Funeral services were held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for former RCMP Chief Superintendent Louis G. Pantry who died last week in Guelph, Ontario, at the age of 83.

Pantry, who once commanded L Division of the RCMP in P.E.I., was born in Bermuda in 1926, one of four children of Charles William Pantry and his wife Violet Stella.

During his school years he proved to be a gifted athlete, excelling at both football and swimming. A veteran of the Second World War, Pantry served with the Bermuda Engineers, attaining the rank of corporal.

He remained with the regiment until 1946.

For his service he received the Bermuda Volunteer Service Award and the 1939-45 War Medal.

Pantry underwent basic training with the RCMP in Regina between 1947 and 1948 and upon graduation was transferred to J Division, Halifax.

Sometime after that he became commanding officer in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories.

From the Yukon, Pantry was assigned to Washington, D.C., where he served as an RCMP liaison.

Following his Washington posting Pantry became commanding officer of RCMP L Division in Charlottetown.

He also served the RCMP in Fredericton, N.B.

Pantry served as an aide to the lieutenant governor of P.E.I.

He retired from the RCMP early in 1975 and that same year became charter member of the P.E.I. Division of the RCMP Veterans' Association.

Pantry returned home to Bermuda where he assumed the duties of head of security at the Southampton Princess Hotel.

He later returned to P.E.I. where he devoted his time and energy to several organisations.

Pantry spearheaded two United Way campaigns and worked with Scouts Canada during an International Scouts Jamboree in P.E.I.

He was appointed a Commander in the Order of St. John.

While in Charlottetown he was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral.

In his later years back in Guelph, he was a member of St. James' the Apostle Anglican Church.

Pantry was a member of Masonic Lodges in both Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

Active in the Rotary Club of Charlottetown, he was the recipient of a prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship Award.

The honours bestowed upon Pantry also included the RCMP Long Service Medal and the Governor-general's Caring Canadian Award.

Longtime friend and neighbour Irwin Jenkins described Pantry as a devoted public servant, carrying on a tradition of public service that began with his father.

"He was the kind of person anyone would love to have as a neighbour," Jenkins said.

Pantry is survived by his wife, Betty Lou Clark, by three children, Louis G. (Jr.), Pamela and Catherine, and by three stepchildren, Beth, John L. and Paul.

He is also survived by grandchildren Erica, Erin, Emilie, Bryce and Nea.

He was predeceased by his first wife Jean Marie (Jarvis), a sister Hilar (Barritt) of Bermuda, brothers Charles and Gary, by his parents Charles William Pantry and Violet Stella (Vallis) and by a grandson, Jamie.

Funeral services were held at St. Paul's in Charlottetown and a memorial service was held at St. James the Apostle in Guelph.