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John G. Halifax Barrie, ON Canada QCWA # 10602 Chapter 73 |
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HALIFAX, John Gordon - passed away at the I.O.O.F. Senior's Home in Barrie on Tuesday April 26, 2011.
John Halifax, in his 101st year, was the beloved husband of Marie Dyer Graham of Barrie and the late Rose McLeish (1953) and June Kleinschroth (1981). Dear father of Frances Barker (Laverne deceased), Guy & Carol Hallifax and Gordon & Cindy Hallifax. Loving grandfather of 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Jennett Chapel of the McCLELLAND & SLESSOR FUNERAL HOME 152 Bradford St. in Barrie on Friday from 7-9 p.m. Service in the chapel on Saturday April 27th at 1:00 p.m. followed by cremation.
A Masonic Nitetis Lodge service will be held on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made to the Oncology Unit of the Royal Victoria Hospital.
As a merchant seaman, John sailed the Great Lakes for 13 years, followed by 30 years as a locomotive engineer with the Canadian National Railway. He retired from the CNR in 1972.
He was a licensed amateur radio operator for over 65 years, a member of the Quarter Century Association & American Radio Relay League for 50 plus years.
John was very active in the Masonic Fraternity. John's Masonic Lodge career began in 1948 in the Hamilton Lodge and spanned over 60 years. He was Past Master of Nitetis Lodge 444 Creemore, a member of Moore Consistory of Hamilton, and a charter member of Barrie Consistory. John was also a 32 Degree Scottish Rite Mason; a member of the Rameses Shrine Temple of Toronto and of the Sheba Shrine Club of Collingwood.
He was appointed District Secretary Treasurer by Right Worshipful Brother Glen Gilpin DDGM south Georgian District 1997-1998, and appointed Grand Tyler 1998-1999 by Most Worshipful Brother W.T. Anderson - Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Canada in the province of Ontario. John was also a member of Collier St. United Church.