DR. COLIN FRANCIS FOSTER

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DR. COLIN FRANCIS FOSTER

January 25,1945 - April 6, 2025

The only child of the late Gordon and Marion Foster. Survived by his wife Monica and four children; Sarah, Caitlin, Neil (Shizuka), and Tiffany. Grandchildren Arisa and Noah, along with many cousins in the UK; Elizabeth Fairfull, Mary Noble, John Foster and Christopher Burfield, Jane, Ian, Georgina, Lucy, Katie, Hannah, Joseph, Thomas and Angus. Predeceased by his favorite Aunt Dorothy Southgate and Aunt Eve. He was a brother-in-law to Jasoda Leila, Barbara Persaud, Cecil Persaud, Jasso Harnett (Maurice), Sandy Forsyth (Don), and the late Veronica Wong. He was a beloved uncle to many nephews and nieces.

Colin boarded at St. Peter’s school at age eight in York until graduation. He graduated from St. Andrew’s University Scotland in 1968 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery then came to Canada and pursued a degree in oral surgery at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He completed his Master of Science in surgery and received his FRDC(C) Fellowship of The Royal College of Dentistry in 1973.

Colin had successful practices in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Kenora, Ontario before retiring to Victoria, BC in 2018. An active member of each community he lived in, he was a philanthropist to many causes, the proudest and most rewarding of which was the dental mission he attended with Dr. Bruce McFarlane in the Dominican Republic.

He was a Free Mason and served as worshipful master of Pequonga Lodge #414 in Kenora (2011) and regular attendee at Northern Light Princess Rupert (Fidelity), Lodge #1 in Winnipeg, MB.

Colin never wanted to write or think about his own obituary. True to his scathing and indelible British wit, he said a few years ago, he would want to tell his friends he simply “popped off.”

A celebration of Colin’s life will be held on Tuesday, June 3 from 11:30a.m. – 2:30p.m. at the Fort Garry Hotel, 7th Fl. Concert Hall Room.

McCall Gardens

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As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 24, 2025