Tribute Wall
Plant a tree in memory of Euan
An environmentally friendly option
Loading...
D
The family of Euan Brian Sharp uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
/tribute-images/10909/Ultra/Euan-Sharp.jpg
Please wait
P
The family of Euan Brian Sharp uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
/tribute-images/10905/Ultra/Euan-Sharp.jpg
Please wait
D
The family of Euan Brian Sharp uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
/tribute-images/10907/Ultra/Euan-Sharp.jpg
Please wait
D
The family of Euan Brian Sharp uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
/tribute-images/10908/Ultra/Euan-Sharp.jpg
Please wait
E
The family of Euan Brian Sharp uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
/tribute-images/10904/Ultra/Euan-Sharp.jpg
Please wait
E
The family of Euan Brian Sharp uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
/tribute-images/10906/Ultra/Euan-Sharp.jpg
Please wait
E
The family of Euan Brian Sharp uploaded a photo
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
/tribute-images/6186/Ultra/Euan-Sharp.jpg
Please wait
L
Lisa Williamson lit a candle
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
//s3.amazonaws.com/skins.funeraltechweb.com/tribute-gestures/Candle.png
Just a funny memory
I remember on a trip home to Scotland many years ago, Euan came to visit. It was pretty much our parents catching up on years worth of stories, but the pub seemed a much more appealing option to us. So off we went to knock back a few beers, play a few games of pool, hit the casino until the early hours then stagger home. Do you remember my curling tongs Euan? And how pretty your hair was by the time i was finished?. I may still have a photo of you and Mark together with your lovely long curly locks and pink nail varnish. I think you were secretly inpressed!!
You got your own back though when I came to Canada the following year. The glass floor in the CN tower?? You didn't tell me the CN tower revolves!! And after yet another few beers, you scared the living daylights out of me....you know how!
That pretty much sums you up, always up for a laugh, even with pink nail varnish on.
It's a priviledge to have had you in my life. My kids are now diggety dozer fans and I have told them all about you. I only wish you could have met.
With love, Lisa x
D
Debbie Sidloski posted a condolence
Thursday, April 1, 2010
I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you and your family.
P
Peter H. Murray uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
/public-file/320/Ultra/Euan_Profile_Pic.jpg
diggedy voices
It was such a great pleasure to have worked with Euan and his Dad and Family on breathing life into one of Euan's many great achievements - Diggedy Dozer. We shared lots of great laughs recording the video scenes. Many years ago, but still fresh in my mind. Euan was patient and so knowledgeable as he directed the scenes.
The outtakes might still be around somewhere; and doubtless Euan shares the fun with his mates in Heaven. He was tireless in his pursuit to see Diggedy Dozer reach the audience that would have so loved the warm stories that had gentle lessons of life in every one of them.
J
Jennifer Millenor (n�©e Vowles) posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Years may have passed since I last saw Euan but I remember his love of life, his creative spirit, and his committed friendships. I will regret the lost time since our last visit but I know I will see Euan again someday.
The idea that Euan's heart was "broken" seems impossible. His love of life and his love of friends and family was proof, every day, that his heart was beautiful and strong in every way that counts.
My most sincere condolences Gail, Greg and Mr and Mrs Sharp. May you find comfort in each other, in his memory, and in the knowledge that this is not goodbye...
Sincere affection,
Jennifer
C
Connie Delaney posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Dear Brian,
There is no greater loss than that of a child. My deepest sympathy for the loss of Euan. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
Connie
J
Jack Howes. Ottawa posted a condolence
Monday, March 22, 2010
Brian,
Please accept my condolences on the loss of Euan.
Although I never met him I felt I knew him.
I know you were very proud of him and I can remember when we worked together in Ottawa you telling me about the battles he faced.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and Maureen and your family at this sad time.
Jack Howes
J
Joey Disiewicz posted a condolence
Monday, March 22, 2010
Brian and Family - I've never met Euan, your Son and Brother, but was so very touched and moved by the stories on his Blog. What a precious soul. My heart and prayers go out to you. May God bless all of you -
With love from Joey.
B
Bill Duffy posted a condolence
Monday, March 22, 2010
Brian and Family
Our deepest and most sincere sympathy for you and your family. Everyone at McKeil is thinking of you in this very difficult time.
Very best regards,
Bill
L
Leah Quiring posted a condolence
Monday, March 22, 2010
Brian and Family;
Please accept my expression of sympathy for your loss of Euan.
Leah
C
Carol Somogyi, Transport Canada Marine Safety posted a condolence
Monday, March 22, 2010
I'm very sorry for your loss. I can't think of anything that would be harder than for a parent to lose a child.
P
Paul Coombes posted a condolence
Sunday, March 21, 2010
To the Sharp family:
I know I will miss Euan's enthusiastic and creative spirit. My sincere condolences to the entire family over this great loss.
L
Louise and Harold Roberts and Family posted a condolence
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Dear Maureen, Brian and Family,
Although I have never met Euan I feel I know him through his wonderful Mom Maureen and hence my family from the many stories I have shared about Euan
There is no greater loss than the loss of a precious child. Our hearts go out to all of you. May God Bless you all. With love from The Roberts' Family
R
Robin Begolo posted a condolence
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Dear Maureen, Brian, Gail, Dean, Caileigh, Cameron and Greg:
I was over whelmed with sadness when this morning I read of your beloved Euan passing. May God's grace surround you as you navigate through this most difficult time. Love your friend Robin
T
The Redfern Family posted a condolence
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Although we never met Euan personally, we felt as though we knew him through his brother Greg, our son Adam and the Larkin family. He touched our life through others and we sincerely feel your loss. Cherish those wonderful memories. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. The Redfern family.
J
Jason Wells posted a condolence
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Euan was such a brave and inspirational soul and will surely be missed. My sincere condolences to the entire Sharp family.
Jason Wells
(High School friend)
J
Jacob Quist posted a condolence
Friday, March 19, 2010
Accept my heartfelt condolence on the going home of your son to be with the Lord. I pray that the God of all comfort will comfort you and the rest of the family during this period of your mourning.
P
Pete Laporte lit a candle
Friday, March 19, 2010
//s3.amazonaws.com/skins.funeraltechweb.com/tribute-gestures/Candle.png
some thoughts about Euan
(I apologize about the formating, this site has removed all formating.)
I knew Euan in school and he was loved and appreciated by everyone who knew him. There are a few things about Euan that, even if you didn†™t know him very well, really stuck out. He was smitten with movies, particularly by animated films, and it was clear to anyone that his future would somehow involve making films.
I remember that another classmate, MB, also had a problem with his heart, and we were told one day that this student†™s sudden absence was due to a heart operation and that MB would not be returning to school. At the time, I think it†™s fair to say that we were all still self-absorbed teens, but out of nowhere, Euan (and his brother from another mother JW) proposed a challenge - and then made it their mission †" to raise enough money from everyone in the class to purchase MB the leading electronic game platform of the day, a nintendo Gameboy, as well as a couple of games. I don†™t know if Euan knew about his own heart condition at that time, but if he did, it never came up. I don't know if MB knew that it was Euan and JW who had championed his cause, and I expect that knowing Euan, he had described it as a class effort. What I found remarkable at the time was how Euan just seemed to have this insight about how important it was to visit this classmate in the hospital, and how lonely and miserable hospitals could be.
If Euan could make a movie instead of writing a paper, or doing some research assignment, he would convince the teacher that he should be allowed to make a movie. So, I always wanted to work with Euan on school projects. It wasn†™t that Euan couldn†™t write, even in high school, he seemed to have a knowledge of words and concepts that were miles beyond anyone else†™s comprehension. That and a twisted wit made one of his comments turn everyone around him within earshot beet red and submitting to outbursts of laughter. If you think I†™m exaggerating, he once gave a spontaneous treatise on the process by which dog pooh changes colours from †œsteaming†� to the white greenish disintegrating powdered sugar turds that surface in the spring; complete with noteworthy observational cues and the chemical process for each step. Why anyone would know that is bewildering, and still disturbs me to this day.
But Euan wasn†™t bookish. He knew more than you about movies, yes, but he wasn†™t anything like the stereotypical A/V nerd, he was cool. Absolutely everyone liked him. He had a knowledgeable opinion about relevant issues, he knew what was going on in the world, and he wasn†™t worried about mocking or criticizing silly things with his own brand of humour. It could be hi brow, or as anyone who remembers his take on a certain †œtender vittles†� commercial with the line, †˜it†™ll be our little secret†� will attest, it could be low-brow humour too and shockingly hilarious.
On one of these school projects, a project on animation, Euan screened one of his own short animated movies. He had made it with some digital drawings, an Amiga computer, and a hi-8 camera that you might have thought he was born with instead of a hand. The film was an animated version of the short story, †œthe window†�; a tale about two older patients who share a hospital room. Euan animated the story with pictures, but the narration: his voice, is what I remember best. In the story, two convalescing old men share a room in a hospital with deplorable conditions, and one patient, positioned closest to a curtained window, sits up in his bed and describes to the other what is happening in the world outside. The vivid narrations brighten the spirits of the two patients, but soon, a jealousy seeps into the patient furthest from the window. For the man closest to the window†™s health begins to deteriorate, and he†™s unable to sit up and look out. His days are now spent asleep, and when he is conscious, he apologizes for being too tired to sit up to look outside. This begins to anger the other man who feels that perhaps he should be allowed to make use of the window, and soon, his jealousy consumes him. Then late one night, while his roommate gurgles and thrashes to reach the emergency alarm, the jealous patient suppresses his initial urges to help and instead succumbs to his most vile of thoughts. He waits for the sounds to stop. In his the quiet moments of hesitation, he consoles himself with the reminder of how inconsiderate the other man had been for not surrendering the window, and that no one would ever know of his inaction. In the morning, the man closest the window has died, the body is removed, and after a time, the jealous man asks to be moved to the bed closest to the window. At the first opportunity, the man pulls back the curtain and discovers that the window has no view at all and has always been obscured by the presence of the brick wall of the adjoining hospital building. The realization by the viewer of the film with the pulling back of the curtain, is that the vivid scenes of young lovers holding hands, of children playing on the grass that had filled up so many of the jealous man†™s afternoons, had left with his roommate earlier that morning.
In many ways, one of Euan†™s first films was autobiographical, and I†™m not sure of the extent to which Euan knew this. This film that he made in grade 10 would foreshadow his own eventual illness, about coping with his eventual long hospital stays, and the loneliness of enduring each day. But, I'm convinced that if you read his blog, something happens from reading this humanistic and incredibly well written account: it transforms his film. The big reveal in this case isn†™t that there†™s a brick wall, it†™s that all along, it was Euan in that hospital bed delighting others with his stories, jokes, and good humour. That even when he was contemplating his own life, his achievements, and his future, blogging about it late at night in the light of his IPOD, he was still doing all this to entertain, to teach, and to share the movies in his mind. And now, like the jealous patient, we're left bewildered at the implications and immensity of the loss, and at how different things will be without him.
I wish to offer Euan†™s family my sincerest condolences.
K
Kent MacLaren posted a condolence
Friday, March 19, 2010
Euan wasn't as physically blessed as most of us but that never stopped him from letting his light shine very, very brightly through the darkness. This was even apparent to those that knew him only briefly. Simply, he was special and he will be missed.
K
Karen, James and Joshua Guthrie posted a condolence
Friday, March 19, 2010
To the Sharp Family: We cannot express how sorry we are for the passing of Euan. He was very special to us all and he will be truly missed, our thoughts and prayers are with you all now and forever. Love to you all! and God Bless
Karen, James and Joshua Guthrie
Who we are:
Our mission is to serve each family to the absolute best of our ability, along with their friends and to give to the good of our community in which we live and serve.
oUR lOCATION:
mAP:
qUICK lINKS:
George Darte Funeral Home proudly serves St. Catharines ON and the following (but not limited too) communities of: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Thorold, and Lincoln ON.