A popular principal at Tecumseh Vista Academy has passed away.

Paul Bisson, 53, died unexpectedly on Christmas Eve after suffering a heart attack.

Bisson is being remembered as a generous, kind and devoted leader by his family and friends.

“My husband loved his job. That was his passion” says Bisson’s wife Karen.

Karen and her children - daughters Nicole, 22, Natalie, 20 and son Eric, 17 – say they have been overwhelmed with messages of support from the community.

“Everyone that meets him, they get something out of him, like a laugh or compassion or a sense of caring” says Eric.

“He would always say together, we are better. That was his motto at school and he lived that every day” says Natalie.

A visitation for Paul Bisson will be held at Melady Funeral Home in Belle River on Thursday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The funeral mass will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Simon and St. Jude Church in Belle River.