Sympathy overflows at Oland funeral
Mourners and sympathy overflowed at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rothesay, which was largely rebuilt through Oland's fundraising efforts. Extra chairs had to be brought in to accommodate the outpouring of bereaved friends and colleagues.
At the front of the church sat his sad and confused family, mostly stone-faced, at times wiping away tears.
"God loves us all and receives us all in His own way," Rev. Michael LeBlanc said at the beginning of the funeral mass. "Let's always be thankful for the all of the good things Dick did for us."
A member of the Order of Canada and a former executive at Moosehead, the brewery his family has operated for decades, Oland was found dead in his office in Saint John. Police have announced that the 69-year-old died as the result of a homicide - and likely knew his killer - but no arrests have been made.
Instrumental in bringing the Jeux Canada Games to Saint John in 1985, Oland was the president of a private investment firm and the former president of Brookville Transport, vice-president of Moosehead, general manager of Brookville Manufacturing and a director at Ganong Bros., the New Brunswick-based chocolatier.
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