JOHN (JACK) MORROW

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JOHN (JACK) MORROW McGRATH On August 11, 2004, just two months after his 91st birthday, Jack McGrath passed away very suddenly at home. Jack is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marie; his daughters, Carol Scott (Larry Whitney), Pat Hunt (Bob), and Johanna Effler (Barry). He will be missed by his grandchildren, Kim Siddall, Susan Sullivan, Tracy Hunt and John and Margot Effler; and great-grandchildren, Lauren, Julia, Whitney and Brooke. Jack was predeceased by his father Andrew; mother Isabella; stepmothers, Minnie and Jean; and siblings, Mary, Margaret and Tom. A D-day veteran, Jack, enlisted in 1939 and was immediately sent overseas with the Canadian Signals Corps, not returning to Canada and his fiancee until 1945. After his return he was employed with Western Flyer Coach, retiring in 1979. Jack had served as honourary president of the Rockwood Army and Navy and Air Force Veterans Unit 303 since 2000. On behalf of the ANAF, he became a volunteer driver for the Hugo Convalescent Home and, until the day of his death, a volunteer pianist weekly there and also at Deer Lodge Centre. ANAF Canada awarded him a Life Membership in 1992 "in consideration of outstanding service since 1974". In 1996 he received a Certificate of Appreciation from Rockwood ANAF Unit 303 "for continuous service and comfort to veterans at Deer Lodge Centre, Hugo Street Convalescent Home and in our own club". His long-standing volunteer activities later resulted in a Winnipeg Community Service Award, a Winnipeg Police Service Certificate of Appreciation "in recognition of the outstanding commitment and support you have shown for the Winnipeg Police Service and the citizens of Winnipeg" and the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal. A memorial service will be held at the Rockwood ANAF, 341 Wilton (immediately north of Grant Avenue) on Thursday, August 19 at 2:00 p.m. THOMSON FUNERAL HOME 669 Broadway 1-877-230-0438

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Aug 14, 2004