Clinton Wayne Dykeman

Clinton Wayne Dykeman was born in Jemseg, New Brunswick. Loving husband of Margaret Dykeman. Youngest son of Wendall and Melba Dykeman. Baby brother to Phyllis, Anna, Patricia, Lita, Walter, Helen, Gladys, and Carl. Beloved father to James, Joshua, Sarah, Vanessa, Scott, Laura, and Eric. Grampy/Papa to Emma, Maddox, William, and Declan.

At the tender age of 19, fresh from the family farm, Clint was accepted to the RCMP. He was in one of the last troops to train in both Regina, SK and Penhold, AB. Clint’s first posting was in Ottawa as part of the Prime Minister’s detail. He had many a story to share about Pierre Trudeau and later Margaret (Pierre’s wife). Clint recalled Margaret always trying to elude or shock the members while on duty. He later went to highway patrol patrolling “The Hill” which included all of the Crown Land on the southern banks of the Ottawa river. At this time Clint was promoted to the rank of Corporal. As home was New Brunswick, Clint was gratefully transferred to Cap-Pele where he was NCO i/c of a two-man detachment. He was then transferred to Sackville for a short posting before moving to St. John performing federal enforcement duties along the Maine border and the Bay of Fundy. It was during his time in St. John that he was involved in the investigation of the infamous Noel Winters murders which occurred on the Kingston Peninsula. Clint was part of the motorcade for the Apostolic Visit of Pope John Paul II escorting through Eastern Canada on a RCMP issued Harley Davidson. Clint was then promoted to Sergeant and became the NCO i/c of the Sussex detachment. During Clint's time in Sussex, NB, he was involved in the hunt for Allan Legere (Monster of the Miramichi). After his posting as OPS NCO in Fredericton, NB, district policing was implemented and he was transferred as OPS NCO to the Oromocto detachment. At the ripe age of 47, Clint retired and moved to Sidney, BC where he continued his passion for the RCMP as a Field Investigator for new applicants and later established the Criminal Records Review Unit (CRRU) with the Province of BC.

Clint was a loving father to 7 children and never hesitated to play on the floor with tiny cars or Barbie dolls. He made sure all of his children loved ice cream and taught them that there was “always room for dessert”. Despite the distance, Clint was proud and dearly loved his 4 grandchildren. He was always eager to hear of their achievements in sports, music, art, and school.

Clint was a man of the earth and found peace in the garden. He was known to go out in the woodlot on the family farm with his brothers and sons to cut down trees for winter firewood rewarding their hard work with roasted marshmallows and hotdogs. Clint often took his annual leave to head home to the farm for hay season as he remained a farm boy at heart.

Post-retirement, Clint loved travelling with his wife Margaret to usually warm destinations ie. California, Florida, Hawaii, and Arizona. He regularly planned spontaneous trips to Disneyland as he would be easily enticed by good deals for Canadians.

Clint will be remembered by family, friends, and coworkers as honest, generous, kind, quiet, steady, patient, fair, and had the biggest smile on his face when he talked about his children/grandchildren or his latest trip.

Clint will be deeply missed by his wife, Margaret as he was the love of her life.