Obituaries

JAMES WILLIAM GRAHAM This afternoon; Saturday, November 10, 2012 Jim’s Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. in Silver Heights United Church, 199 Garrioch Avenue, Winnipeg. Interment will be held in July, 2013 in Norway Bay, QC.Publish Date: Nov 10, 2012JAMES WILLIAM GRAHAM James William Graham (Jim), cherished husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend, died on Friday, November 2, 2012 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Left to cherish Jim’s memory are his wife of 49 years, Sylvia, Winnipeg, MB; four children: Paul (Kathleen), Winnipeg, Laura Graham-Prentice (Garry), Toronto, ON, Patrick (Sandy), Winnipeg and Leanne Drad (Grant), St. Andrews; nine grandchildren; his mother Isabel, Shawville QC; and two siblings: Murray (Gisele), Embrun, ON; Diane Graham-Lynn (Steve), Westport, ON. He was predeceased by his father, Roland (1987). Jim was born on August 31, 1941 in Shawville, QC, the son of Isabel (Murray) and Roland Graham. He was raised on Broadview farm in Wyman, QC and then entered the work force immediately after graduation. On March 30, 1963 he married Sylvia Sanders in Kirkland Lake, ON, and together they raised four children. Jim’s professional career was spent with the Bank of Canada until his retirement in 1995. His retirement allowed him to follow his passions in life which included his family, curling, golf, traveling, genealogy and his Scottish heritage and a cottage on Lake Winnipeg. Jim served as president of the Deer Lodge Curling Club assisting with many local, national and international curling events and was awarded an honorary life member. He will be remembered by his family as a loving husband, a dedicated father who celebrated in his children’s accomplishments and as an adoring and proud grandfather who attended all of the grandchildren’s school and sporting events and special moments which they have described as meaning the world to them. Friends and neighbours could always count on Jim to lend an ear or a helping hand. On Saturday, November 10, 2012 Jim’s Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. in Silver Heights United Church, 199 Garrioch Avenue, Winnipeg. Interment will be held in July, 2013 in Norway Bay, QC. The family wishes to express their thanks to the Palliative Care teams, both at home and at Riverview Health Centre and the generous and overwhelming support from extended family, friends and colleagues which cannot be adequately expressed. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Shawville Palliative Care Unit at: Pontiac Community Hospital – Palliative Care Unit: Attention Marlie Armstrong, 200 Argue Street, Shawville, QC, J0X 2Y0, Tel: (819) 647-2211 or a charity of your choice. Wojcik’s Funeral Chapel is in care of arrangements.Publish Date: Nov 6, 2012JAMES WILLIAM GRAHAM On Friday, November 2, 2012 James died at Riverview Health Sciences at the age of 71 years. A longer obituary notice will follow. Wojcik’s Funeral Chapel is in care of arrangements.Publish Date: Nov 3, 2012Publish Date: Nov 6, 2012   As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on November 10, 2012