JOSEPH MUNROE PLUMRIDGE

Joseph Munroe Plumridge 
Joseph (Joe) Munroe Plumridge, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2007 after a lengthy illness.
Joe was born August 4, 1925 to Art and Elizabeth Plumridge, the third of eight children, all of whom grew up in McIrvine. He quit high school in his senior year at the age of 15 to work at Canada Car in Thunder Bay. He joined the Navy in 1943 (lying about his age in order to join). He served as a signal man on a destroyer and was at the landing at Juno Beach.
  After his discharge, he held different jobs before joining the Lands and Forests as a forest ranger. He went to Forestry school, obtaining his Scaler licence and eventually was hired by the O & M mill in Fort Frances.
  Joe was extremely handy, willing to try most any type of job and could fix most anything electrical or involving engines. Under the watchful eyes of his father-in-law, he learned carpentry.
  He enjoyed his four children and volunteered in their activities, coaching boys’ hockey and girls’ softball. He spent many years curling and golfing.
  Joe is survived by his wife, Maxine; daughter, Debra and son-in-law, Jim Armstrong; sons, Rodney and wife, Linda, Lyle, and Greg and wife, Wendy; and grandchildren, Jocelyn (Tim), Trevor (Heather), and Ryan Armstrong, and Jeff and Rob Plumridge.
He also is survived by his brother, Munro (Betty) Plumridge; and sisters-in-law, Vi Plumridge, Roselyn Plumridge, Ann (Dave) Ostby, and Doris Raun.
  He was predeceased by his parents; sisters, Mabel (Maurice) Dolph, Ann (Gaston) Camirand, and Jane (Einar) Larson; and brothers, Maurice, Jim, Paul, and Gilbert (Marlene).
  Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 11 a.m at Knox United Church in Fort Frances, with Rev. Frances Flook officiating.
Honourary pallbearers will be his grandchildren.
  Should friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made to the “Just Imagine” campaign for the CT Scanner at Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., 110 Victoria Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., P9A 1B7 or Tamarack House c/o 980 Oliver Rd., Thunder Bay, Ont., P7B 6V4.
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God Saw You…
by Adam Males
God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped his arms around you,
and whispered, “Come to me”.
You didn’t deserve what you went through,
So He gave you rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best
And when I saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain
I could not wish you back
To suffer that