John passed away peacefully Sunday
March 10, 2013 at his home for the past 6 years in the Atrium
Retirement Residence in Orillia. He was in his 89th year.
He was husband to the late Velvin (Kirkpatrick) (2000), and father of
Sharon (Bryan Rodwell), Gordon (Sandra), Doug (Mary Beth), and
Shirley Gallaugher. He was also Grandpa to Kevin (Mary Ellen) and Ken
(Kathy) Rodwell, Sean and Andrew Gallaugher, Ashley and April
Gallaugher, and Great – Grandpa to Kyle, Trisha, Alyssa, Ryan and
Tyler Rodwell. He was brother to Verna Roxburgh,
Willis (deceased), Mary Gale, Lillian Bell, Edith Thompson, and Earl
Gallaugher.
The family will receive friends at the
Doney Funeral Home in Shelburne on Wednesday from 2 until 4
p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m. The funeral service will be in the
funeral home chapel on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11 a.m. with interment to
follow at Mansfield Cemetery.
If desired, memorial donations may be
made to Soldiers Memorial Hospital Foundation in Orillia (Dialysis
Unit), or the Kidney Foundation of Canada.