MILGATE, Gordon Stanley
August 5, 1920 - May 10, 2012
Gordon Stanley Milgate was born the youngest of three sons followed by a daughter to Gerald and Myrtle Milgate of Beddington, Alberta on August 5, 1920. Gordon took his Jr. Schooling at Nose Creek School and later went to Crescent Heights High. He then went on to “tech” or SAIT as it is known today. There he took courses in Farm Management and Motor Mechanics. He worked at the Imperial oil refinery in Calgary as a lab technician from 1940 - 1942 when he returned to the farm to help his father. Gordon met Evelyn Johnson in January of 1945 and they were married August 4 of that same year and continued farming. It was while they were there that their sons: Ken and Ron were born (1946, 1948). They continued farming until 1949 when they purchased the Hillcrest grocery store on the corner of 34 Ave and 4 Street NE, Calgary and moved to the city. They sold their store in March 1951 and moved to Rosebud - having purchased the Rosebud Mercantile there. They lived and worked there until June 1972 when they closed the store and moved to Calgary where they resided until moving to Red Deer in 2005. In Calgary, Gordon was a sales representative for Gainer’s Meats Ltd. from 1971-1991. He also did courier work for Sure Print until moving to Red Deer in 2005. Gordon dearly loved his family and so enjoyed family get-togethers; helping his boys driving trucks, pounding nails, combining etc. Gordon is survived by his wife, Evelyn; two sons: Ken (Twila), Ron (Joyce); six grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren; sister, Aline (Vince) Kaytor; two sisters-in-law: Shirley and Erma; four nieces and one nephew. Gordon was predeceased by his parents, two brothers: Clarence and Lyall and one nephew, Darryl. A Funeral Service was held in the Chapel of Mountain View Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. To email expressions of sympathy: mountainview@arbormemorial.com subject heading: Gordon Milgate. Arrangements entrusted to Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Funeral Home and Crematorium, 1605 - 100 Street SE ~ Google/GPS - 242013 Garden Road SE, Calgary, AB Tel: (403) 272-5555 www.mountainviewmemorial.ca.
