Patrick Nelson Reece (1953 – 2024)
Pat Reece was born in Kelowna, British Columbia to Patricia and Nelson Reece. Pat started working at the age of ten for the fruit business Westbank Packers. In 1976, he was a salesman at his brother’s Kelly’s Stereo Mart in Whitehorse. In the early 1980s, he ran the brothers’ Quanlin Twin Theatres where he trained many of Whitehorse’s youth.1)
Pat Rece founded PR Services where he published maps and books about Yukon communities and distributed across the territory. He donated his time and money to many worthwhile recipients and organizations in Whitehorse and was a pillar of the community.2)