HUGHES Abel Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL Jan 26, 1928 - April 12, 2005 Passed peacefully away at the Labrador Health Care Center on Tuesday, April 12th, 2005, Abel Hughes of Happy Valley Goose Bay, at the age of 77 years. He was predeceased by his wife Irene (1997); brothers: John, George, Thomas, Wilfred, James and Nicholas; sister Minnie; parents: Thomas and Jessie; great-grandson Thomas and parents-in-law: Maud and Esau Fennimore. Leaving to mourn with fond and loving memories: companion Vera Budgell; son Dennis (Karen); daughter Karen (Ren Cunard); son Ernie (Beverley); grandchildren: Gina (Neil Yates), Kenneth, Kelly, Evan, Brandon, Brittany; great-grandson Joshua; brother Leslie (Barbara); sisters: Julia (Nath Coates), Becky (Wilfred Coates); brothers-in-law: Ernie Fennimore (Leslie) and Don Diamond; sisters-in-law: Lucy, Belinda, Barbara and Joan; nieces, nephews; along with a large circle of other relatives and friends. Friends may visit St. Andrews Anglican Church, from where the funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 16th at 2:00 p.m. Arch Deacon Gosse officiating. Interment will follow at The Anglican Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, flowers are graciously accepted or Memorial donations may be made to The Canadian Cancer Society, or to The Lake Melville Shrine Club. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Fillatre's Funeral Home, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL.