CHARLES (CHUCK) BADCOCK

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CHARLES (CHUCK) BADCOCK After a brief illness, our Dad passed away on May 14, 2007, at Grace Hospital. Dad has been reunited with Mom. Chuck was born on June 7, 1927, in St. John's, Newfoundland, one of six children. He was predeceased by his wife Jo, in 1992 and by all of his brothers and sisters except for his younger sister Gladys. He had a wide-ranging career beginning with service in the Merchant Navy. He saw action in the Second World War on Atlantic convoys and subsequently joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corp. Chuck met his future wife Jo, on one of his postings to Whitehorse in the Yukon before serving in the Korean War. His three daughters were born during separate postings to Whitehorse. After training as a physiotherapist, he was the head sports therapist at Royal Military College in Kingston for seven years. On his retirement from the army, Chuck joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as trainer (1970-80) and spent a further 11 years with the Winnipeg Jets. Chuck became very well known and highly regarded as a sports therapist across Canada and as such was trainer for the Winter Games in Saskatchewan, the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand and was the chosen therapist for several NHL All Star games. He helped establish the Canadian Athletic Therapists' Association in 1966 and was its long-serving secretary/treasurer. In recognition of his lifelong contribution to sport, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame last November. Dad will always be remembered with love by his three daughters, Shirley, Dale and Lois, and their families, and by his many friends and the numerous hockey and football players and patients he treated over the years. Special thanks to the staff on 4S and 3S at Grace Hospital whose care and compassion helped Dad and his family. In his memory, donations may be made to The Chuck Badcock Athletic Therapy Scholarship through the University of Winnipeg Awards Office, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB. A memorial service to celebrate the life of Chuck Badcock will be held at the St. Andrew's Anglican Church, 2700 Portage Avenue, on Tuesday, May 29 at 3:00 p.m. Nothing but our sadness can really pass away, Think of him as living in the hearts of those he touched... Nothing loved is ever lost - And he was loved so much. Arrangements entrusted to: Chapel Lawn Funeral Home www.chapellawn.mb.ca 885-9715

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 19, 2007