GERALD ANGUS MCDONALD

Gerry was born to Hudson’s Bay fur trader parents, Olive and Harry McDonald. His early years were spent in various northern outposts. He developed a love of the outdoors and of flying, when pilots of the supply planes let him “assist” them. He left the north to attend high school at Strathcona High in Edmonton. His summers were spent working on HBC paddle boats on the Slave and Mac Kenzie rivers. After high school he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and was stationed across Canada and in Germany. During this time he attended UBC and graduated with a degree in Math. Also, his childhood dream was realized when he earned his pilots license for fixed wing aircraft – helicopter rating came later. He was then with the RCHA serving as an Air Observation Post Pilot in Korea. After 28 years, Major McDonald retired and went into the investment business with Dominion Securities in Winnipeg, and later with Houston Willoughby in Saskatoon, becoming a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. He and his wife Becky retired to Prince Albert and then to Christopher Lake where he spent “the most contented years” of his life. They returned to Saskatoon in 2004. Remembering him with love are his wife of 36 years, Becky; son, Lane (Teresa) with Emily and Liam; two daughters, Pamela and Shannon McDonald; step daughter, Lynn Cushway with Brodie and Jake; sister, Boots McDonald (BJ); mother of his three children, Sheila Paterson; numerous relatives and special friends. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Christopher’s Church, Box 7, Christopher Lake, SK S0J 0N0 or St. Stephen’s Anglican Church 10 Grosvenor Cres, Saskatoon, SK S7J 2S2 if you so choose. The Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, May 28th at 1:00 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church with The Rev. Amy Bunce officiating. Interment at St. John’s Columbarium at a later date. Arrangements in care of David Schurr – MOURNING GLORY FUNERAL SERVICES, 978-5200.