A man who worked tirelessly to support Kelowna’s homeless population has passed away suddenly at the age of 60.

John Thiessen’s wife Debra took to social media, a platform where John’s presence was widely felt, to announce the tragic news on Sunday.

She revealed that her husband of 34 years, and her best friend since the age of 19, passed away on Friday from a heart attack.

(John had a "covid- related" heart attack in April 202