Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ontario - 29 Jan 2009 OLDFORD, Willis Clifford - Aged nearly 97 years, died peacefully early Saturday morning on January 24, 2009, in Shelburne, Ont. He was born March 8, 1912 in the Newfoundland outport of Squid Tickle (now Burnside), the second of Esau and Minnie Oldford's five children and their first surviving child - his sister Ida lived only nine days. Recently predeceased by his brothers, Appleton Cleves Oldford and Eli Conrad Oldford. He is survived by his brother, Frederick Wilbur Oldford. Growing up in a Newfoundland outport before and during the great depression he faced many challenges. As a fisherman he sailed five summers on the Labrador and was once shipwrecked. He was twice widowed before age 35, married first to Annie Brown Dyke (mother of Edward Shirley Oldford) and then to Mabel Green (mother of Clifford Frederick Kitchener Oldford); both died around age 25. In 1948, he married his third wife, Emma Louisa Rumboldt (nee Fillier), herself a widow and mother to three young children (John French, Beulah Allison and Eileen Gladys Rumboldt; a fourth child, Richard, died as an infant). Together they combined families and left Newfoundland for Toronto as immigrants to Canada. There they had a child, Richmond Wayne Oldford, the sixth in the family. When Emma passed away in 2002, they had been married for 54 years. A master carpenter, he took great pride in his work, oversaw many construction projects in Ontario and Newfoundland and was always generous with his time and skills. He is already terribly missed by his surviving children and their families including 22 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. He will be missed by the many other family members, friends, neighbours and others whose lives he touched, both in Ontario and in Newfoundland. All are welcome for visitation on Friday, January 30, 2009 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Newediuk Funeral Home, 2058 Kipling Ave., Etobicoke, Toronto. Funeral service will begin Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel; burial will follow at Glendale Memorial Gardens (Albion Rd. and Hwy. 27). Reception at the home of Ed and Irene Oldford near Trafalgar Rd. and Steeles Ave. in Georgetown will follow. _________________________________________________________________ So many new options, so little time. Windows Live Messenger. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx