Obituary of John McWhirter
McWhirter, John (April 7, 1940 – April 20, 2021)
It is with broken hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of John, with his daughter by his side on April 20, 2021 at the NHS-St. Catharines Site. Loving Dad to Elaine McWhirter (John O’Flaherty). Very proud Papa to Katharine and Madelene. Caring brother to Sandy (Liz) and Maureen. Beloved Uncle to Marie (Dave), Trisha (Martin), David (Dee), Anne (Les), Margaret (Robert), John (Elaine), Gary (Katrina), Jennifer (Raymond), and Trevor (Pat). Great and Great-Great Uncle to many other nieces and nephews. He will be sadly missed by his fiance Linda Herman and her family. John was predeceased by his devoted wife Sadie of almost 54 years in 2019 as well as his brother Jimmy(Jean) in the same year.
John was born in Greenock, Scotland and came to Canada in 1962 to work as a draughtsman in the Levis, Quebec shipyard. He then moved to St. Catharines in 1964 to work for the Port Weller Dry Docks, retiring as their repair manager in 2004. It was here that he met and fell in love with his beautiful wife Sadie. They were married the following year in 1965. During his career, he also worked at shipyards in Thunder Bay, Nova Scotia and New Orleans. After his retirement, they enjoyed traveling to the Dominican Republic.
John was a huge sports fan. He closely followed the Buffalo Bills, the Buffalo Sabres and especially his Greenock Morton Soccer Club. He was a long standing member of the Scottish Club as well as Queenston & St. Davids Golf Club. Here he loved both playing golf and the fellowship that was associated with it. It brought him great pleasure to walk along the canal as well the Green Ribbon Trail with Linda; they had hoped to walk trails down east this summer.
His love for his family brought him great joy. He will be fondly remembered for his kindness and sense of humor which gave him the grace and courage to deal with his devastating cancers. The family would like to send a sincere thank you to Drs Levesque and Qawi of the Walker Family Cancer Centre (WFCC) and the Staff of Ward 3B at the St. Catharines Hospital for their compassion and care. For those who wish, gifts of remembrance may be made to the WFCC or the NHS-St. Catharines Site.
In keeping with John’s wishes, cremation has taken place. Arrangements have been entrusted to the GEORGE DARTE FUNERAL HOME 585 Carlton Street, St. Catharines, ON. A private family funeral service will take place in the funeral home ceremony room. There will be a Celebration of Life once gatherings are permitted. The service will be recorded and available to view after the ceremony takes place on this page.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of John
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Death notice for the town of: St- Catharines, Province: Ontario