WILLIAMS, Gordon Thomas

Age 97, formerly of Grand Bank passed away peacefully at the Health Sciences Centre on Christmas Day, 2022. Gordon had a diverse career as a teacher in Green’s Harbour, Bank of N.S. in Bonavista, 10 years with Arctic Fisheries as Controller in Dildo. He retired from the Dept of Agriculture at age 63. Gordon had a keen memory even at 97, and a great knowledge of Newfoundland ships and sea. He liked nothing better than a great conversation. He loved to sing and had a beautiful voice. He thoroughly enjoyed sport and played soccer in his younger days. He was a loving, peaceful man who always said “Be Kind” which was exactly how he chose to live his life. He is predeceased by his wife, Rita (Clouter); father, Capt. Clarence Williams; mother, Selena (Keating); brother, Capt. Gerald Williams; and brother-in-law, Lloyd Moores. He has left behind wife, Bertha; daughter, Karen (Dr James); son, Capt. Keith (Patricia); grandchildren, Kylie (Christophe), Michael (Jessica), Leonard (Samantha), Kirsten (John); sister, Mary; brother, Carl (Cathy); stepdaughters, Jennifer (Geoff), and Joanna; grandchildren, Grace, Maria, Rachael, and Luke. We would like to thank the staff of Kenny’s Pond and the doctors and nurses of 4SA for their special care of Gordon. A service of Celebration will take place on Wednesday, May 31st, at 11:30 a.m. at George St. United Church. Interment to follow in Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Should you wish to donate in his honour please do so at Salvation Army New Hope Community Centre. (Canada Helps.org)

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! Kipling