ACTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-12-27 published
ACTON,
Colin
Peacefully, at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario on Monday,
December 8, 2003. Born in Brighton, England, in 1925, Colin was
in active service with the British Army in France and Germany
in World War 2. After the war he went to sea with Cunard Lines.
He worked his way up to Staff Purser on the Queen Elizabeth and,
in that role, met his future wife, Cathie
WEBB, a Toronto-born
Canadian traveling to Europe on Cunard Lines. After the birth
of their first child they emigrated to Canada where Colin started
at the bottom again as a clerk at Canada Life. He retired in
1989 as a Vice-President; quite an accomplishment on a Grade
8 education. Throughout his life, Colin was an avid reader and
a prolific writer, earning extra money for his short stories
and articles published in newspapers and magazines. He fully
embraced the computer age, acquiring one of the first 10 Macintosh
computers in Canada. Prior to retirement, Colin moved to St.
Catharines where he was active in the community until disabled
by Alzheimer's. He lived most recently at Leisureworld in Elmira,
Ontario. Colin will be missed by his children: Janet and her
husband Neil
KENNEDY of Elmira, Lee
ACTON and his wife
Cindy
of Seattle, Craig
ACTON of Toronto and Maria
POWERS, also of
Seattle, Washington. He leaves grandchildren Kate, Thomas, Colin,
Julia and Brittany. His wife, Cathie, died on June 30, 2003.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service and interment will
be held in May 2004 at Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough,
Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Alzheimer Society
of Canada (www.alzheimer.ca) or the Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Canada (www.HeartAndStroke.ca) would be greatly appreciated
by the family. Stories and memories about Colin may be shared
with his family by email at Colin_Acton@hotmail.com
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