JOHN LAING (IAN) CAMERON

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JOHN LAING (IAN) CAMERON Peacefully, on Wednesday, March 9th, 2005 at the Gimli Community Health Center, Ian Cameron, aged 79 years of Gimli. Ian was born in Troon, Scotland on October 7th, 1925. Ian moved to Toronto in 1954 after serving in the Royal Navy as a radioman at the end of the Second World War. His love for the navy lasted all his life, including serving 24 years in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve, retiring from HMCS York in 1978 as a Chief Petty Officer. Highlights of his time in the Navy included assisting in disaster relief efforts during hurricane Hazel in Toronto, having the honour of raising the new Canadian flag at Natman Philips Square in 1965 and meeting Lord Louis Mountbatten. He moved to Manitoba in 1978 to work for AGDA Space Systems, assisting with scientific rocket testing of the Aurora Borealis, based out of Gimli from 1978 until the Government shut down the facility in 1985. His last years were spent at the Betel Home in Gimli where he was well cared for by the kind staff. Ian was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth and his brother Jim. He is survived by his six children, Heather, Jim, Ross, Lorna, Bruce and Craig; nine grandchildren, Cameron, Kim, Becky, Tara, Dylan, Jade, Marnie, Owen and Maya; four great-grandchildren, Alex, Emily, Lachlan and Rachel. Ian's ashes will be interred at Glen Lawn Memorial Gardens in Winnipeg and a Memorial Gathering with take place on Sunday, March 13th from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Jim and Sharon Cameron's home in Toronto (416) 450-5040. In lieu of flowers, donation's in his memory can be made to the Healing Garden at the Gimli Community Health Centre, Box 250, Gimli, MB., R0C 1B0. Gilbart Funeral Home, Gimli in care of arrangements.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 12, 2005