Memorable Manitobans: Karl Fiset Wintemute (1903-1989)

Athlete, businessman.

Born at Calgary, Alberta in 1903, he attended the University of Manitoba where he played with and coached the football team. After receiving a BA degree, he began a business career and rose to become President of Excelsior Life. During the Second World War, he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel and was inducted into the Order of the British Empire.

On 24 August 1932, he married Eleanor Furry Montague (1908-2001, daughter of John Percival “Price” Montague) at Winnipeg and they had two children. He served as President of the Winnipeg Football Club (1962-1963) and was later inducted into the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hall of Fame (1988).

He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 3 January 1989 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Karl Fiset Wintemute, Eleanor Furry Montague], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Karl Wintemute is elected new Blue Bomber President,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 January 1962, page 53.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 January 1989, page 22.

Obituary [Eleanor Furry Montague Wintemute], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 2001.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 October 2023

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