Born Matthew John Walsh in Nanaimo, BC on December 5, 1979, passed away peacefully in Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC on October 21, 2005. Matthew Damien traveled and worked with Bill Hodgson, his friend mentor and "adopted" father. Matthew Damien is survived by his six-year-old son Merlin; his brother Michael Madryga, grandmother Philomena Walsh his mother Mary, also aunts, uncles, cousins too numerous to mention. Many thanks to the nurses, doctors and the staff at C.C.U. in Langley Memorial Hospital and the I.C.U. at the Royal Jubilee Hospital for their professional and loving care. Funeral Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 11:00 am in St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Mill Bay, BC. Father Vince Borre celebrant, followed by interment in the Church Cemetery.