William Richard Brett Thornhill Searston, NL 1953 - 2010 Passed peacefully away on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Dr. Charles LeGrow Health Care Center in Port aux Basques, William Richard Brett Thornhill, aged 56, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He leaves to mourn, with fond and loving memories, his wife Debbie; step daughter Angela (Randy Seaward); grandson Evan William James ("Little Willie"); parents Lloyd and Patricia, St. Lukes Home, St. John's; brothers: Jim (Linda), Gander, George, Enderby, BC; sisters: Karen (Robert Tulk) Mount Pearl, Betty, Labrador City; in-laws Ray and Vera Ludlow, Grand Falls-Windsor; sisters in laws: Donna (Roy Folkes), Grand Falls-Windsor, Diane (Craig Young), Grand Falls-Windsor, Darlene (Ervin McCurdy), Corner Brook; 13 nieces and nephews, as well as a large circle of relatives and friends. He was predeceased by his sister Jane. Visitation will take place from St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Upper Ferry on Thursday, January 14 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM, from where the funeral service will be held on Friday, January 15 at 3:30 PM. A Memorial Service will take place on Sunday, January 17 at 2 PM from Fraser Road United Church in Gander with interment at All Saints Cemetery, Gander. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Accelerated Reading Program, Belanger Memorial School, Upper Ferry, NL A0N 1J0.