ARTHUR R. TAVENER

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ARTHUR R. TAVENER March 24, 1922 - March 11, 2005 Suddenly, on Friday, March 11, 2005, Art passed away at the Health Sciences Centre at the age of 82 years. Art was born and raised in Thunder Bay, ON, and enlisted in the R.C.N.V.R. in November 1939. From 1940 to November 1945, he served on armed Convoys (D.E.M.S.) in the North Atlantic, the South Pacific, the Far East and on the Murmansk Run to Russia. Art was employed with painting and decorating firms in Winnipeg and on the northern D.E.W. Line. For the next 20 years, he was employed with the Federal Government at C.F.B. Winnipeg and at Deer Lodge Veteran's Hospital from where he retired in 1987. Art was a long service member of the A.N.A.F., Unit 60. Art is survived by his loving wife Eileen; his daughter Dale; two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren. He also leaves his sister Elsie Gunther; his nephew and niece and their families, all of Virginia, USA. Art was predeceased by his infant daughter Judith in 1951; and also by his son Patrick in 1988. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 17 at Neil Bardal Inc., 984 Portage Ave., Aubrey Street entrance. Interment in the Military section of Brookside Cemetery. If friends so desire, donations may be made to the Heart Stroke Foundation, 200 - 6 Donald St., Winnipeg, MB R3L 0K6. NEIL BARDAL INC. 949-2200

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 16, 2005