November 2009 - Brussels Air Museum Foundation
November 2009 - Brussels Air Museum Foundation
November 2009 - Brussels Air Museum Foundation
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DISPERSALS ● CANADIAN CORNERR<br />
<strong>November</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />
LAST POST<br />
Al Thomas (<strong>Air</strong> Gunner – 226 Squadron)<br />
passed away on 07 May <strong>2009</strong> at Granite Ridge<br />
Specialty<br />
Care facility in Stittsville, Ontario.<br />
Al’s wife Ruth reported that he had been<br />
admitted to Queensway Hospital in Ottawa with<br />
a hip problem in early March; it which turned out<br />
to be a tumour which became progressively<br />
aggressive. Al was transferred<br />
in mid-April to<br />
Granite Ridge Specialty in Stittsville, where he<br />
received exceptionally good care. That facility is<br />
very close to the home of Al and<br />
Ruth’s daughter<br />
Cathy and family; Ruth also moved to Stittsville<br />
to be close to Al and family.<br />
Al and Ruth Thomas at 2006 Reunion ‐ Ottawa, ON<br />
D. Poissant photo<br />
Al always enjoyed his reunions with his “old Mitchell comrades”; he and Ruth<br />
worked hard at<br />
gatheringg informationn for event planning to complete our<br />
2006 MBA<br />
Reunion in<br />
Ottawa.<br />
Ruth’s address is:<br />
Ruth Thomas<br />
310 – 1385 Stittsville Main Street<br />
Stittsville, ON<br />
K1S 1C11<br />
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