Gordon Arges

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Gordon Arges
Gordie
Born1939-10-05
Died2022-05-07
Thunder Bay, Ontario
OccupationLaboratory technician
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Mother
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Gordon Arges, also known as Gordie ((1939-10-05)5 October 1939 – 7 May 2022(2022-05-07) (aged 82)), was a laboratory technician and a great-grandson of the Port Arthur locomotive engineer Peter L'Heureux.[1]

Life

Gordon Arges was born on 5 October 1939, the son of Bernard and Olive Arges; through his mother he was a great-grandson of Peter L'Heureux, and as a boy appeared with four generations of the family in a 1950 newspaper photograph marking his great-grandfather's ninety-fifth birthday.[2] He grew up on Rupert Street and worked for Cascades (Provincial Papers) as a laboratory technician in the control department, retiring after thirty-six years. He was a member of Corpus Christi Parish.[1]

He married Shirley, with whom he had a daughter, Allison, and a son, Jeffrey; another son, Craig, predeceased him. A lifelong athlete, he competed in marathons, bicycle races and cross-country ski races and was a familiar figure at the Kamview and Lappe ski trails. He died on 7 May 2022 at the Bethammi Nursing Home in Thunder Bay, survived by his brother David Arges.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Obituary, Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, 2022. legacy.com
  2. "Four Generations At 95th Birthday Observance", Port Arthur News-Chronicle, 18 August 1950, p. 11.

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