Obituary: Bud Laporte

Irvin Joseph (Bud) Laporte (b. 1933) died on Jan. 12, at the age of 78, in North Bay, Ont., after a battle with cancer. He was the husband of Shirley (predeceased) and a father and grandfather.
Laporte started working in the diamond drilling business at the age of 14 and continued to work in the industry for more than 60 years. He was a lifetime member of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association and a life member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
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