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Gordon Douglas Elton

Gordon Douglas Elton

Passed on: July 28th, 2015

Passed peacefully away on July 28, 2015, Gordon Douglas Elton "Doug", co-owner of Colonial Garage & Distributors Ltd., in his 86th year. Predeceased by his parents, Gordon and Dorothy Elton; sister June and her husband Bill Kane; his brother-in-law, George Barron; and most recently by his brother and lifetime business partner, William "Bill", on June 19, 2015. Leaving to mourn his sad passing, his loving wife of 62 years, Gertrude (nee Rogers); son Douglas and his wife Joanne; daughters: Kathy Jane Elton and Krista Holden; grandchildren: Tiffany, Lisa (husband, Gerry Stone), Lee-Anne and Douglas Elton, Samantha and Lukas Taite (father Kelvin Taite), Laura, Peter, Nicola and Anna Holden (father Nick Holden); great-granddaughter, Bella Stone; sisters: Emma Barron, Georgina and her husband Ben Casson; in-laws: Faith Elton, Levine and her husband Albert Cullimore, Lucy Hawley, Margaret Rose, Jeanette Rogers, Aubrey Rogers and his wife Bernice; also many nieces and nephews, and his close circle of friends - especially those from the Newfoundland Cardiac Rehabilitation Association (N.C.R.A.), an association he thoroughly enjoyed for more than 20 years. Visitation will be held at Barrett's Funeral Home, 328 Hamilton Avenue, on Wednesday, July 29, and Thursday, July 30, from 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm. Funeral services will be from St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (The Kirk), 76 Queen's Road, on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, donations in Doug's memory may be made to Muscular Dystrophy Canada or the Mazol Shriners Crippled and Burned Children's Fund P.O. Box 2385 St. John's, NL A1C 6E7. To view the online memorial guest book or leave a message of condolence, please visit www.barretts.ca.

 

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