George Rennie Sinclair

Dad is the beloved husband of Patricia (Marcotte) and father to Ian (Sue Nemeth) of Montreal, Claudia (Tony Tapsas) of White Rock B.C., Paula (Graham Shannan) of Toronto, George (Cindy Kenyon) of London Ontario and Maureen (Ed Sarfeld) of Mission B.C. He is pre-deceased by a much-loved daughter, Christine Anne (1985).

He was an attentive and loving grandfather to Claire, Ethan & Ryan Sarfeld (B.C.),Geordie (Boston Ma.), Craig Sinclair, (Kelowna B.C.), Nathan, Karryn, Christiana & Olivia (White Rock B.C.), Madeleine & Ghislaine (Montreal Quebec). He was a favourite uncle to many.

George was born in Walkerville Ontario to George & Helen (Nell) Rennie and is predeceased by his sister Elizabeth (Betty) of Montreal and brother Ronald (Kingsville).

He served in both the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII and happily for us did not see active service.

He was the first from his family to attend university and graduated with high honours from Queen’s University in 1950. He was an Athlone Fellow at Imperial College London, and later received his M.Sc. from the University of Windsor, while the father of six young children. Dad practiced engineering first with Canadian Bridge in Walkerville for many decades and later with Canron in Rexdale. His twenty years of post-retirement work were as a private consultant and he drew his last paycheque at age 85 for work on Freedom Tower in New York City.

While he was reknown for working out detailed technical specifications for some project over many pages of meticulously scripted calculations, he also loved opera, classical music, winning at cards, and was a ardent writer of love poems to his future wife of 62 years.

Mom & Dad moved to Abbotsford B.C. in 2015 from the wonderful community they helped nourish around Colgan Ontario, where their hearts were firmly imbedded for close to 40 years.

Visitation Friday October 13th, 7-9pm at Henderson Fraser Valley Funeral Home, 34537 Marshall Road Abbotsford. Funeral mass on Saturday October 14th, 1pm at St. Ann’s RC Church, 3333 Mayfair Avenue Abbotsford.

Dad’s ashes will be returned to Colgan and interred at St. James Cemetery at a later date.

During their time Mom and Dad gave generously to dozens of charities that sought to protect the environment, the poor and the vulnerable, and to further the arts and culture in the communities where they lived. In lieu of flowers Dad would suggest you do something nice for the less fortunate, the planet and for each other.

Arrangements under the direction of Henderson's Fraser Valley Funeral Home, Abbotsford, BC.