2023-11-11 07:50:00
André Crèvecoeur, the president of the royal brotherhood of St Corneille, was buried this Friday, he was 88 years old. He was also active and vice-president in other associations. Born on October 18, 1935, in Mille (Mlin), in a house on rue Jules Coisman, a street that he would never leave again throughout his 88 years of existence. “He lived in three houses there, the last two of which were not more than 50 steps from ours, which gave us a certain complicity and above all a great friendship,” says Jean-Pierre Deserf. “I was five years old and he was 19 years old, when he returned from his first leave from his military service, in 1954, in his beautiful soldier’s costume which had impressed me so much. I remember the pride of his parents Joseph and Léontine in the house which featured the photo of their son in military uniform. I’m talking about the pride of his parents, because looking, a few days ago, at the very recent photos of André with two of his great-grandchildren, I recognized in his eyes the spark of happiness, love, complicity and the same pride that struck me at the time.”
Married in 1959 to Yvette de Bossut-Gottechain, he was so proud of their descendants, Chantal, Alain who left too early, Jérôme, Mathieu, Julie, Ema, Antoine and Alice.
Always in a good mood, smiling, welcoming, he had the art of attracting sympathy because he himself radiated kindness and human warmth. “I believe that by leaving us on the night of World Kindness Day, it was destiny that anchored in our minds his main personality trait. A window that did not close properly, a jammed drawer, a faucet leaking, a broken household appliance, a deflating mower wheel, moves to be made and many other things……André was there, always there! If we found large salads in front of our door , tomatoes, huge pumpkins, André had been there!”
Helpful, affable, sociable man, no wonder he is part of so many associations: President of the Confrérie Saint Corneille, Vice President of the Cercle Royal l’Avenir, Vice President of the FNC de Beauvechain, emeritus member of Taxi seniors de Beauvechain, not to mention his recent participation in the Walloon conversation tables dear to Raymond Evrard.
He was a member of Cercle l’Avenir since 1958, becoming Vice President a few years ago. “You realize: 65 years of uninterrupted presence in a company! He was always very active there, never missing any meeting, any event, supporting, with force, each of the projects tending to contribute even better to research against cancer in favor of the Saint Luc Foundation. His involvement was such that one day during one of our dinners, he offered to bring two meals to a couple of our members who were sick and had not been able to Unfortunately, it was already quite dark and he fell while going down the stairs in their garden: result: fracture of both wrists requiring an operation and cast immobilization of both forearms! Did you know that at the end of When he was hospitalized, he was already able to help other patients who used wheelchairs!”
Regarding Taxi seniors de Beauvechain, André took the wheel of the vehicle when he retired, driving one day a week, 52 weeks a year for 14 years, which corresponds to approximately 700 days of volunteering for elderly or disadvantaged fellow citizens! Two full years of a full life! »
Kind hearted, he even transported, one Saturday, in his own car, a user of the service who had personally asked him to bring her to his family in Liège! “A former driver, he continued to share the life of our association until our last meetings. His family can be proud of their pinpin, as they used to call him and we can say, without being mistaken, that ‘with such a long life of kindness, he will always remain engraved in your heart, as in ours.
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