Obituary Overview
Maurice Duncan
Maurice
Christie Duncan
09/14/
1925 – 05/07/ 2018
Peacefully with his family by his side on
Monday May 7, 2018, Maurice was called home.
Left to cherish his memory is his loving
wife and best friend of 68 years Norma (Waters); daughter Sandra (Stan) Allen
and grandchildren James (Tanya); Christopher (Bailey); Miki-Rae (Allan)
Hanslip; sons David (Joan) and granddaughter
Meaghan and ”unofficial” daughter-in-law Cheryl Wightman; Craig (Jennifer); he was also blessed with 8
great-grandchildren. He is also survived
by his brother Gordon. He was
predeceased by his father John and mother Lillian (McInnes); siblings Doug,
Orville, Mervin, Barry and Audrey (McNabb).
Maurice was born in Carman, Manitoba on
September 14, 1925. The family moved to Winnipeg where Maurice attended General
Wolfe School and Daniel McIntyre Collegiate.
Upon graduation he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was stationed
in Toronto for a year until the end of WWII.
He returned to Winnipeg to start his career, get married and raise a
family. Maurice met the love of his life
Norma at the Home Street United Church where they both sang in the choir. It was known that Maurice joined the choir
just to be near her! They were members
of the Youth Group and met life-long friends who were lovingly called the “Home
Street Gang”. They were married in October
1949 and soon started a family.
Maurice was very family oriented with most
activities centered around family vacations at Victoria and Sandy Hook Beaches
as well as supporting his kids in all of their endeavours from speed swimming,
hockey to baseball he was always there cheering us on.
Maurice was a man of humility, faith and
kindness. He was a devoted husband and
supportive father making his family his highest priority. A more loving, caring, generous man you won’t
meet, with a twinkle in his eye he had a sharp and quick wit and a great sense
of humour.
Maurice was an avid golfer and was a member
of the Winnipeg Canoe Club, he was happiest teaching his boys how to golf and
was active until well into his 70’s. He
loved the sport of curling and curled for years at Deer Lodge Curling Club, he
watched the sport to the end.
He
spent most of his career in accounting functions at the CNR, TCA (Air Canada),
but primarily at Tees & Persse where he served as a Controller for over 25
years until retirement.
Please join us for a special memorial
service in celebration of Maurice’s life at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday May 15, 2018
at Glen Eden Funeral Home, 4477 Main St., West St. Paul, Mb. An informal reception will follow.
A special thank-you to the staff at River
Ridge Assisted Living for their kind care over the past 6 years and the staff
at the Donwood Manor PCH for their compassionate care during his final months.
In lieu of flowers, please honour Maurice
with a donation to your favourite charity or the Alzheimer’s Association of
Manitoba or Elim Chapel.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Maurice Christie Duncan 2018.source
Death notice for the town of: West St Paul, Province: Manitoba