FREDERICK PETER WRIGHT

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FREDERICK PETER WRIGHT Hong Kong Veteran Our dear Fred died peacefully, surrounded by his family, at Victoria Hospital on December 18, 2007. His long struggle with Alzheimer's is finally over. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Dorothy; his daughter Rozann Broeska (and husband Ken), of Winnipeg, his daughter Elaine, of Dublin, Ireland, his son Grant (and wife Noella), of Winnipeg; his four grandchildren, Philip Wright, of Vancouver, Christopher Broeska, of Minneapolis, and Jennifer Wood (and husband Peter) and Heather Broeska, both also of Vancouver; and his dear great-grandson Devin Frederick Wood. He will also be greatly missed by his brother Don Wright (and wife Isobelle) and his sister Dorothy Birkett, both of MacGregor, Manitoba; his many nieces and nephews will also miss their Uncle Freddie. He was predeceased by his parents Fred and Agnes Wright and his sister Olive Palmer. Fred was born on August 12, 1919, in the R.M. of North Norfolk, Manitoba. At the age of five, his parents moved to Saskatchewan, returning to Manitoba in 1936 to farm near MacGregor. He joined the army in 1940 and left for Hong Kong with the Winnipeg Grenadiers the following year. In 1945, he returned to Canada, having spent almost four long years as a prisoner-of-war, at first in Hong Kong and then in Japan. He and Dorothy were married in 1948 and two years later moved to St. Vital, where he spent the remainder of his life, eagerly and lovingly tending to his large garden. Family holidays were especially important to Fred and after many summers of camping, mainly in Manitoba and Northern Ontario, with his wife and children, he built a cottage at Bird River, which his children and grandchildren then enjoyed for almost 30 years. He loved the outdoors and was off fishing at every opportunity, and he and his son went on many fishing trips to remote areas of northern Canada, including several to the Queen Charlotte Islands. After retirement, he and Dorothy traveled extensively, to Great Britain, Kenya, Russia, China, New Zealand, and various locations in the Caribbean. They also traveled greatly within Canada and he especially enjoyed driving the Dempster Highway across the Arctic Circle to Inuvik. Fred was an extremely kind, happy and friendly person, always as eager to tell a joke as he was to lend a helping hand to whomever he could, and he will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Cremation has taken place, and there will be a graveside service at St. Vital Cemetery, 236 River Road, on Friday, December 21, at 2:00 p.m., with a reception to follow at Canad Inns, 1824 Pembina Hwy. If friends so desire, a donation may be made to the Canadian Wildlife Federation (350 Cowpland Dr., Kanata, Ontario K2M 2W1) or else to a charity of one's choice. His family would like to thank the staff of the fifth floor of Victoria Hospital for their kindness to Fred during his final months. NEIL BARDAL INC. 949-2200 nbardal.mb.ca

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 20, 2007