ALFRED STANLEY MATTHEWS

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ALFRED STANLEY MATTHEWS Peacefully on July 10, 2007, just three days prior to his 95th birthday, Alfred Stanley Matthews passed away surrounded by his family. Dad was born on July 13, 1912, to Mae and Charles Matthews, living most of his life in St. Vital. Five years were spent overseas during the Second World War. He married Elsie Nystrom in March 1940 and together they raised two daughters, Joyce and Katherine, in a home he built himself after the war. Dad worked for International Harvester Company, retiring in 1974, and was an active member of the Hong Kong Veterans Association and the Royal Canadian Legion. He had a lifelong interest in gardening and also enjoyed carpentry, snooker, and playing cribbage with anyone who had time to play. In later years, he and Mom enjoyed travelling across Canada and the US and many countries in Europe as well as a trip back to Hong Kong. Dad had a long and full life and will be greatly missed by his two daughters and nine granddaughters, Joyce (Ralph) Hagyard, Kristine (Adam) and Luanne (Derek); Katherine (Bob) McGregor, Laurel Ann, Tracy, Carrie, Colleen (Shawn), Ashley, Kathryn and Melissa; sisters, Olive (David) Peat and Eilleen Baylis; and his brother Ray (Florence) Matthews; and numerous nephews and nieces and their families and his cat. He was predeceased by his parents; his wife Elsie in 1998; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Charlie (Mary), Wally (Daisy), Cliff (Fjola), and brother-in-law Doug Baylis. Funeral services will be held July 14, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. at Bardal Funeral Home Crematorium, 843 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. A private graveside service will take place before the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association, 1 Stafford Road, Ste. 164, Nepean, ON K2H 1B9, or the St. Vital Historical Society. BARDAL FUNERAL HOME 843 Sherbrook Street, 774-7474 Ample parking behind Funeral Home Condolences: www.bardal.ca

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 12, 2007