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JACK (JOHN ALEXANDER HUME) WINRAM
Born: Feb 26, 1916
Date of Passing: Feb 26, 2010
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryJACK (JOHN ALEXANDER HUME) WINRAM Jack was born in Winnipeg on May 22, 1916, to Dr. Alexander Winram and Ellen Winram. He passed away February 26, 2010. He was predeceased by Eleanor, his loving and devoted wife of 70 years, who died on January 17, 2010. He was also predeceased by his brother Dr. Robert George (Bob) Winram. Jack is survived by his children Lex (Cynthia), Yvonne (Charles) and Alison (Tony); by grandchildren Sean (Erin), Jack (Char) and Diana (Patrick); step-grandchildren Claire and Jill; great-grandchildren Emma, Gavin, Anthony, Shelby, Marcus and Nora. He will also be missed by his nieces Brenda and Nancy and nephew Blake as well as his sister Helen Winram of Winnipeg. Jack was very proud of his service as a Hawker Hurricane test pilot in the RAF in England in the late 1930's. He later made a successful career as a pharmaceutical representative, retiring as Western Canada Manager of Winthrop Laboratories. He found great enjoyment in his hobbies including home renovation, boating and vintage cars. The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at St. Michael's Care Home in Burnaby for their kind and professional care of Dad and support for his family. Cremation has taken place. A funeral service will be held at St. John's Shaughnessy Church, 1490 Nanton Ave., Vancouver, BC, at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 8, 2010. Interment of Jack and Eleanor will take place at a later date in Old Kildonan Cemetery in Winnipeg.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 06, 2010
Condolences & Memories (2 entries)
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Mutual respect was key to my relationship with Uncle Jack. His calm and patient demeanor were an inspiration. During my teenage years Uncle Jack mentored me by example with his renovations of several homes as well as his position as head of Winthrop Pharmaceutical for Western Canada. He and my Aunt took me in as a teen when my parents went abroad to Europe. My uncle encouraged my father to offer me a cold beer after I had come home from a summer job in a sawmill. I was about 16 or 17. I felt that I had arrived as an adult. When I graduated from UBC and the gym was still small and several faculties at a time would share the gym at the same time they restricted no more than 3 or 4 guests per graduate. My parents, my married sister and her husband topped it at 4. I felt bad for my Aunt and Uncle as they really want to come. I hope I have been able to respect some of the fine qualities Uncle Jack had and miss him to this day !!!! - Posted by: Blake Whitley (nephew) on: Apr 13, 2023
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Sorry I took so long to apprise myself of this opportunity to speak to my fondest and respect for Uncle Jack. He was a kind, supportive, humorous, and wise mentor to me in my vulnerable youthful years. He never scolded nor lectured to help me come to my senses. He led by example. I regret not inviting him and my Aunt Eleanor to my university graduation ceremony. Perhaps on reflection there were limits on the numbers that were aloud and my mother and father and my sister and her husband filled the quota. I remember Uncle Jack sitting with my father sitting in the backyard of my parents home in Vancouver on a sunny summers day. I had just come home from my summer job and was 18 at the time. I was offered a beer and the three of us were in heaven. It meant to me that I had arrived as a man to my Uncle who probably encouraged my father to include me as an adult. I have remained as a "one or two beer Benny to this day, fifty six years later!" - Posted by: Blake Whitley (nephew) on: Apr 13, 2023