Condolence: Je vous prie d'accepter mes plus sincères condoléances pour le décès de Marcel.

Ce fût un privilège pour moi de travailler avec lui au Sénat, Il était un grand homme et un ami exceptionnel. Je garde beaucoup de bons souvenirs de cette époque.

Malheureusement, je serai au Nouveau-Brunswick et je ne pourrai donc pas assister aux funérailles.

Mes pensées vous accompagnent en ces moments difficiles.

Sincèrement,

Joseph A. Day
Sénateur

Condolence: To the family of the late Honorable Marcel Prud’Homme P.C.,


Marcel Prud’Homme was one of the leaders of the Young Liberals of Canada and Quebec in the late fifty’s or early sixty’s.

I was a teenager and the young leaders of this era were my heroes.

They were the plumbers of the Quiet Revolution.

As a student Liberal, I met Marcel Prud’Homme through my mother, Mrs. Anne McConomy of NDG.

Every election day, we had lists and lists on the dining room table and would check off all the English voters in St-Denis.

My mother had us phone all day long to get Marcel elected, over and over.

At Loyola, Marcel came to a full day session as the speaker of the House at the Model Parliament.

I picked Marcel up at the Montreal West train station to bring him to Loyola.

So there was the speaker of the House and the Prime Minister walking along Sherbrook towards the Model Parliament.

Marcel was a true leader among leaders.

Many of his contemporaries did very well. But Marcel was, to me, the star.

He got in early and stayed the run. And my mother loved him dearly.

Au revoir Marcel, we will all join you eventually.


Regards,


Richard McConomy

Condolence: Condoléances à la famille de M. Prud'homme, à titre personnel, ainsi qu'au nom de la communauté arménienne de Montréal.
Marcel Prud'homme fut un grand home d'état, que j'admirais beaucoup. Mais il était aussi un homme de grand coeur.
Il me manquera beaucoup.

Condolence: Prud'homme Family;

I first meet Marcel in the late 70's as a Young Liberal and He the Member of Parliament, Over that period of time we became friends and today I look back over the many years of visits to Ottawa, meetings, letters and phone conversations. Marcel was a true Gentlemen, a passionate Politician and a Mentor . I will miss our conversations but above all I will miss his friendship. A true Citizen of Canada.

Condolence: Souvenir d’enfance
La Presse me rappelle un beau souvenir d’enfance, ce matin. L’été, quand j’étais petite, à l’âge de 6 ou 7 ans – dans le temps qu’on jouait dehors – j’allais souvent, le dimanche matin, attendre l’arrivée d’un beau grand monsieur sur les marches d’un immeuble rue Saint-Denis à l’angle de Beaubien. Aujourd’hui, il s’agit de la sortie secondaire du Spa Ovarium. Je pense d’ailleurs à lui chaque fois que je retourne au spa.
Parfois, j’étais seule, parfois avec des amis, mais chaque fois, ce monsieur au grand cœur était attendu avec impatience. Et là… il arrivait. Le sourire aux lèvres, prêt à jaser avec nous. De tout ou de rien. Il nous posait des questions et répondait toujours aux nôtres. Rien de bien important, puisque nous n’avions que six ou sept ans. Mais, il prenait le temps, chaque fois, de nous parler une dizaine de minutes. Et son temps, à lui, était bien plus important que le nôtre. C’est ce que ma mère me disait. Et là, après notre jasette, il nous disait au revoir, car il devait monter pour aller voir sa maman qui habitait l’immeuble…
Merci et reposez en paix, Marcel Prud’homme…
Mes plus sincères condoléances à toute sa famille.

Carole Lefebvre
Longueuil

Condolence: Un Grand Canadien vient de nous quitter

Je voudrais offrir mes plus sincères condoléances à la famille.

Un merci à son personnel exceptionnellement dévoué à lui.

Aux militants et militantes de son compté, qui ont toujours su me recevoir avec classe malgré mes visites éloignées.

Chez nous c'était l'échappatoire de la vie politique, parties de carte grand marche Grand air.

Je me permet de le citer lors de ce jour du 25 novembre 2009

"...Pourtant, je suis un champion des êtres humains en général. Il n'y a rien de mal à essayer de nouer des liens d'amitié avec un groupe de gens qui n'ont pas d'amis."

Grand défendeur du Canada, du Québec et de Montréal.

Il était avec mon père Mr Politique
Quelle soit Fédérale, Provinciale ou Municipale, la discussion était POLITIQUE.

Dans mon jeune âge il me pris sous son aile et m'emmena aux conventions à la chefferie Libéral d'Ottawa 1984 puis de Calgary 1990

Du haut de ma jeune vingtaine je vivais ces campagnes dans le monde des grands

Je sais qu'aujourd'hui il rejoint mon père et je sais que ça va jaser politiques là haut.

Tu as gagné mon admiration, mon respect et mon amour quand tu as été le seul debout aux côtés de papa lors de son décès.

Au delà de la politique il y a les gens et toujours tu as su les valoriser.

Tu m'as si souvent présenté comme le fils que tu n'as jamais eu, aujourd'hui je perds encore un père.

Merci pour tout et salut papa de ma part.

Marc

Condolence: J'aimerais premièrement transmettre en mon nom et celui de ma famille nos sincères condoléances à toute la famille et proches de M.Prud'homme.
Un ami de longue date de mes parents que j'ai eu le plaisir de cotoyer dès un jeune âge. "Marcel" était toujours généreux de compliments envers tous...sauf aux moments de soirées électorales(ha!ha!)
Il rejoint maintenant une de ses présidente de partie/comté de St-Denis (ma mère Shirley)et j'imagine qu'ils auront tous deux beaucoup a discuter sur la politique actuelle.
RIP Marcel
Xoxo
Liane
Jacque et Stephan Laberge

Condolence: My dear one, Mohammed:

Please extend my sympathies to Marcel’s family and to all who knew this magnificent and eccentric Canadian patriot. I worked with and spend much time with Marcel close to forty years.

We supported him in Parliament and every endeavor that he undertook. I cannot possibly express all my sentiments as Marcel enveloped us in the mantle of his affection and love for Canada. He was the first Parliamentarian to advocate for the lost generation of Palestinians. He stood tall in the midst of derision by the press and his brother/sister Parliamentarians and others who simply did not understand his advocacy for the downtrodden in the world. He had a large vision of his mission during his earthly sojourn. I knew the heart of this man and respected him for his forthright positions in every platform afforded to him.

Marcel was a humanitarian to the core championing cases throughout the globe. Tall, upright, he had a sense of propriety from the old school and never gained personally from the positions he held. A friend of St George, the supported the movement that began in the basement of St. George for there to be a national body representing the Arab concerns regardless of religion that today is in place in Ottawa. Responsible for shepherding several grants to the Church, he lost no occasion to push the parish towards involvement in Canadian and Quebec affaires making St. George one of the most prominent parishes in Canada on the national scene.

We stayed in touch until recently even in retirement, I could never forget the bond of friendship that we shared with both Marcel and Rita., Imagine all the governments he served under but he cherished the Trudeau years as his best, relishing to tell stories during those years. You cannot imagine the delight he had when Justin was elected Prime Minister, I believe I was the first to call him in dialysis from Arizona telling him of the news.

There is a funny story that is forever embedded in my mind. He adopted and we adopted him at St George. One festive occasion he was seated in the front, as usual, respecting his position.

During the service, he began to admire the new parish seating robe that his friend Charles Auger donated. He stood up fidgeting his finger into the bracket, in which he stuck his middle finger. He could not extract his finger and all through the rest of the service until rescued by Adel Elian, he stood lop sided . Can you imagine that tall gentleman standing unable to move, well, we could not stop laughing watching Marcel. He took this with his usual aplomb.

Farwell, my dearest of friends Marcel, a man of great distinction who valued the human person above all worldly possessions. Khalil Gibran once wrote in the Prophet: ONE DOES NOT KNOW

THE DEPTHS OF LOVE UNTIL THE HOUR OF DEPARTURE: FINALLY he wrote: do not say that God is in my heart, but rather you are in the heart of God.! Indeed Marcel is in the Heart

of God. Memory Eternal! WELL DONE THY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT ENTER INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD!

Condolence: I feel privileged to have worked, and -spend time with Marcel. He was an amazing mentor and, admired by many. His warmth. kindness and, wisdom will always be remembered.
Canada and Quebec- have lost a great statesman. My condolences to his family and friends.
He will be missed.

Mary Damianakis

Condolence: On behalf of the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal, I wish to express my sincere condolences on the passing of Marcel Prud’homme, a man who touched the hearts of all Greeks in the Greater Montreal area.
Words do little to lessen the grief but we will cherish our memories of him. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.
May he rest in peace and may his memory be eternal.

My deepest sympathies,
Nicholas T. Pagonis
President