Obituaries

STANLEY COMBE   Stanley Albert Combe, beloved husband of Maureen Combe, passed away at the age of 90 years on Friday, April 8, 2016, surrounded by his family.   Left to cherish Stan’s memory are his loving wife, Maureen; daughters, Deborah (Garth) Crawford and Tracey (Ken) Baldwin; sons, Don Combe (Bev) and Stanley Joseph Combe; grandchildren, Jeff Combe (Donna), Jason Combe (Sabrina), Soleil Huizinga-Shepard (Jerry), Ann Maureen Huizinga (Bryan), Amanda Baldwin (Derek Beaton), Joey Baldwin (Kate Pellow) and Ryley Crawford; great-grandchildren, Phoenix, Jesse, Gavin, Bryant, Tristan, Jerry, Bailey, Dylan, Lucas and Logan; family friends Guy Delisle and Shelly McKay, Linda Hudrick and Rick Paterson (Nora); as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents Charles Victor Combe and Jessica Combe (Cochrane); brothers, Birt, Bill, Joseph and Doug; sister Elsie; daughter April Huizinga in 1999; mother-in-law Emily Barnett in 2012 as well and step granddaughter Kensey Crawford in 2015.   Stan proudly served his country in WW2 as a Pilot in the North Atlantic, flying many dangerous missions. When he returned home from the war, Stan then had an amazing and interesting 50-year career in the Taxi business owning many cabs with Duffy’s taxi and later with Unicity, retiring at the age of 70 with many friends and many stories.   In 1954, Stan married the love of his life, Maureen, and they started their family. He was a wonderful and loving husband who cherished his “Moe”- and his family. They had been married over 61 years.   Stan will be forever remembered for his positive, loving look on life, always a smile and always happy- everything was “beautiful”. He was a wonderful dad and grand-dad. He was “Mr. Cleaver” and was known as “Dad” to all the West End gang (Gordon Bell) of kids who were friends of his children and were a true extended family and still gathering together as family to this day. Stan built a large family cottage in West Hawk Lake in the early 80’s with the help of the West End gang and they all spent many great years at the cabin and have many wonderful memories and many stories that be endearing to all for a life time. Stan was a good man and will truly be missed and was loved by all.   A celebration of Stan’s life will be held at a later date.   Wojcik’s Funeral Chapels & Crematorium, Winnipeg, 2157 Portage Avenue, 204.897.4665 www.wojciksfuneralchapel.com
A light from our lives is gone, A voice we all loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our hearts Which never can be filled. God gave us a beautiful husband, friend and father, and now we see his empty chair We’ll feel his presence there.  The memories of his laughter,  His warm and loving smile,  His eyes so full of happiness,  His heart that of a child.  Memories are forever  Be they laughter or of tears,  Memories we will treasure forever For the rest of our years. Good Bye, until we meet again.