KEITH MILLS KREALING

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KEITH MILLS KREALING It is with deepest sorrow we announce the passing of Keith Mills Krealing at The Grace General Hospital Wednesday evening, April 16, 2003. Keith was predeceased by his parents and wife Arlene (nee Hales). He was born March 2, 1920 at a farm homestead near Willmar, SK. He and his parents and brother moved to Winnipeg in 1926 where he grew up and was educated. Keith enlisted in the Canadian Navy (RCNVR) active duty on September 1939. His six years of Navy service was mostly spent at sea on the Corvette HMCS "Arvida" on which he was the ships petty officer, gunner and buffer. At the end of the war he returned to civilian life, married Arlene as his wife and was employed by the Winnipeg Transit system until his retirement in 1982. He is survived by his loving companion Patricia Hayden and her three grandchildren, Danny (Raquelle), Cory (Richard), Shelley; and his brother Bruce (Doris), their daughter Marilyn (Alan and family) as well as several nieces and nephews and cousins across Canada, United States and England. A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 21 at 1:00 p.m. in the Garry Memorial Funeral Home. Interment will be in Brookside Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Heart and Stroke Foundation, Suite 200 - 6 Donald St., Winnipeg, MB R3L 0K6 or Manitoba Lung Association, 629 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3A 1P6, or a charity of ones choice. GARRY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY AND CREMATION CENTRE 1291 McGillivray Blvd. 925-1120

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 19, 2003