Obituaries

Condolences

• 08/22/2025

  Christina Munn

  Good evening, this is 💖💖 love. It was a absolute pleasure and privilege to meet Vaughns family.❣ Vaughn is bringing people together even now.❣ I hope to hear from you soon. 🤗 Christina

• 08/21/2025

  Chris. Munn

  First and foremost, my deepest condolences to Vaughns family and friends. 🙏 I had the privilege to meet Vaughn as my super. Vaughn and I hit it off immediately, friends instantly. Vaughn was kind, articulate and a little mischievous ❣❣ He made a music video for me. We would talk and text at all times..He always called me kiddo. 💖 We both took care of each other, groceries, and anything else. Vaughn spoke to me about relationship and religion. I miss 😢 him terribly, His presence in the building was fantastic and it feels so lonely. Godfrey was such a rock for Vaughn and a good friend. I miss them both. 🤍 Just a last thought, I seen and spoke to Vaughn "aka" goose he said maybe we should go on a date when I get home. ❣🤍🙏😪 I said I will see you on the other side. Rest your head my friend with love. Chris. M 💔

• 07/26/2025

  Lisa Anne Gargan

  Im shocked and very sad learning about few minutes ago Vaughan passed away. He was my friend, a friend I met through my best friend Karen Vaughan you were a special person, a kind man. You welcomed me and Karen to your shop in Vancouver many years ago. We had a blast. I was treated like a queen!! I wish I had tte chance to see you, to tell you how much you meant to me. You are my special friend. No more pain Vaughan, fly free my dear friend. To tge family, im so sorry you lost a wonderful human being. God bless . Lisa Anne Gargan

• 07/16/2025

  Kim Stewart

  I was both shocked and saddened to hear of Vaughn's untimely death. Vaughn was a special part of my teen years in the 70's. When someone passes away you spend time thinking of the memories you have of them. I was 15 the first time I met him at Full Gospel Church. I remember being thrilled the first time Mom agreed that he could come to our house for a visit because nobody did that because of my stepfather who hated all my friends. Surprisingly when he met Vaughn he took to him straight away. Vaughn had a way of putting people at ease and making you feel like you were the only person in the room when he spoke with you. After evening service at Full Gospel we'd often go for pizza when he drove me home and we'd talk for hours putting the world to rights as only 2 teenagers growing up in the 70's could do! (ha, ha) I saw someone mention about him saying he was a minister and I remember those times when he would preach and often in preaching answer some of his own existential questions in the messages he shared. I remember us sitting on my front steps playing music. Whenever I hear George Benson's Breezin' or Dueling Banjos in particular it reminds me of him. I remember camp at Bayside and how thrilled he was when his Dad got baptised in the pool that night. I remember driving up to Cowie Hill to see the lights of the city after a New Year's Eve Watchnight Service. I remember him attending my high school graduation and though he wasn't able to join us at the restaurant that night he called me later to follow up. We lost touch around 1982 and I always wondered what happened to him. I heard bits and pieces from various people over the years and I heard he went into real estate. When I got married in 1987 I discovered his office was just around the corner from our apartment in Clayton Park. I then saw him in person in the kitchen of a mutual friend when my husband and I were at the friend's house for a prayer meeting. When I asked about faith he told me he had God in his pocket. I later heard of his move to B.C. Fast forward to 2009 I saw a real estate ad with his name and email address on it so I emailed him to confirm it was him. It would be 3 years later but he eventually emailed me. I was touched when he said he was playing a ukulele and thought of me and remembered that it had been 30 years since we corresponded. We emailed on and off until 2018 and in his last email we had planned to get together for lunch or a coffee which unfortunately never happened. Last year he sent me a friend request on Facebook and, as that old James Taylor song says, "I always thought that I'd see him one more time again." He will always have a special place in my heart and I look forward to coming together with everyone as we celebrate a life gone way too soon. Kim Stewart (nee Young)

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  07/16/2025

  Mark Hayden

  So sorry to hear about Vaughn we grew up together in Armadale

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  07/14/2025

  T.J Jassal

  It is with deep sorrow that we extend our heartfelt condolences to Vaughn's mother and family during this time of profound loss. Vaughn was more than just a friend. He was the best roommate I ever had, and our time together was filled with memories I will cherish for the rest of my life. His presence brought warmth, laughter, and calm, even on the hardest days. He was a kind, loving, and caring soul who always put others before himself. Vaughn had a way of lifting people up, simply by being there. He taught me lessons I didn't even know I needed—lessons about compassion, courage, and how to become a better man. To know Vaughn was to be inspired to live beyond your comfort zone. Whether it was helping others adopt rescue dogs or going for spontaneous long drives, he embraced life fully and encouraged others to do the same. He was there for me when I needed someone the most, never asking for anything in return. That's just the kind of person he was—selfless, loyal, and full of heart. Vaughn, your absence leaves a silence that words can't fill. I will miss you deeply, my friend. May your soul rest in eternal peace. Your memory will live on in every life you touched.

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  07/13/2025

  Godfrey

  I can't believe that I'm looking at the obituary for you my friend ,I miss you terribly you were my best friend ,we met roughly 10+ years ago over a real estate deal and since that day I haven't lost contact with you five years ago I went through a divorce and you were my angel that kept my spirits in a positive vibe you breathed life into me you did this to everyone you came in contact with , these last five years I've been grieving over my sons Who have been unlawfully unjustly taken from my life for no reason you have been there to always make me feel like things are going to be OK 😔I don't know but life can be so unfair sometimes you truely are an angel and I wish you were still in my life I miss you terribly I love you like a brother.. you will be missed terribly I can't believe this is true we used to drive by the cemetery to visit your Head stone and you used to say that's where you would be buried and I used to say to you don't talk that way Vaughn 😔I used to say to you you're going to live a long life you're going to grow old to be an old man.. but I guess maybe something in you knew that somehow maybe the most High would Take you sooner because he saw the amazing person you were and that he needed you sooner I want you to know that I love you I want you to know that you are my best friend and I want you to know that I miss you so much 😔 I have been lost since your passing my friend, I pray that you are with the father Yahuah , I pray that you watch over me and my family and bring my boys back home I was hoping you would be around when I got my boys back in my life you've been rooting for a reunion for my family I just wish you got the chance to see it maybe you can see it from heaven 🙏you were blessed my friend it is an honour to have known you there is no one like you thank you for everything you've done for me 😔❤️🙏your friend your brother Godfrey ❤️🙏

• 07/13/2025

  Wayne Juanita Hatcher

  I have known Vaughn for many years, he wanted me to come out to Vancouver when he first moved there but I told him a Rolling Stone gathers no moss back then. Because at that time I started my own business here in Halifax. when he came back to Halifax, I was one the first people that he came to see, and he shared his past life with me. Many of our friends fall short, but I still had that unconditional love for him. He was a special friend and a very clever intelligence genius individual getting things done. The day before he went to Palliative care we both sat together and share together and one thing he mentioned to me was Wayne I wish I had it all to do over again because I really missed out. I just went the wrong direction. For each, and every one of us, perhaps we should evaluate our lives and make sure that we are putting everything in perspective and not wait for the last moment. Five hours before he passed away, I put my hand on his head and said bless you and it won't be long and I'll be seeing you too, and then I put my right hand on his face and said I always loved you brother and then he took his left hand that was down by his side and he brought his hand over and put on my hand. Then I left because I wanted to allow his mother and his good friend lady friend Jakki to be alone with him. A couple days before I said what can I bring in to you, and he says Wayne I love to have some of Juanita my wife's home made turkey soup. He will be missed. As we spoke together I believe that he put all things in perspective between him and the Savior. And even the week before he died, he says Wayne I was a Minister. I looked at him now, like on the other side of the mountain, but memories are always there. Only thing is I cannot make that phone call nor visit and cannot communicate. He was always there for me. Wayne Hatcher

• 07/13/2025

  Jakki Poirier

  My condolences go out to Etta and Craig and the rest of Vaughns relatives, but especially Etta, who has been my wonderful source of support through this rough time. I was but a small glitch in Vaughns barely 64 years of life. We met through the Canadian Report in 2021 and communicated daily for ten months before we met and continued that for years when I wasn't with him in Nova Scotia. We had a special relationship that I felt privileged to have had, as he had so many wonderful people in his life and he chose me to love and be his girlfriend. Our relationship became a long distance relationship for many of these years; Vaughn in Nova Scotia and me in Alberta, which was hard. Even when I thought I should find someone local, all I did was compare him to Vaughn. His character, energy and unconditional love was a hard act to follow. I never stopped loving him, and him I; when he asked me to stay with him in the hospital, it gave us the alone time and opportunity to confirm our continued love for each other. I felt blessed to be there for him in his last days, and moments. I will cherish that forever and he will always be a part of my heart. There are too many wonderful and precious memories of our times together I'd need a book to write them all. I think one of my favorite was the many times he and I, and my dog Daisy, would trek through his 47 acreage "boot" (as that's what it looks like from heaven) and talk about the many possibilities, like a tiny home village or an Airbnb camping experience, that we could do on his land. We would come back tired, soaked, stung, and full of scratches, but it was always worth it! I will always be your "baby reindeer" and you mine! Love and miss you forever, Vaughn, "my poetry man", your "sweetie" Jakki (Jacqueline) Poirier