Terence Colin Gibbs

Colin is survived by his son Kerry (Ann) Culverwell, daughters Michelle (Marc-Andre Giguere) and Denise, and grandsons Toby, Owen, Nicholas and Alex, sister-in-law Pat and Margaret. He is fondly remembered by step-granddaughters Paris and Jade. He was predeceased by his brother Stuart and Dana.

Colin was born in England. A civil engineer, he emigrated to Canada in 1976 to pursue a job opportunity designing Seven Oaks hospital. Over the years he engineered many of Winnipeg’s commercial building including Mount Carmel Clinic and the Health Sciences Centre. He also traveled north to Baffin Island to build schools in the Inuit community. Later in his life he served as an expert witness in numerous court cases and taught the importance of structural engineering to Masters’ of Architecture students at the University of Manitoba.

Throughout his life Colin loved rugby. He played, coached and refereed. He was instrumental in building and developing Manitoba’s women’s rugby program and coached the women’s provincial team for a number of years. Colin also spent many years officiating for all divisions in rugby from schools to the most senior levels. He was qualified as an educator for World Rugby. He served as President of the Manitoba Association of Rugby Referees and Treasurer of Rugby Manitoba. He was inducted into the Manitoba Rugby Hall of Fame in 2013.

At Colin’s request, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mount Carmel Clinic.

A celebration of life will be held in the spring.