Jack Carver

CARVER, Jack (John Stephen) - 1915 - 2010 Passed away peacefully at Highbourne Lifecare Centre on April 2, 2010 in his 96th year. Born in, and early education in, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Worked at Hard Rock Gold Mines Limited, Geraldton, Ontario 1939. Enlisted in the RCAF in 1940, serving overseas in Bomber Command (RCAF 408 Squadron) and was discharged in 1945. Graduated from Queen's University in 1947 and joined Standard Brands Food Service Company, where he had previously worked part time from 1933 to 1938. He retired in 1980 after fourteen career moves culminating with his position as Vice-President, Sales, Standard Brands Food Service Company. Beloved husband of Helen (nee Kerr), loving father of Barbara-Ann (Hunt) and David, Hattiesburg, Mississippi and John Stephen and Heather (MacPherson), Toronto and caring Grandfather of Corey Hunt, Erin (Carver) Simic and Nikola, Sean and Megan Carver. Great-grandfather to Christopher and Layla. Uncle to Marie-Louise (McGill) Klompas, Jim McGill, Sue (Carver) Collins, Jane Carver, Anne (Carver) Bierman, the late Michael Hastings and Jamie Hastings. Predeceased by his wife Helen Ruth, sisters-in-law Barbara (Kerr) McGill, Mary Kerr, brother-in-law S/l James Bernard Kerr (RCAF 418 Squadron), his brother Arthur and sister Isobel (Carver) Hastings. Jack donated his body to the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Toronto. A Memorial Mass will be planned for a later date. The interment of ashes will be in the Kerr family plot in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Trenton, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Alzheimer Society would be appreciated.