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Karl Featherstone ~ Kids College fund

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*****Folks, just to update you on my connection to the Featherstone family. Some of you may notice that I live in Pennsylvania and may be concerned if this is a legitimate fundraiser. I grew up in Ontario and met the Featherstone family, Bill was my baseball coach for 10 years. When they moved to Revelstoke B.C., Bill began a baseball program called the Revelstoke Cougars. I moved across the country and lived with them for my last 2 years of high school and Karl, Ben and I became brothers. After high school I went on to play college in the U.S. and have remained in the states. I have been in contact with Karl’s wife, mother, father and brother. So if you have concerns, please feel free to reach out to them or call me at (832) [phone redacted]***** thanks again for your support! The goal is to raise some money that can establish college funds for Karl’s two precious babies.  Karl Featherstone was not only an incredible man in general but he was also a loving father and husband. In addition to being a dedicated firefighter, he was an extremely talented woodworker who had just completed his own wood shop which he built entirely himself. Shortly after Karl and Bryanna met she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. He easily could have left but instead immediately stepped up and offered endless love and support. They went on to buy a house together and have two beautiful children. Their son was born in 2017 and Karl was just beginning to share his interests of hunting and woodworking with him. He loved to help dad in his shop and be outdoors with him. Only eleven days after their daughter was born in August 2018 Bryanna suffered a massive heart attack and cardiac arrest at home. Karl immediately called 911 and there is no question that his medical knowledge and quick thinking saved her life. He then went on to help take care of Bryanna while she recovered at home and their newborn daughter. Karl’s nickname for his daughter was “Sweetness” which is extremely fitting because she would refuse to go to bed without giving daddy a kiss. Unfortunately when Karl suffered what is assumed to be a cardiac event at home on October 11 Bryanna was not able to save him by administrating CPR. It is believed he passed away in his sleep quite a while before he was found. Karl and Bryanna loved each other very much and Karl will live on in the lives of his family members and fellow firefighters through wonderful memories, stories, and pictures.

The administration and members of the Lake Country Fire Department (LCFD) are deeply saddened to share with the community that Firefighter Karl Featherstone passed away at home on Sunday, October 11, 2020.

Featherstone joined the Lake Country Fire Department in 2009 as a paid-on-call firefighter and was known for his calm, diligent participation and exemplary attendance at practices and call outs. In 2018 he received the Station 71 Firefighter of the Year award; Best Attendance to emergency call outs and practices in 2014; and a ten-year service pin in 2019. In addition to local fire, medical and motor vehicle incidents that required an immediate response, Featherstone was part of a team deployed to provide mutual aid at the Christie Mountain wildfire in Penticton this summer.

“Karl was well respected by everyone at the fire department,” said Deputy Chief Brent Penner. “He was self-employed so he could manage his schedule to be home with his family as much as possible and would often jog down to Station 71 from home to work out. He took pride in his carpentry work and was known for doing a great job in anything he took on. His family and service to his community were very important to him.”

At age 47, Featherstone suffered a cardiac medical emergency at home in the early hours of Sunday morning and despite all attempts by immediate family, LCFD first response firefighter colleagues, BC Ambulance Service crew and the Advanced Life Support team, the outcome was negative.

“After being with the department for 11 years, he has touched more local lives than most people can imagine and has definitely been involved in saving more than a few lives himself,” said an LCFD paid-on-call firefighter colleague. “Karl was an extremely popular guy and an absolute pleasure to work alongside through good times and bad.”

“The passing of Karl Featherstone is a tragic loss,” said Fire Chief Steve Windsor. “He was a hard-working and well-respected man. We extend our deepest condolences to his family – especially his wife and two young children, friends and members of the LCFD as we mourn his loss.”

We kindly ask that the privacy of Karl’s family be respected at this time.

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Dwayne Phaure
Organizer
Cranberry, PA

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