Funeral chapel operator.
Born at Winnipeg on 10 August 1925, he was educated at Holy Ghost Parochial School after which he worked with his father until 1957 when he opened the Cropo Funeral Chapel on Main Street. He was named by Pope John Paul II to the Knighthood of Saint Gregory the Great. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, St. John Cantius Fraternal Aid Society, St. Joseph’s Men’s Club, and Sokol Association. He died at Winnipeg on 15 April 1998 and was buried in the Glen Eden Memorial Gardens.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 1998.
“They are gone, but not forgotten,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 December 1998, page A4.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 June 2023
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