(EDWARD) CARLYLE SHERWIN

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(EDWARD) CARLYLE SHERWIN
May 22, 1934 - February 3, 2022

The extended Sherwin family is sad to announce the passing of Carlyle (EC) Sherwin.
Carlyle was predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Florence, and his brother Murray. He is survived by his brother Conrad (Bev), and brother-in-law, and good friend (and the person who introduced him to Flo), Allan Millard. He is also survived by his two sons, Mike (Caroline) and Rod (Jane), and six grandchildren: Hank (Laurie), Alice (Kristjan), Tom (Hannah), Lucas (Mackenzie), Molly, Isabelle (Dakota), and great-grandson Arlo.
Carlyle was raised on a small farm just outside of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He went to a one-room school house, sometimes on foot, sometimes horseback, and in the winter on skis. A descendant of both Inkster's and Swain's, Carlyle had Métis heritage which he loved to share. His Grandma Inkster lived in an out-building on their farm for a time. She lived to the ripe old age of 106 years, and shared many stories, including some of the Métis Resistance. Before he died we were fortunate to hear and record some of that oral history from Carlyle.
Carlyle loved to tell a good story, and when he started talking with, "Did I ever tell you the story about..." you never quite knew where it would lead. Sometimes it was not a story at all, but rather a very long, drawn-out joke that required many extraneous details and side-comments. He had quite a few regular "stories" and we started to joke that maybe we should number them, as he would continue even after we emphatically said that, yes, we had heard it. Like, "Oh, here comes the camel joke, is it number 5 or 6?"
Carlyle had a long and varied career as a Civil Engineer, but he was much more than that. He was a loving father and grandpa, and wonderful father-in-law. He enjoyed a nice long retirement with Flo. They had years of travel, golf, tennis, family time and puzzles. He was still easily completing daily crosswords and Sudokus up to his dying week.
Carlyle was famous for talking about how lucky he felt for having a close family. He and his wife, Flo, had a strong, long-lasting bond. When she got sick with dementia, he was an absolute superhero, doing everything she needed. He said caring for her in his last years gave him purpose, and it must have. Having been born within three days of each other in the same Prince Albert hospital, he died within five months of her. We would all kind of roll our eyes when he started to expound on how fortunate he was, but we have come to realize that he really meant what he said. Our loud, raucous, laughter-filled gatherings can be a lot, but in the end, family is important, and if you are lucky enough to have a close one, you should cherish it.
There will be a private family service later in the year.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 12, 2022