Gordon Calvester Francis
Date de décès : 21 janvier 2009
1915-2009 Glace Bay With sadness and loss, we regret to announce the passing of Gordon Calvester Francis, 93, of Glace Bay. Gordon passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at Seaview Manor. Gordon was the youngest of nine children of Whilhelmena and Jacob Francis of Christ Church, Barbados, W.I., and immigrated to Canada in 1953. He was a self-employed carpenter who applied his trade in the local area of Glace Bay and Sydney. Gordon was a Christian man and a member of The Gospel Hall, Whitney Avenue, Sydney. He expressed his faith through singing hymns as he worked and visiting the sick in local hospitals. As Gordon aged, he was afflicted with glaucoma, which eventually blinded him. In later years, complications from a cerebral bleed and other afflictions, confined him to Seaview Manor where he was popular among residents and staff. Gordon is survived by his wife, Anita (Braithwaite); daughters, Jacqueline Marlyn (Oswald Roberts), Wendy, Angela and Karen (Menjeste Kebede), all of Toronto; sons, Leroy (Anne), Toronto, Mike, Calgary, and Gordon Jr., Glace Bay; grandchildren, Myles Roberts, Vancouver, Catherine Roberts, Toronto, Mark and Craig (Ruby) Francis, Toronto, Nile and Lela Kebede, Toronto; and great-grandchildren, Ella and Owen Francis, Toronto. Besides his parents, Gordon was predeceased by all his siblings. Appreciation is expressed to the staff of Seaview Manor and the Glace Bay Health Care Facility for the kindness, care and attention extended to Gordon during the past few years. Visitation for Gordon Francis will be held Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, 16 Reserve St., Glace Bay. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday at the Sydney Gospel Hall, 255 Whitney Ave., Sydney, 902-539-8661. Interment will in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens, Sydney. Online condolences to the Francis family are available through www.vjmcgillivray.ca.
