JOHN OSLER CREIGHTON (1908-2006)

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JOHN OSLER CREIGHTON (1908-2006) John Osler Creighton, FRCP, FRCS, MD, Captain (British Army), died peacefully at his home on Friday, 17 February, 2006. Born in Melita, MB in 1908, he attended school in California and Manitoba before taking his medical training at St Thomas Hospital in London, England. Son of the late James Forbes Creighton, MD, and Agnes May Cross, RN, he married the late Lillian (Pat) Patterson, a fellow speed skating champion. He served with the British Overseas Medical Corps in Nyasaland (Malawi) and the British Army in Kenya during the Second World War. He then served in Welland, ON as a physician and surgeon. While in semi-retirement he served in several northern communities. He and his wife Jenny traveled widely before retiring to their home on Belleview Beach on Lake Erie. He is survived by his second wife Jenny; son David in Ottawa; daughter, Janet (McLean) in St. George, ON; plus four grandchildren, four and a half great-grandchildren, and stepson Ronald Wing. Cremation has taken place. Ashes will be interred in Parklawn Cemetery, Sudbury, ON in May.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 04, 2006