November 24, 1943 – January 16, 2025
Michael George Dunk died on January 16 on the Royal Victoria Regional Well being Centre in his 82nd yr. He’s missed by his spouse of 63 years Carol (nee Thurston), his daughter Kelly Jones (née Dunk) and son-in-law Kirk Jones, his granddaughter Alexandra Jones and her companion Tyler Wilson, his two nice grand kids Audrey and Michael, all of Barrie, Ontario, and his brother, Harry Dunk and sister Mary Eleanor Henley, each of Lindsay, Ontario.
Michael joined the Canadian Military Apprentice Coaching Plan at 16 combining army coaching with continuation of training. He served within the Service Corps in a clerical capability for 16 years rising to Sergeant within the Division of Nationwide Protection Administration Examine unit. When his place turned a civilian place, he left the military one Friday in uniform and got here again on Monday in “civvies” to the identical workplace and the identical desk. Mike remained within the Civil Service as a Administration Guide till his retirement in 1995.
Mike was a proficient craftsman creating stained glass objects, intarsia works and lots of paper cuttings. His forte, although, was duck and decoy carving, profitable a number of awards for his life-like decoys.
He was a affected person and congenial chauffeur and technical director taking Carol to and from Horticultural occasions whether or not to small horticultural societies or to conferences of the Ontario Horticultural Affiliation
If not carving, or engaged on another inventive undertaking, Mike may very well be discovered on the golf course. His intention was to shoot his age. He got here very shut!
Mike might be remembered at a gathering at Steckley-Gooderham Funeral House, 30 Worsley St., Barrie, on February 2, 2025 from 2pm to 4:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, please contemplate a donation to the Alzheimer Society of Simcoe County. On-line condolences and recollections could also be shared at www.steckleygooderham.com
Many because of the caring folks of the RVH for his or her compassion in caring for Mike to the very finish.
