Cecil Edwin Krog, 90, of Victoria died peacefully on August 7, 2015. He’s “passed his last lighthouse.” He was born in Coombs, BC on November 20th, 1924 to Johan Frederik Wilhelm Krog and Amy Elizabeth (nee Clarke). Cecil lived his whole life on Vancouver Island, mostly in the Victoria area but in Nanaimo from 1989 to 2014. Much of his life (working or leisure) was either on or near the ocean. He loved to fish so he became a fisherman. In World War II he served in the Navy and later the merchant marine. It was in this time he met Jeanne Louise (nee Chatvaire) who became his wife of nearly 40 years until her death in 1986. He skippered his own fishing vessels and later worked as a pile driver and dock worker (a lifetime member of the Pile Drivers, Divers, Bridge, Dock and Wharf Builders Local 2404). He was also an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion at Branches 172(Esquimalt) and 10(Nanaimo). He is survived by his wife Mary Dawn Tyrrell; his brother Charles (Marie); his daughter Cheryl Anne (Art); his step-daughter Pat (Orval); his granddaughters Josephine (Elias) and Aimee(Jared) and numerous nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Reception will be held in McCall’s Family Centre, Johnson & Vancouver Streets in Victoria at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Condolences may be offered to the family below.
McCall Bros. Funeral Home
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Stephanie Lobb
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Dawn and Rick Ragan Cheryl and family, please accept our sincere condolences. Uncle Cec maybe gone, but he’ll never be forgotten.
Cheryl, Art and family, my heartfelt condolences to you at this time. It is always hard to lose a parent. My thoughts are with you at this sad time. Hugs, Steph