Restauranteur.
Born at Winnipeg on 10 March 1910, one of seven children of Italian immigrants Frank Philip Orestes (1873-1938) and Maria Viola Bonomo (1884-1933), for many years he worked in the taxi and u-drive industry. In 1952, he opened The Paddock Restaurant and operated it with his son until his death.
He was married twice, first on 2 June 1928 to Margaret Mary “Peggy” McDowall (?-1979) at Winnipeg and they had two children: Frank Melvin Orestes (1928-2018) and Shirley Orestes (c1933-2005, wife of John LePage). In 1981, he married Mary “Molly” Armstrong (1927-2009). He was a member of the Masons (Northern Light Lodge) and Khartum Shriners. He received a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award (1966).
He died at the Grace Hospital on 13 September 1983.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: The Paddock Restaurant (1540 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
Birth registration [Parry Orestes], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Parry Orestes, Margaret Mary McDowall], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1931 Canada census, Ancestry.
Death registrations [Mary Orestes, Frank Philip Orestes], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Mary Orestes], Winnipeg Tribune, 30 September 1933, page 28.
Obituary [Frank Orestes], Winnipeg Tribune, 13 May 1938, page 12.
Obituary [Margaret Orestes], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 August 1979, page 38.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 1983, page 71.
Obituary [Shirley Lepage], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 May 2005.
Obituary [Mary Orestes], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 June 2009.
Obituary [Frank Melvin Orestes], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 October 2018.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 July 2025
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