GERALD DAVID PINSENT

1936 - 2020

PINSENT, GERALD (GERRY) DAVID Passed away at Uxbridge Cottage Hospital on Monday, June 15, 2020, in his 84th year. Gerry was born August 13, 1936, in Buchans, Newfoundland. He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1955 to take his electrical apprenticeship, and after successfully completing it, he joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #353 and has been a member for 60 years. Over the course of his career, he worked on many projects, including the First Canadian Place, as foreman with Robertshaw Controls, the Cadillac Fairview Building (Eatons Centre) and IBM. He was a hardworking, dedicated union man, always providing for his family. When jobs were scarce in the city, he followed the work spending time in Sudbury, Newfoundland and Bermuda. Later in life, Gerry spent time in Florida, and being an avid baseball fan, he enjoyed watching the Blue Jay's spring training camps. He continued on with his love of the sport, watching his grandsons and great-grandsons play. Gerry was predeceased by his parents, Albert and Florence Pinsent; brothers, Guy and Bruce; and sister, Elaine (Cherie). He is survived by sisters, Jean (Fred) Sanger, Joyce (Angus) Elliott, Mildred (Keith) Johnson, Marilyn Pinsent and brother Lloyd Pinsent. Gerry will be sadly missed by his children, Catherine (Scott) Beamish, Sharon Churchill, Paul (Mary-Lou) Pinsent, Brian (Jeanette) Pinsent and Janice Pinsent-Sunderman; 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-granddaughter. Gerry was a kind, generous, thoughtful man with a great sense of humour. He will be greatly missed by family, nieces and nephews, and many close friends in Ontario and Newfoundland. Cremation has taken place and a private celebration of life will occur at a later date, after which time, Gerry will be taken to Dildo, Newfoundland to be interred with his parents. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated by family. Arrangements entrusted to Fallis & Shields Funeral Home, Millbrook, where online condolences and donations may be made at www.fallis-shields.com.