Spr John Calvin Dafoe (Ret’d)

    • Spr John Calvin Dafoe's gravestone in the Ninette Cemetery, Ninette, MB
    • RCE GVIR Badge

    We regret to advise of the death of Sapper John Calvin Dafoe (Ret’d) of Ninette, MB on 10 May 2000 in the Wawanesa Hospital, MB at the age of 86 years. John was born in 1914 in Aneroid, SK and moved to Killarney, MB in 1919.  He served in the Royal Canadian Engineers and was a veteran of the Second World War. 

    After the war, he worked in carpentry and farming before entering the retail lumber business and purchasing his own store in 1966.  He was a Life Member of the Ninette Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. John is buried in the Ninette Cemetery. {dcJan18gd} [zsd, zcc, zpp]