The death of Sterling Hedley Titus of Roachville, NB occurred at the Kiwanis Nursing Home, Sussex surrounded by his family on February 17, 2009 at the age of 93. Born in Passekeag, NB he was a son of the late Ernest G. and L. Estella (Keirstead) Titus. Sterling was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He is survived by his wife Gertrude E. (Seeley) Titus, daughters; Jean MacDonald (Jeff) of Sussex Corner, Karen Embree (Eugene) of Goodsoil, SK, Anne Kennedy (Rick) of Hampton, Barbara Carll (Ken) of Knightville and Carol Muir (Brian) of Sackville, NB, sons; Earl of Roachville, Ernie (Donna) of Sussex, Ron (Murielle) of Moncton, Ivan (Mary Jean) of Plumweseep, Don (Tracy) of Sussex and Wayne (Earlene) of Geary, 25 grandchildren; Kelly, Margaret, Ronnie, Steven, Amanda, Heather, Matthieu, Jimmy, Becky, Allison, Emily, Danielle, Caroline, Mike, Jason, Justin, Katelyn, Maria, Jill, Laura, Ryan, Sarah, Thomas, Hannah and Josiah, 4 great grandchildren; Nicholas, Vanessa, Donavan and Lauren, one great great granddaughter Maddie and many nieces and nephews. Sterling was predeceased by grandson Mark Carll, brothers Don and Ken Titus and sisters Mildred Hayes and Mabel Lisson. At the age of 2, the family moved from Passekeag in 1917 to the “Brick House” in Roachville. Sterling was 14 when his brother Ken died of meningitis at the age of 18. After attending Sussex School, he went to a lumber camp in Shepody for the winter. He was proud of his team of horses, Fred and Ted, and those horses could wade the snow. During his early twenties, after his brother Don moved to west, he took over the family farm where he raised his large family. The farm was sold in 1966 and he had worked at the feed mill, carpentry, and with the bridge crew for the D.O.T. until he retired in November, 1980. Sterling was council member for the parish of Studholm until centralization in 1966. The remaining fund in the parish help start the construction of the Roachville Hall in 1967. During his retirement, he enjoyed his hobbies. He loved to play card and attended many card parties, playing Scrabble and Chinese Checkers. If you did beat him you felt really excited because he was such a great player. He loved gardening, trout fishing, picking strawberries, blueberries, and traveling, especially to the West, which he did several times. In 1988, fire destroyed the “Brick House” and later that year, a new house was constructed on the same site where his wife still resides. In 1995, he lost his grandson, Mark, in a tragic farming accident. Over the years, Sterling had acquired several nicknames, “Tuck” and “Hucky” were two. Now everyone just called him “Grampie”. Sterling was married to Gertrude for 66 years, whom he called Mom. For the last six years, he was a resident of the Kiwanis Nursing Home. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and tried to be honest and fair, and always had his children’s best interests at heart. Having a good reputation was important to him. He still managed to spend every Christmas Day at home with his wife and family. He never measure his personal wealth in dollars, he instead found joy and love through his wife, eleven children and grandchildren. The family will receive visitors at the Sussex Select Community Funeral Home, 21 Aiton Road Sussex (506-433-2133) on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9PM. The funeral service will be held Saturday February 21, 2009 at the Sussex Baptist Church at 2:00PM. Interment will be at Kirk Hill Cemetery in the spring. Donations made to the Mark Carll Scholarship Fund or the Kiwanis Nursing Home would be appreciated.