By Fred Langan

Louis Pagé, who died at the age of 101, was a champion volunteer in the Town of Brome Lake. He continued delivering meals on wheels until he was 100.

“It gets me out,” Louis told an interviewer a few years ago.
“Sometimes you meet people, and you have a little visit, and I enjoy it.”

He acted as Treasurer of the Brome Lake Food Bank until this year.

“He was looking after it until the day he died,” said Gary Crandall, a cousin of Louis and head of the Food Bank.
“He keeps a mean set of books, let me tell you. Every cent is accounted for and the bills come in and they’re paid pronto. There’s no fooling around.”

A Life Rooted in Knowlton

Louis Noble Pagé was brought up in Knowlton on Benoit Street.
He went to St. Édouard School and then technical college in Montreal.
His father, Ernest Pagé, ran Smith Printing, which in later years operated from the corner of Mount Echo and Knowlton Road.

Louis took over from his father and operated the local printing shop until the early 1980s, when he started his long retirement.

Always Ready to Help

His son Eric — known to everyone as Rick — says his father was always thinking of new ways to
help people.

“He would drive people to the hospital in Cowansville or Sherbrooke if they had appointments,” said Rick.
“He lived at 21 James Street, a house he built for $8,000 in 1964.”

Louis Pagé was married for 55 years to Eleanor Irwin. She died in 2003. Their son Rick survives them as does their granddaughter Carolyn and his great-grandchildren Athena, Alythia and Elessio.