AYRANTO, Roy Olavi - It is with heart breaking sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Roy on Wednesday October 2, 2019.
Beloved husband of Helma, much loved father of Margaret (Chad), Ed (Tara) and Wes (Emily) and Grampy/Papa/Wookie to granddaughters Ariel, Meghan, Abby, Cordy, Clara and of course grandson Oli.
Big brother to John (Marilyn) and uncle to Mark (Kate), Peter (Katherine) and Patrick (Tanya).
After emigrating to Canada in 1952, Roy lived with his parents and brother John in various parts of Ontario. The greatest part of his formative years were spent in Sudbury while his father was at a lumber camp and on his family’s farm in Dunnville Ontario.
He met the love of his life Helma at Dunnville high school. They dated for almost 8 years before marrying September 4, 1965, in Hamilton Ontario. Roy earned an Engineering Degree at the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Manitoba.
He began his career designing farm and construction equipment at International Harvester and then moved into logistics at Molson’s and later at Seaway Midwest. While working at Seaway Roy demonstrated his entrepreneurial spirit by opening the first coin operated Car Wash in Hamilton Ontario.
Through all of this Roy and Helma had a partnership that was to be admired. They worked amazingly well together and took advantage of each other strengths. They had a great love and respect for each other, but in part their success can be attributed to a clear definition of roles. As their youngest son, Wes, described it as a young child. Dad is boss at work and Mom is boss at home. Roy had a variety of interests that kept him busy including recreational flying, race cars, golfing and of course supporting his grandchildren in their varied activities. He will be missed greatly, by so many dear friends and family.Friends will be received at the Egan Funeral Home, Bolton on Monday, October 7th from 6:00-8:00pm; and Tuesday, October 8th from 10:00 – 11:00 am followed by a Memorial Service starting at 11:00am.
In lieu of flowers the family is requesting donations made to either Canadian Tire Jump Start or Rainbows for all Children Canada.
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