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Brockville
Recorder & Times Thursday 4th Jan 2001
Obituary: Donald Frank Chittenden, 75. Died at his Brockville residence 11th
December. He was born in St.
Thomas, Ontario, 12th
Oct 1925 to Herbert Frank Chittenden and the former Ethel Maud
King. He grew up in Paris, Ontario, and attended Parish District
High School.
He served overseas in Germany
with the Queens Own Rifles during the Second World War. His 16 Platoon was
decimated on 26th Feb 1945, as it captured the little hamlet of Mooshof. He was one o the few survivors, and
his Sergeant, Aubrey Cosens, won the Victoria Cross, post-humously,
that morning Mr Chittenden wrote his memoirs, a chapter of which
appeared as an article entitled “Wet Behind The Ears.” In the Legion
magazine. He married Hilda Eileen Sharpe on 22nd Feb
1952 in Brantford, Ont., and came to live in Brockville area in
1956. He worked at Microtel (later called Brock Telecom and now
called SCI) as the stores material controller. He retired 20years
ago. Mr Chittenden enjoyed bird watching, snowmobiling, canoeing
and boating on Charleston
Lake. Later
in life, his consuming passion was touring many states and provinces with his
wife Eileen on the Pillion, a Harley-Davidson cruiser - class machine.
They took holidays in Central and South America.
He enjoyed Barocque and early classical music,
woodworking and mechanics. He was a member of the Royal Canadian
Legion’s Brockville Branch and of the Athens Snowmobile Club. Mr
Chittenden was predeceased by his wife 17th Nov 2000, but is
survived by two sons Martin and wife Janice of Lucan, Ont., and Geoff of
Ottawa, and a daughter Anne Chittenden of Brockville. Also surviving are
his brother Geoffrey Douglas Chittenden and wife Connie of Brockville and
three grandchildren, Melanie, Julie and Justin, as well as several nieces and
nephews. He was predeceased by his parents and a sister, Marjorie
Elson. Arrangements were entrusted to the Barclay Funeral Home, Brockville.
A graveside service will be held at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ont., at a later date. Memorial
donations were given to the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund. The
irony of this is that I do not recall ever hearing the name Chittenden until
my daughter and I took a bus trip to Cape Cod
the first week of September 2000. Among our
seatmates were Geoffrey Chittenden, wife Connie and daughter Melanie,
of Brockville.
A small world indeed. Norma.
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Kingston-Whig
Standard, Kingston, Ontario
“Chittenden,
Mr Rodney George, passed away suddenly at this home in Red Deer, Alberta
on 26th Dec 1986 at the age of 54 years. Rod was born
on 25th May 1932 in Harley
Township, Temiskaming, Ontario. He is survived by his
loving family, one son Raymond, Red Deer, Alberta; one daughter, Karen Cox
and her husband of Banalto, Alberta; two grandsons,
William Rodney and Joseph Robert Cox; his father and step-mother George and
Ruth Chittenden of Georgian Vay, Ontario; a
step-sister Gail and her husband Ken Van Wort of Stoney Creek, Ontario; and his dearest friend Elfrieda Balderson of Red Deer,
Alberta; predeceased by his wife Faith in 1983 and his mother Edna Andersonin 1978. Funeral Services will be
held at the Eventide Funeral Chapel, Red
Deer on Wednesday 31st at 10:30 a.m. with
Rev Sydney McDonald officiating. Note: Georgian Bay is not
a community, but a huge body of water off Lake Huron, Ontario.
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