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Augustus Burton Stovel
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Born at Winnipeg on 13 February 1921, son of Gordon Augustus Stovel and Edna Muriel McDiarmid (1894-1973), he served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, flying Mosquitoes and Wellingtons, and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1947, he graduated from the University of Manitoba as gold medallist in Architecture, and worked as an architect for Frank Lount and Son before forming his own building and design firm in 1968.
On 14 June 1945, he married Elizabeth Florence “Chick” Hooker (1921-1996) at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church and they had four children. He was active in local St. James affairs. He was a member of the St. Charles Country Club, Lake George Fishing Club, Passwa Shooters Society, and Wartime Pilots and Observers Association. He died at Winnipeg on 29 May 1977.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Frank R. Lount and Son
Birth registration [Augustine Burton Stovel], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Elizabeth Hooker becomes bride of Burton Stovel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 June 1945, page 9.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1977, page 27.
Obituary [Elizabeth Florence Stovel], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 October 1996, page 33.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
We thank Geoff Stovel for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 June 2024
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