This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lenton, Griston Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mNC.2ACE/1771.1 Message Board Post: >From the Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, May 5, 1977, page 59, under Deaths and Funerals. "On May 3, 1977, Mr. John W. Lenton, of 1079 Downing St., passed away at his residence after a lenghty illness. Mr. Lenton was born in Winnipeg and lived most of his younger life in St. Vital. He was employed by Coldstream Products of Canada for the past ten years, surving as shop steward and a past president of C.A.I.M.A.W., Local No. 1.. Previously, he had spent a number of years at Canada Packers and on his won as Lenton Repair Works, followed by two years in West Point, Nabraska as a plant engineer for Armour and Co.. He will be deeply missed by his wife, Betty; son Gerald and daughter - in - law Barbera of Toronto; daughter, Sharon and son - in - law Richard of Winnipeg, and three daughters, Ronda, Rowena and Jacquie, all at home; also his sister, Marjorie of Winnipeg and brother, Norman of Victoria, B.C.. Funeral service will be held at the Thomson Funeral Chapels, Broadway at Furby, at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7. Interment in St. Vital Cemetery. The Rev. R. J. Gaiston will officiate. Pallbearers will be his friends and co - workers from Coldstream Products. Friends may call at the chapels on Friday form 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.. In lieu of flowers, should friends desire, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society (Manitoba Division), 960 Portage Ave.. Courtesy parking west of the funeral Chapels." For inforamtion only. The poster is not related to nor is researching any of the above.