Norman Roy Rattew

Passed away peacefully at St. Catharines General Hospital on Saturday, September 29, 2012 in his 90th year. Survived by his loving wife of 64 years June; his children Sheila (David) Gillis, Linda (Dale) Millar, Brenda (James) Seegmiller, and Robert (Kim) Rattew; his grandchildren Edward (Jocelyn) Gillis, Stephen (Karina) Gillis, Heather (Dan) Young, Rebecca Seegmiller (Ben), Jami (Chris) Vandermarel, Kaitlyn, Emily and Gerard Rattew, and his great-grandchildren Heron and Sitka Land-Gillis and Lucy and Nyla Gillis. He will be missed by his brother-in-law William (Betty) Parks and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his son Gerald (1951), sisters Marjorie Higgin and Shirley Allen, and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Francis (Keith) Arner. Norman served in WWII in the Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers. He was a Mason for 66 years, a past District Deputy Grand Master of Windsor District, a lifetime member of Thistle Lodge #34 Amherstburg and a longtime member of Westminster United Church.

The family will receive friends at the HULSE & ENGLISH FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, 75 Church St., (905-684-6346) on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11 a.m. in the chapel. In lieu of flowers donations to Heart and Stroke Foundation or Leukemia and Lymphoma Society would be appreciated. Online tributes may be made at www.hulseandenglish.com