Businessman, community activist.
Born at Watrous, Saskatchewan on 27 June 1914, during the Second World War he served in the Royal Canadian Navy aboard destroyers HMCS Athabaskan and HMCS Qu'Appelle. Returning from military duty, he was Comptroller of the Monarch Life Assurance Company of Winnipeg and later Assistant General Manager of the Fidelity Life Insurance Company.
On 9 July 1942, he married Rosemary Patricia Brown at Winnipeg and they had two sons and a daughter. Active in community affairs, he served as President of the Naval Officers' Association of Winnipeg, Rear Commodore and Vice-Commodore of the Winnipeg Canoe Club, and Treasurer and Vice-President of the Winnipeg Ski Club. He was a board member of the Winnipeg Junior Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Winnipeg YMCA, Winnipeg Rotary Club (Secretary), St. Vital Family YMCA (President), Budget Committee of the Winnipeg Community Chest (Chairman), and Crescent Fort Rouge United Church (Treasurer).
With his wife, he enjoyed ten years of extensive travel with a recreational trailer, and living aboard a sailboat, before moving to Sechelt, British Columbia in 1983, to pursue a gardening hobby. He died at Comox, BC on 26 January 2011.
Obituary [Rosemary Patricia Dadson], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 May 2004.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 2011.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 November 2024
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