Obituary of John Alfred DesRoches

On January 15, 2025 the death occurred peacefully at the Palliative Wing of the O'Leary Community Hospital of "John" Alfred DesRoches, aged 59 years.  Loving husband of Julie McNeill and proud father of Jack and Charlie DesRoches.

The son of Norma and the late Alfred DesRoches.  John's youth was spent in Miscouche PEI.  Following high school, he ventured to Toronto where he spent a few short years working hard and enjoying a taste of life in the city.  Upon returning to Miscouche he quickly found himself behind the wheel of a dump truck or operating some piece of machinery alongside his father.

Never one to shy away from hard work, John spent many long days hauling dirt, being a landlord or whatever else he thought might help support his family and the life he so proudly had created at Day's Corner.

John was predeceased by his father Alfred, his brother Michael, his in-laws Edmund and Ruby McNeill and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Left to cherish his memory, his wife Julie McNeill, sons Jack and Charlie, his mother Norma, sisters, Mary Lynn DesRoches, Dina DesRoches (late Mike Lyriotokis), Carol Williams (Trevor), brothers and sisters-in-Law David (Marion) McNeill, JoAnne (Roy) Perry, Dwayne (Trish) McNeill, nieces and nephews Drew, Ainsley, Morgan, Sam, Ed, Sid and Seth McNeill, Ella & Lilly Williams

Resting at the East Prince  Funeral Home 245 Pope Rd. Summerside until Saturday, January 18th, 2025 then to Immaculate Conception Church, Wellington for a funeral mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment to take place in the church Cemetery at a later date. Memorial donations in John's memory can be made directly to the Palliative Community O'Leary Hospital or the Canadian Deaf Sports Association https://assc-cdsa.com/en/donation/ . Visiting hours on Friday from 4 - 7 p.m.