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Basil Cormier Longâ€"time Bronte resident and decoâ€" rated Second World War veteran Basil Cormier, a former Halton Regional Omelettes New York Sirloin Steak Chicken Homestyle Chili Sandwiches GOLDEN GRNDDLE 125 Cross Avenue _â€"_ (located in the Trafalgar Village Mall) 842â€"4247 WHAT‘S COOKING AT THE GRIDDLE? GOOD FOOD A GOOD D Valid Mon.â€"Sat. 1 Police Service summons server and Cormier was buried Monday after a property clerk, died of a heart attack large funeral mass at St. Dominic‘s Feb. 25th. He was 71. Church on Rebecca Street, a funeral that â€" Wellâ€"known Bronte resident had a smile for everyone Waffles Fish Chips Chicken Fingers Goldenburger Pasta Salads Pork Lasagna Ribs Seafood Cormier worked as a salesman by trade with Wedlock Paper Converters in Mississauga. It was when he retired that he began a second career as a civilian member of the Halton police for over a decade. Born on St. Valentine‘s Day, 1922 in Badger, Newfoundland, "Bas" Cormier was educated in Newfoundland and then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force where he served two tours of duty as a tail gunner in a Lancaster bomber over Germany between 1943 to 1945. With one tour totalling 25 missions, Paul Cormier said his father was one of the few surviving tail gunners in the war. When a bomber was attacked, Cormier noted it was the tail gunner who was often first targeted. The 66â€"yearâ€"old Emily Cormier surâ€" vives her husband with whom she‘d been living in a Barrieâ€"area retirement community for the last four years. By the time Cormier got a job as a summons server in Oakville in 1977, both his sons, Paul, now 42 years old In 1952, Cormier moved to Toronto and came to Oakville in 1958 where he spent all but the last remaining four years of his life . ‘"When we were introduced to peoâ€" ple, my brother and I, we weren‘t Ken and Paul, we were Bas‘ boys. That‘s just the way it was, but we got used to being Bas‘ boys," said Halton police Inspector Paul Cormier. A charter member of the police choâ€" rus, Cormier had also been a soloist at St. Dominic‘s and had operated his own disc jockey service, Just Me, in Oakville for approximately 15 years was complete with a full police and Knights of Columbus honor guard as well as the police chorus. 581 ARGUS ROAD, OAKVILLE The large funeral was a last request by Cormier and one the community rose to fulfill. Paul Cormier said the family greatly appreciated that. "He always had a smile for everyâ€" one. He always had a greeting and he always sort of touched everybody‘s lives in various ways. He was a disc jockey at weddings where people were starting new lives. He liked being with people and people liked being with him," said Cormier, smiling, "He could get a party going." Cormier‘s community involvement included the Bronte Legion, Knights of Columbus, Bronte Harbor Authority, Halton Roman Catholic School Board and the Optimist Club. He was a grand knight at the Knights of Columbus and was a Lieutenant Governor with the Optimist Club. It was also during his "retirement" years that Cormier operated Just Me. "Dad entertained half of Oakville at varâ€" ious weddings and parties," said Paul Cormier. "He was well known in the Bronte area where he lived most of the time in Oakville." Cormier also had two daughters, Ellen who now lives in Pennsylvania and Maureen who lives in Park Hill, Ontario. and Ken, 38 â€" a sergeant in Oakville, were police officers. In 1981, Cormier became the police district property clerk in Oakville where he worked until his second retirement in 1987. Basil Cormier