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CHARLES HENRY CROWSTON (HARRY)
Date of Passing: Mar 02, 2022
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryCROWSTON: Charles Henry "Harry" passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Rideau Park Personal Home with family by his side. Harry was born in Killarney, Manitoba on June 5, 1927 to Dorothy and Harold Crowston and moved to Boissevain with his family at a young age. As a young man, he worked with his father in the family blacksmith shop in Boissevain. After the closing of the blacksmith shop, Harry worked for the Manitoba Department of Highways Engineering Department in Boissevain. In 1967, he married Vivian (nee Porter) and moved to Brandon, continuing to work for the Department of Highways until he retired in 1987. Harry's retirement years were spent pursuing his love of golf, curling, gardening and woodworking. Harry was a long-time member of the Masonic Lodge and the Royal Canadian Legion. He was predeceased by his mother and father, wife Vivian, brother George and sister-in-law Lee, brother Jack and sister-in-law Marcia. Harry was a very special Uncle and will be sorrowfully missed by his many nieces and nephews. The family would like to extend a very special thank you to the staff at Rideau Park Personal Care Home for their kindness and compassion for Harry. A private family service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Harry may be made to the Diabetes Canada, #401 – 1 Wesley Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3C 4C6.
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As published in Brandon Sun on Mar 12, 2022
Condolences & Memories (1 entries)
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Uncle Harry was very special to my late father, his brother younger by one year, who shared with me many cherished memories of them growing up together in Boissevain during the Depression and all the good times they had together, whether it was cycling down to Killarney from Boissevain to visit their grandmother and weed her market garden or going to Brandon to a music store to listen to the latest records from that era. The lack of money in those days didn't keep them from finding ways to have fun and make lasting memories. In Edmonton, we used to receive very nice Christmas presents each year from Uncle Harry and Aunt Vivian. I remember browsing in hardware stores together, a favourite pastime of his, when they would visit us. And their warm hospitality at their house when we visited them in Brandon. He was a quiet person, an inventor and a gardener, very thoughtful and generous. - Posted by: David Carle-Ellis (nephew) on: May 19, 2022