LANGILLE

LANGILLE, James (Jimmy) Arthur of Dayspring, passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side on February. 2, 2026. Born June. 26, 1945, he was the third child of Simeon and Annie Letitia (McCarthy) Langille.

Jimmy died peacefully at home, Monday, February. 2, with his family by his side. Jimmy lived a fairly healthy life for nearly 80 years, until February 2025, when he had a mini stroke, a major heart attack on May 20th, and then on July 30th the diagnosis of esophageal cancer. Having survived the stroke and heart attack, he valiantly fought the cancer, taking chemo and radiation treatments at the VG starting at the end of November, and continuing until he came home on the 24th of December. The treatments had taken a toll on his body, and at this point it was decided that he was too weak to continue the rest of the treatments. In January we ended up at Bridgewater for two weeks, after which he was able to be cared for at home with the help of VON, Home Care, and Palliative Care.

Jimmy attended school at Bridgewater Elementary and then JR High School. His first job was in 1966 as a deck hand on MV Reliance. Because of his medical ability, he ended up in the engine room where he obtained his second Engineer's Certificate, and then his Chief Engineer's License. Jimmy worked on ships, both at sea, and then on land until December 1974 when he applied for, and obtained a job at Michelin, where he worked until he retired in 2005. Jimmy loved his job and all of the people he got to meet there as he was involved in maintenance over all the plant.

After retiring, he worked at Walmart for a few years putting bicycles, barbeques, and furniture together. He also built two wood splitters which he rented out. He so loved all the interactions that he had with his many customers over the years.

Jimmy was a real extrovert and after retiring he was a regular morning visitor to either Tim Hortons or McDonalds, where he made many friends, and had so many stories to tell. Thanks to all of you for the enjoyment that you added to his life.

Jimmy had a real gift for fixing things, and I called him my Mr. Fix it. Many others benefited from this gift over the years as whenever someone needed help, he would drop whatever he was doing and go help them. When our son and daughter-in-law lived in Texas, he would tell them to make a list of the things that needed to be done so that when we visited them, he would have something to occupy some of his time.

In 1983, he and Marie purchased a lot on Wallace Lake, where they put many years of labour into making it a lovely spot. There were many enjoyable times there over the years with family and friends visiting.

In 2011 he purchased a Bayliner, and he had many trips going down the Lahave River, and out to sea with family and friends. On the return, stops were always made at the Lahave Bakery landing where delicious treats were enjoyed by all.

Jimmy loved his family and enjoyed all the family get togethers. He loved playing cards on Friday nights and whenever any opportunity arose.

There was always a new project in his life to keep him busy, and one of the latest was the raised vegetable beds that he built for his wife, but which ended up being his special project. He kept adding to and tweaking them each year. He built a fence around them to keep the deer out, and installed a watering system, where all he had to do was push a button and aim the garden hose at the beds. He had barrels that he filled from the brook below home that enabled us to have healthy gardens in 2025. Because of his health issues we were late planting and so were enjoying produce right up to the end of October.

Jimmy enjoyed his time as a member of the Dayspring and District Fire Department for many years.

Jimmy is survived by his wife Marie, of 57 ½ years; his son Jeffrey (Shelley); his grandsons, Elijah and Cameron; his sister, Alice; brother Charles (Cindy); and numerous nieces, nephews, and several cousins.

Jimmy was close to all of his family, but shared a special bond with his mechanically gifted nephew, Matthew.

Jimmy was predeceased by his parents, Simeon and Annie; his sister Marjorie and her husband, Ivan; his brother-in-law's William Rhodenizer, and Mervin Fraser.

The family gratefully acknowledge all who came to visit Jimmy at home, as he was glad to see each one.

We are grateful for his thoracic surgeon, his chemo and radiation doctors, and their nurses. Especially Angela who we called his angel.

Special thanks to Jimmy's family doctor G. Thibideau for all his assistance and excellent care.

Thanks to the doctors and nurses at the Bridgewater Hospital who cared for him the times her spent there in the ER and as an in-patient and also thank you to the EHS personnel and their care.

We are so thankful for the VON, the Continuing Care workers, and the Palliative Care team. We cannot say enough about their compassion and care - they were absolutely amazing.

We would also like to thankfully acknowledge Pastors Aaron and John for their support at R.A . Corkum Funeral Home.

Thanks to the team and patients at the Cancer Lodge where Jimmy stayed for several weeks. Everyone was so caring and helpful and where patients would reach out and support each other.

Special thanks to his daughter-in-law, Shelley, who drove him so many times to the VG for his appointments, and whose help at the end made it possible for Jimmy to stay home. Special thanks to his sister-in-law, Shirley, and his brother Charles and wife Cindy.

Arrangements were under the direction of R.A. Corkum Funeral Home, Wileville. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of Jimmy's life was held at the Bridgewater Baptist Church on Saturday, February. 21st, with Rev Dr. Aaron Kenny officiating. A private family internment will be held at the Dayspring Cemetery at a later date.