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Remembering Victoria man, Jo Soluk

Soluk passed away Aug. 1 after a tragic accident involving a garbage disposal truck
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Lloyd B次元官网网址淛oB次元官网网址 Soluk was honoured in a celebration of life memorial on Friday. Soluk passed away as a result of a tragic accident involving a garbage disposal truck on Aug. 1. HeB次元官网网址檚 remembered as very kind, caring man. He leaves behind his son, Brandon, and two grandchildren, Harmony and Lyric (Pictured). Nicole Crescenzi/VICTORIA NEWS

Lloyd B次元官网网址淛oB次元官网网址 Soluk was a kind man. He was caring, goofy, and loud, and took people under his wing and made them family.

ThatB次元官网网址檚 what many of the nearly 100 people said at SolukB次元官网网址檚 celebration of life on Friday afternoon. Soluk passed away at the age of 47 on Aug. 1, after a tragic accident .

On Friday, family and friends gathered on the green space at the corner of Vancouver Street and Pandora Avenue, a part of the city Jo would hang out during the 25 years that he would travel back and forth between B.C. and his hometown of Athabasca, Al. In his most recent trip, he arrived to visit his brotherB次元官网网址檚 newborn baby.

Soluk was born Oct. 4, 1970 to Theresa White and Steve Soluk. He is survived by his mother, brothers David, George, Keith, and Richard, his sister Patricia, his son Brandon and his grandchildren Harmony and Lyric.

B次元官网网址淗e was a kind, caring and loving individual that loved everyone,B次元官网网址 said his sister Patricia Soluk. B次元官网网址淣o matter what was happening, he would always have a smile on his face, say hello and try to make people laugh. He suffered a lot from pain. He had disabilities, and had some injuries and a lot of pain in his body, but he loved his mother, son and his grandchildren so much.B次元官网网址

Friends shared stories of how he would always watch out for them, or make them laugh.

B次元官网网址淗e helped me out a lotB次元官网网址 one night before he passed away I dropped my purse, he picked it up and he gave it to me the next day and everything was in there,B次元官网网址 said Kat, who didnB次元官网网址檛 want to provide her last name. B次元官网网址淥n the streets that doesnB次元官网网址檛 happen. It just does not happen.B次元官网网址

A woman named Louise said Jo took her own kids under his wing when they had trouble on the streets.

B次元官网网址淗e wanted my kids to call him Uncle Jo, and I was his sister,B次元官网网址 Louise said. B次元官网网址淥ne time I was have trouble with a guy, and he asked me B次元官网网址業s someone troubling you little one?B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址 So, he just stood there and told the guy B次元官网网址楧onB次元官网网址檛 mess with my little sisterB次元官网网址 and it wasnB次元官网网址檛 a problem anymore.

B次元官网网址淗e may have passed on, but heB次元官网网址檒l always be here. Here on this block.B次元官网网址

has been set up to go towards SolukB次元官网网址檚 grandchildren.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e going to set up a trust fund for his grandkids, in hopes that everything will be taken care of for those two kids because Jo loved them so much and wanted the best for them,B次元官网网址 Soluk said. B次元官网网址淗opefully his name is not in vain, and those kids can remember their grandfather and how much he loved him.B次元官网网址

nicole.crescenzi@vicnews.com

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Many people gathered to celebrate Jo SolukB次元官网网址檚 life on Friday. Soluk passed away on Aug. 1 as the result of a tragic garbage disposal truck accident. Here, friends sign messages and prayers onto balloons, to be released at the end of the memorial. Nicole Crescenzi/VICTORIA NEWS
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Many people gathered to celebraet Jo SolukB次元官网网址檚 life on Friday. Soluk passed away on Aug. 1 as the result of a tragic garbage disposal truck accident. Here, friends sign messages and prayers onto balloons, to be released at the end of the memorial. Nicole Crescenzi/VICTORIA NEWS




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