JOHN WILLIAM WELTON

JOHN WILLIAM WELTON Age 83, Mississauga, Thursday, May 9, 2013, Ian Anderson House cancer hospice. John Welton was born December 9, 1929 in Ottawa. John attended Glebe Collegiate Institute and went on to study at Queens University, Wake Forest University and finally completed an MBA at Stanford University. John played nine seasons in the CFL as a defensive end with Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto and was an All-Star one season. John met and married his New York model wife Joan in 1959. John formed a land development and building construction business with his brother David Welton and their company constructed almost 4,000 apartment units and developed many residential subdivisions in Etobicoke, Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, and Hamilton. John loved skiing, tennis and golf. John and Joan lived many enjoyable years in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. John heli-skied over 2 million vertical feet at Canadian Mountain Holiday, skied weekends at Osler Bluff Ski Club, played tennis daily at Ontario Racquet Club (where he was a founder) and golf at the Mississauga Golf Club. John was active and on the Board of Directors for the Toronto Homebuilders Association and the Urban Development Institute and was Chairman of Alpine Ontario. John is survived by his older sister Nancy Williams and younger brother David Welton. John was predeceased by his wife Joan Welton in July 2012. John is survived by all three of his children: John Jr. (Sandy), Dan (Madeleine) and Caroline (Rob) Burns, and grandchildren Jennifer, Michael, Stephanie, Jack and James Welton and Robbie and Fallon Burns. John was uncle to Peggy, Barbara and John Williams and David, Kim and Cathy Hargrud (Welton). A special thank you to close friend Lorna Hendry for your care and compassion in John's last few months. We wish to express great appreciation and gratitude from our family to Dr. Rajagopal and Staff at Credit Valley Hospital, Dr. Peter Bolland and all the wonderful staff and volunteers at Ian Anderson House. John will be cremated and a celebration of life will be held at Ontario Racquet Club later this month. John leaves many loved ones behind with many wonderful memories. Thank you Father!