GORDON BLANCHARD WISWELL

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GORDON BLANCHARD WISWELL Peacefully after a lengthy illness, on March 20 at the age of 77. Gordon is survived by his wife of 50 years, Eleanor; daughter Mary Hanson (Gregg), sons, Andrew (Nancy), and James (Ellen Foster) and treasured grandchildren, Adam and Janine Hanson, and Kimberly, Fraser, Ainsley, and Graham Wiswell. He education started in Halifax and continued at Bishops College School, Dalhousie (B.Sc.), Toronto (B.Eng.), Harvard Business School (MBA). This was interrupted by service in the Royal Canadian Navy on the North Atlantic and in Belfast. Gordon taught evening school in Business Administration at Ryerson Institute in Toronto and at the University of Manitoba. Gordon was employed at the Canadian General Electric in Toronto from 1951 until 1955. Then he worked for Winnipeg Supply and Fuel for 16 years before becoming a land developer for a number of residential communities around the city and in Minneapolis. Gordon was active in the community over a number of years serving on various boards including, University Grants Commission, St. Georges Church, Chamber of Commerce, the Age and Opportunity Bureau, Rotary, Crescentwood Homeowners, Fidelity Trust, 1967 Pan Am Games, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Community Planning Association of Canada, and he was national President twice for the Urban Development Institute of Canada. Wis and Norie enjoyed summers at Victoria Beach and winters in Bermuda. He enjoyed the people he met and his association with friends through the Winter Club, Manitoba Club, St. Charles, and the Riddles Bay and Mid Ocean Golf Courses in Bermuda. His eight ender and his hole in one were a result of all those practice ends and rounds. His love of singing made him a dedicated member of the Barbershoppers and Happy Homesteaders Groups. He looked forward to his weekly outings and lunches with the "Boys of Friday". We love you and will miss you. Your positive spin on life, your honesty, and your strong commitment to family and the community have been transferred to your children and grandchildren. The family would like to acknowledge with gratitude the attentive and sensitive staff at Oakview Place. We considered his care there to be exceptional. Gordons struggle with Huntingtons Disease is over but many others need your help. In lieu of flowers if friends so wish, a donation may be made to the Huntingons Society of Canada, 151 Frederick St., Suite 400, Toronto, ON. A celebration of the life of Gordon will take place at St. Georges Anglican Church, Grosvenor at Wilton, on Thursday, March 23 at 3:00 p.m. THOMSON FUNERAL CHAPELS 783-7211

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 22, 2000