Obituary of Allan W. Swyers

65, Halifax, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at The QEII Halifax Infirmary. Born in Botwood, Newfoundland on August 9, 1950, he was very proud of the fact that he was the youngest son of Walter and Elsie (Rice) Swyers, and that he was born on his father’s 50th Birthday! Allan relocated to Ontario in 1965 where he finished high school, put himself through university and spent his working career. He "retired" to Nova Scotia in 1996, having been diagnosed with HIV in 1984 and getting progressively more ill with the disease. Since he did not die in 2001 as he expected, in 2008, he uprooted himself again and moved back to Ottawa, Ontario, where he spent four years. While in Ottawa he met his partner, Jean-Pierre Mineault of Gatineau, Quebec. Allan and Jean-Pierre moved to Halifax in 2012, a year after Jean-Pierre retired from his long career with StatsCan. Allan spent his entire career in the financial industry, (National Trust, Royal Trust and Royal Bank) working primarily in the systems and computer operations areas. He was very proud of the years he spent with National Trust as a Trainer, always the most favorite aspect of his varied career. Allan also provided DeeJay services for many years just for the fun of it. For the past 32 years he has lived amazingly well with HIV despite almost succumbing to the disease in 1999. Always laughing and very amicable, Allan most enjoyed tanning in the buff at his beloved Crystal Crescent Beach with Jean-Pierre and his very good friend, Tom, and holidaying in his beloved Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; he was also an avid cyclist, hiker and volunteer and had amassed a humungous music collection, exceeding several thousand CD’s/MP3’s at the time of his death. Surviving him is his partner, Jean-Pierre Mineault, Halifax; daughter, Nicole Swyers, Barrie, ON; sister, Betty Stoodley, Halifax; brothers, Warrick (Ruth), Logy Bay, NL; Roy, Sault Ste. Marie, ON and Ron (Lorraine), Orillia, ON; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Allan was predeceased by his parents, his sisters, Pansy Thompson and Fronie Shea; brother, Bruce; sister’s in-law Jessie Canning Swyers and Violet Shepherd Swyers; niece, Rosalyn Thompson and nephew, Jim Swyers. A Celebration of Allan’s life will be held at 2PM on Sunday, August 7 at 57 Katrina Crescent, Halifax.