A resident of Chatham, Ed Broad passed away surrounded by his family at the Windsor Regional Hospital – Ouellette Campus on Friday, October 13, 2023 at the age of 79.<\/p>\n
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He was the son of the late Louise (nee Gould), and the late Garland Broad. Dearly loved by Ethel Kelly.<\/p>\n
Remembered always by his wife of 52 beautiful years, Joyce Broad (nee Casier)<\/p>\n
Proud father of Brenda Van Beers (Mike), Michelle Mills (Julian), Stacey Field (Charlie) & Tracy Broad.<\/p>\n
Grandpa of Dayna, Chase (Chanelle), Chrissy, JayC, Brandi, Brooke, C.J. (Sarah), Brenden & Steven.<\/p>\n
Great-grandpa of Clarke, Calvin & Charlee.<\/p>\n
Brother of the late William, Jack, Glen (Ruth Ann), Gerald, & Sharron.<\/p>\n
Brother-in-law of Pat Broad, Valere Casier (Ann), & Leonard Casier (Henny).<\/p>\n
Dear uncle to many nieces & nephews and missed by extended family & friends.<\/p>\n
Ed enjoyed several years as a Salesman with Simpson’s Fence. He could often be found drinking around town with his many friends. Every night he enjoyed a beer & a cigar with his family. He was involved heavily with his racing family and enjoyed his time out playing cards. Ed loved to golf and having a good time. He was an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 642 and could be found there Friday nights.<\/p>\n
The family are to receive friends on Monday, October 16, 2023 at the Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham from 1:00 – 3:00 pm & 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. A Legion Service will take place at 6:15 pm. A Funeral Service will be held at the Funeral Home on Tuesday at 11:00 am. Cremation to follow with burial in Dresden Cemetery at a later date.<\/p>\n
A Celebration of Ed’s Life will also be held on Sunday, October 29th, 2023 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 642, 39 William Street North, Chatham from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm with a Toast to Ed at 3:00 pm. Bring your happy memories and any photo you may have to share.<\/p>\n
In memory of Ed, donations may be made to the Brain Injury Association of Chatham-Kent or to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 642 Building Fund.<\/p>\n
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.mckinlayfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A resident of Chatham, Ed Broad passed away surrounded by his family at the Windsor Regional Hospital – Ouellette Campus on Friday, October 13, 2023 at the age of 79.","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 12:12:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/obituaries\/2023\/10\/broad-ed\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36788,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36787\/revisions\/36788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}