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Clifford Alexander
FIELDING
Clifford Alexander
FIELDING, D.Sc., D.Cn.L, aged 89, on October 18, 2004 at the Sudbury Regional Hospital.
Beloved husband of Lily
FIELDING (née
KIVI) of Sudbury for 68 years. Predeceased by
his loving daughter Brenda Elaine
WALLACE in 1997 and his beloved son Malcolm James
FIELDING in 2000.
Predeceased by his parents George PARKER
FIELDING and Agnes
(CAESAR)
FIELDING. Predeceased by
his sister Amy
MATSON
(Frank) and brothers Stanley, Frank (Florence,) George (Helen,) Sydney (Gwen,)
Garnet (Margeret) and Cecil. Loving grandfather of Norinne
PERDUE (Gerard), Murray
FIELDING,
Craig FIELDING (Katriina,) Jeffrey
WALLACE,
Kristen
WALLACE and Gordon
WALLACE. Loving
great-grandfather of Jason, Cameron and Angela Perdue. Sadly missed by his daughter-in-law Shirley
FIELDING and son-in-law James
WALLACE. Survived by his brother Carman
FIELDING
Sr.
(pre-deceased by Gerda,) sister-in-law Elvi
FIELDING and many nieces and nephews.
Cliff will be remembered for his love of family, a man true to his word,
a proud man and a man who treated all equally and with respect. Cliff
had a passion for life and community. He enjoyed boxing in his youth
and was later inducted, together with his brother Carman, into the
Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame. Cliff was an avid outdoorsman, a bush
plane pilot with a love of aviation and a conservationist. Cliff
FIELDING was born August 25, 1915 at the family farm in Waters Township
(renamed FIELDING
Memorial
Park in Lively) Ontario. From humble
beginnings on the family farm and following graduation from Copper Cliff
Public School, he left school to provide for his family. He joined Inco
in 1933 as a car and locomotive repairman. In 1935 Cliff started his own
transportation company under the name
FIELDING and son to provide contract
services to haul ore and gravel for the mining companies within the
Sudbury District. This was the start of his entrepreneurial efforts and
business interests. In 1950, Cliff had expanded his fleet to 40 trucks
and a staff of 50. Today, the original business, now operating under the
name Alexander Centre Industries Limited, includes Waters Holding
Corporation and its operating companies Wavy Industries Ltd. and Fisher
Construction Limited, both of Sudbury, and Fisher Harbour on Great
LaCloche Island. Cliff was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Waters Holding Corporation and active in the business on a daily basis.
Cliff served on corporate, community and business Boards of Directors
including the Board of Canadian Pacific Limited in 1970-71 and 1984-1986.
Mr. FIELDING received a Doctor of Science from Laurentian
University and a Doctorate of Canon Law from Thornloe University in
1982. He was an active Honourary Patron of the Boy Scouts of Canada. In
1971, the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce named him one of Sudbury’s
outstanding citizens. Cliff supported many community and charitable
organizations including: Governor of the Sudbury Memorial Hospital, a
representative of Thornloe College on the Board of Governors of
Laurentian University, and a member of Saint John the Divine Anglican
Church in Copper Cliff. He was a benefactor to the Finlandia-Koti
(Sudbury Finnish Rest Home Society Inc.) In 2002, Cliff and Lily
established a charitable foundation to relieve poverty, advance
education, support religious institutions and benefit the community.
Rested at the Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home, 233 Larch Street, Sudbury.
Funeral Service was held in the Church of the Epiphany, 85 Larch Street,
Sudbury on Friday, October 22nd, 2004 at 11: 00 a.m. Interment in the
Civic Memorial Cemetery, Sudbury. (Friends called from 4: 00 to 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, no visitation Friday.)
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