CORBETT, Robert Edgar - Born June 10, 1927 in Abbey, Saskatchewan to Ida E. Corbett (née Lougee) and Dalton Corbett passed away peacefully at Erin Mills Lodge Nursing Home at the age of 92 on July 26, 2019.
Robert E. Corbett was predeceased by brothers and sisters Lorne Foy, Joseph Foy, Cora May Foy, Muriel Corbett and James Corbett. Survived by twin sister Elizabeth Hutchinson (née Corbett).
He was the devoted husband of Marvelle Corbett (née White) and loving father of Janice Corbett-McKay and Joyce Humbert, father-in-law of Roger Humbert and grandfather of Michael Corbett-McKay and Daniel Corbett-McKay.
Robert, or 'Bob' as he was called by friends and family, moved to Ontario in the 1930s with his parents. He grew up in Grey County and attended the Old Durham Road School. He worked on the farm and enjoyed helping his father in the bush felling trees in the winter. He loved working with horses and sometimes rode his favourite horse Sally to school.
He married Marvelle Blanche White in 1948. They settled first in Mimico and then moved into a house that Bob built in 1952 on Lakebreeze Drive in Mississauga where they raised their two girls, Janice and Joyce. They lived there until February of 2018 when they moved into Port Credit Residences. In April of 2019 they moved to Erin Mills Nursing Home.
Ambitious and hard-working, Robert Corbett started out in construction as a carpenter and later went into business for himself building custom homes under the name of Corbett Construction.
Bob had an adventurous spirit and loved wilderness canoe trips, fishing, hunting, trees and nature. He also enjoyed gardening and had vegetables and a rose garden at his home in Mississauga and a vegetable garden at his hobby farm in Grey County.
He was an avid hockey and baseball fan, enjoyed playing pool and was a champion horseshoe player. He was very social, loved to get out and meet people, go to dances and to travel. He loved get-togethers with close family and friends, in-laws, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Robert Corbett will be remembered fondly by many and live on in the hearts of family and friends
Visitation will be held at Skinner and Middlebrook Funeral Home, 128 Lakeshore Road East Mississauga, ON on Thursday, August 1st, 2019 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will take place there at noon on Friday, August 2nd, followed by burial at Spring Creek Cemetery 1390 Clarkson Rd N, Mississauga, ON and a reception at Skinner and Middlebrook.
If desired, donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the Alzheimer’s Society.
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