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C.
L.
Marven
BAUMAN/BOWMAN
In loving memory of C. L. Marven
BAUMAN/BOWMAN
April 3, 1913 to November 12, 2002.
Marven BAUMAN/BOWMAN, only
son of the late Honourable Beniah and Mary
(BARR)
BAUMAN/BOWMAN.
Born at Long Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ont. April 3,
1913, in the house in which his mother was also born. He spent his
childhood between Toronto, Manitoulin and Ottawa, attended school in
Toronto, graduated from Oakwood Collegiate in 1931. He returned to
the Island and farmed on the family homestead for 3 years, then took
on the job of Registrar of Electors for East Algoma in 1934-1935. On
July 8, 1936 he married Effie
McQUARRIE and they started married life
in Toronto. Marven was employed at DeHaviland Aircraft in the Tool
Making and Design field. He then moved on as Technical Manager with
A. C. WICKMAN
Canada
Ltd. By the end of WW2, he was Sales Manager
and Director of Modern Tool Works, which involved frequent travel
across the continent and throughout Europe. His next position was
Vice President of Canadian Machine Tool Builders Association. In
1956, he purchased a business in Newmarket, Ont. Marven was an
inventor, a superb cabinet maker producing furniture, boats (even a
cabin cruiser), a highly skilled tool and die maker, a wordsmith,
writing prolifically-pertaining to his family history, letters to
Friends which were highly cherished and to a wide assortment of
causes, wherever he deemed injustice had been done. He loved flying,
obtaining his pilot's license at age 50, and owned a succession of
small aircraft. Marven and Effie flew to various destinations:
Florida, Bahamas and summer weekends to the cottage on Tobacco Lake.
He was a life-long boating enthusiast, a voracious reader, a dog
lover, a crossword puzzle addict, a pool player in later years,
driving daily to the Seniors Centre in Town. Marven was a devoted
husband and caring father. He was a private person, incredibly
honest and his word was his bond.
Through the years, he was President of The Rosicrucion Order in
Toronto (AMORC,)
Lieutenant of the Keswick Power Squadron, President
of the Newmarket Lion's Club (1963-1964,) a
CESO
Worker in the
Philippines, in his retirement (setting up design courses), and Chair
of the Western Manitoulin Historical Society, taking a great interest
in the Gore Bay Museum.
Marven was predeceased by his wife Effie
(McQUARRIE)
BAUMAN/BOWMAN, March
10, 2002. Loved father of Mary Jean, husband Lachlan
MUIR of Gore
Bay
Carolyn, husband Bryan
OSTROWSKI of Midland and Catherine,
husband Raouf
BALBAA of Mississauga. Proud grandfather of Mark
TOOLE, wife Denise, Jordan
TOOLE, wife Debbie Dr. Leisha
OSTROWSKI
and husband Chris
GITTENS and Adam
BALBAA and great grandchildren
Mitchell, Katie, Carlie and Sydney. Friends called the Culgin
Funeral Home on Thursday, November 14, 2002. The funeral service was
conducted in the Wm. G. Turner Chapel with Reverend Beth Topps officiating.
Interment in Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge. Culgin Funeral Home
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