Winston Wilson, born July 29, 1927 to Thompson and Mae Wilson, passed away at the Wawota Deer View Lodge on February 24, 2015.聽 Winston is pre-deceased by his parents, sisters Thelma Wilson, Isobelle Dickson and Elaine Barnard and great-granddaughter Keira Van Meer.聽 Winston is survived by his wife Janice and their five children:聽 Linda Wilson (Lyle Heaton), Brent MacDougall, Trena (Les) Van Meer and Travis; Greg, Talita (Garrett) Mitchel and Giovanni ; Garry (Susan), Chase, Lauren and Madison; Darla (Neil)聽 Heaton, Ashley, Shelby and Brody and Carla (Neil) Weatherald, Parker and Victoria.聽 Winston is also survived by his great-grandchildren:聽 Murray 鈥淐ole鈥� Gimse, Kye-Lynn and Breck Van Meer and Raegan Heaton; his brothers Ross (Marilyn) and Clifford and his sister Shirley (Walter) Reynolds.
Winston was a successful farmer who was proud to tour family and friends around the farm.聽 He loved to dance, play ball and tell stories (he had many!).聽 Winston loved to travel near and far and took many trips with different friends, relatives and family over the years.聽 Some of his road trips included California, Alabama a few times, Polka Fests anywhere, Minot HostFest , British Columbia and Ontario.聽 Winston and Janice also visited Hawaii and Cuba.聽
After suffering a devastating stroke in 1996, which took away Winston鈥檚 speech and the use of his right side, Winston worked very hard, and 7 months later was able to walk his daughter down the aisle!聽 He never regained his speech, but his firm handshake and heartfelt smile was very indicative of his appreciation in seeing his friends and family.聽 Winston loved to hold each and every grandchild and even though he was never able to communicate with words with the younger ones, they all had a special bond with Grandpa.聽
In 1998 Janice and Winston made the move to Wawota where Janice was able to care for him for 14 years.聽 Winston moved into Deer View Lodge in 2009 where he enjoyed seeing so many more people there and he settled in very easily.聽 The staff at Deer View Lodge was very good to him and whenever he got the chance to beat someone in a game of shuffleboard he would!聽 He was very proud of his shooting skills and made it known that his right side didn鈥檛 work anymore, but his left hand sure did!聽
Funeral service will be held at the Wawota Town Hall on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.聽 with Reverend Roy Bortolotto officiating.聽 In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wawota Deer View Lodge or the Wawota United Church.聽 Arrangements entrusted to G.R. Carscadden Funeral Home, Moosomin, SK.
