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The Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department losses a friend:
AKWESASNE — Mr. Ian A. Seymour, 55, of 60 Seymour Road, suddenly passed away
on Saturday evening, April 23, 2011, at Cornwall Community Hospital, with his
family and friends by his side. Ian was born on Sept. 12, 1955 in Cornwall, Ont., the son of the late John A.
and Mary Kay Beauvais Seymour. He attended schools on Cornwall Island and
graduated from General Vanier in Cornwall. He later went to St. Lawrence College
in Cornwall for welding trades. Ian had a great passion for artwork and sculpting. He considered himself as a
stainless steel artisan and sculptor owning his own business, Seymour Welding
and Fabrication. He also was an ironworker with Local 440, Utica. Ian was a
communicant of St. Regis Catholic Church. He was an avid NASCAR fan and loved to hunt. He enjoyed cooking and was known
for his Indian Hash. His friends and family were an important part of his life
and he loved to tease and joke around with everyone. Nearly every Sunday, Ian
traveled to Oka to visit and check in on friends and family. He is survived by his loving companion of 23 years, Joy Roundpoint; three
sisters, Lorna and Joseph Francis of Akwesasne, Angela and Phillip Monture of
Six Nations, and Judith Seymour Nadjiwan and her companion, Ray. of Wiarton,
Ont., and many nieces and nephews. Ian was predeceased by his parents, John and Mary Seymour; his brother, Perry
Seymour, on Oct. 15, 1978; and his sister, Luanne Martin, on Jan. 18, 2007. Friends may call at the Donaldson Funeral Home, Massena, Tuesday 2-4 p.m. and
7-9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 11 a.m. at
the St. Regis Catholic Church. Cremation will follow. Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation. Condolences may be made online at http://www.donaldsonfh.com/ .
From a HAVFD member to
family and friends at Ian's wake:
On Saturday April 23, 2011 the
Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department lost a special friend
Ian Seymour. He was a brother and a person that
volunteered his time, when we asked for his help, even though he was
not a member of our fire department he came to our rescue.
He was a community member that cared,
and put in hours working on one of our fan boats after we came off
the river. He occasionally was welding stress cracks adding an extra
brace to make the fan boat safer for his fire department friends. He
never asked for any monetary payment and he said to the fire
department members “you guys do a lot for the community”.
To the Seymour and the Roundpoint
family and friends “Ian” will be missed, but the work
he did for our fire department will never be forgotten.
T.
Francis - 4/26/11
Exit speech from Former Chief Norman Peters to the membership
" I take this opportunity to thank the membership of the Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department in supporting me as their Fire Chief during the last four years. Each one of you helped me in your own way. I could always rely on you fire fighters to arrive on scene and turn any emergency into a minor problem. I will never forget the experience you gave me. The skills and dedication of each firefighter is what makes the HAVFD the best service organization in the area. Any time, day or night, we show up to help someone when they call for help. The future of HAVFD is in good hands. The new Line Officers have experience and training to lead the fire department. I encourage each member to continue training each Monday evening at apparatus and radio checks, at each monthly drill and attend every available local, county and state training opporunity. We older members need to teach our younger members the safe way to use our equipment and to operate our apparatus. We need to continue training together to prevent injury to ourselves. I now will sit in the back row with past chiefs Frank, John, Charlie and Donnie at the monthly meetings. As you know the past chiefs are there to help you even though we are going to complain about everything. Leadership is a skill gained by experience. I found the hardest thing to do was to step back and delegate the responsibility. Incident Command is getting the right person for the job. Every person has a special skill or experience you can use. See you all at the next HAVFD fire call. Firefigher Norman Peters"
The passing of HAVFD Founding Charter Member James S. Rouselle September 2009
Pictures from HAVFD Station #1 in preparation of the funeral procession.
The Hogansburg
Volunteer Fire Department
was organized in March, 1954
following a fire in which seven children died when a home owned by the
Cree family was completely destroyed. This tragic fire was considered
to be the beginning of the Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Department. Due
to the Cree Family's loss and courage to go on, people from the
community began to organize a fire department.
Charter Members
were: Edgar Reyome, Paul
Heffelfinger, Clarence Thomspon, Stanley Conners, Hubert Lantry, Abe
White, John Kish, Louis Jacobs Sr., Carl Wiggar,
James S
Rouselle, Eli Lazore,
Harry White, Harry Pyke, Sly Morin, Ray Aldrich Jr., Walter Herne,
Peter Bero and Paul Jock.
Edgar Reyome,
owner of a local grocery store, was the leader of the group and became
the first chief operating with a used fire engine which was parked in
Reyome's backyard. Another local storekeeper, Hubert Lantry, donated
an old garage to be used as a fire station. The garage's loft was used
to hold meetings.
In 1960 the Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Dept. build a new station of
cinder block construction, 100 by 60 feet. The company had three
pieces of apparatus and was equipped for mutual aid assistance.
James S. Rouselle was
chief in 1960 succeeding Edgar Reyome, who held that post for six
years. Other officers included Hurbert Lantry, President; Francis
Donahue, Secretary; and Syl Morin, Treasurer.
The following is the On-Line Obituary of James S. Rouselle from the
Donaldson Funeral Home website:
http://www.donaldsonfh.com/
From the Desk of Chief Norman Peters September 16, 2009 I want to thank all the members of the HAVFD who were able to provide the help and time for the wake and funeral service for James Buz Rouselle. It was a very respectful ceremony and service. Thank you to all the neighboring fire departments who came over to support us and provided an escort to the church. All this help and initiative to plan and organize an event like this makes it easy for me to be Chief. Norman Peters HAVFD Fire Chief
HAVFD Boot Drive Monday October 13, 2008
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