continued to laugh over the figure skating photo that you weren’t in!
Love to you both! ❤️
#13 Comment By Bob Podritske On August 10, 2021 @ 8:59 am
Hi Sue, My condolences, to you and your whole family. I will miss John and his big smile and strong personality. I’ll always remember our many conversations about business and pleasure. He was a great man and I am glad to have known him.
Take care Sue.
#14 Comment By Susan Sim On August 12, 2021 @ 9:51 pm
Thank you very much Bob….we enjoyed the time we spent working with you and spoke of you often.
We really appreciated the help you gave us in running our business.
Sue
#15 Comment By David MacKeigan On August 14, 2021 @ 10:22 pm
Hi Sue,
I am very sorry to hear the sad news of John’s passing. I reflect on my conversations with John with great admiration and respect. We will keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
With deepest sympathy,
David MacKeigan
#16 Comment By Dave and Caroline Milne On August 15, 2021 @ 12:29 pm
It’s with sadness we say farewell to our colleague and friend John. It was really after his and Sues retirement that we saw his humour and true love of life and family come out and really gained the opportunity to spend some time with him. The sorrow we feel is pushed aside by the brightness of our memories of time spent together.
Thoughts are with you Sue and the entire family.