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GRENVILLE ROBERT YEO
Date of Passing: Dec 13, 1999
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryGRENVILLE ROBERT YEO Passed away at the Concordia Hospital on Monday, December 13, 1999 as the result of a stroke. Gren is survived by his wife Marian; children, Monty, Maggie, Robert and Frank; grandchildren, James Paskaruk and Martha, Michael and Oliver Beach-Yeo. After graduating from United College, Gren moved to Regina, SK to work for the newly elected CCF Government under Tommy Douglas. He then moved to Prince Albert where he established a government information centre to publish and broadcast news to the north. In 1949, Gren with associates founded Mercury Publications. He later founded Business Communications to service the transportation industry and agricultural machinery manufacturers. Today, Mercury Publications is the leading publishing company of business magazines in Western Canada. Gren especially enjoyed travelling, reading history and writing. A Service to Celebrate Grens life will be held on Thursday, December 16 at 3:00 p.m. from Thomson Funeral Chapels, 669 Broadway. GREEN ACRES FUNERAL CHAPEL 222-3241
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 15, 1999