DARWYN GEORGE PILLING -

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DARWYN GEORGE PILLING 1965 - 2008 Peacefully, on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the St. Boniface Hospital, Darwyn Pilling passed away at the age of 43 years. Darwyn will be lovingly remembered by his wife Natalie and their two daughters: Meaghan and Chelsey. He will also be sadly missed by his mother and father George and Diane Pilling, brother Bruce (Lori), sister Kimberly (Kevin) Ellsworth, grandfather George Nelson (Muriel), mother and father-in-law Lester (Noella) Smith, brother in law Keith, Wayne (Candice), sister in law Vivian (Miles) Shumlanski, Rebecca (Herb) Armitage, numerous nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and dear friends. Darwyn started his career in Thompson with Manitoba Telephone System; from there transferred to Pine Falls, Flin Flon, then back to Thompson, Leaf Rapids, The Pas, Churchill, and finally Winnipeg. His career with MTS spanned 25 years. Darwyn spent a number of years as a volunteer firefighter while heavily involved in this he also made time for hunting, fishing, curling, golfing, camping and spending lots of time with Family and Friends. A gathering of family and friends will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Saturday, November 22, Glen Lawn Funeral Home, 455 Lagimodiere Blvd., in the Reception Centre. Special thanks are extended to Dr. S. Corne and his nurse Lynn Demke, to all Home Care/Palliative Care Nurses and staff that help Darwyn remain at home. At this time we would also like to thank all those involved in fundraising for Darwyn, he was greatly affected by all your generosity and time spent. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Darwyn may be made the ALS Society of Manitoba, 2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3J 0L3. GLEN LAWN FUNERAL HOME 982-7550

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 17, 2008