Obituary for Peter Edward Joselin, BSc, MSc, PEng
Joselin, Peter Edward, BSc, MSc, PEng. - Born May 6, 1934 in Redhill, Surrey, UK. Passed away peacefully on September 23, 2022 at the Greater Niagara General Hospital in his 89th year. Predeceased by his parents, Frank and Irene Joselin and his sister, Dorothy Swanton nee Joselin (Ken). Loving father of Christine Forber (Andrew), Beth Joselin (Trevor Michael) and Anne Joselin. Loving grandfather of Colin (Artemis) and Thomas Forber, Connor (Mariah) and Sheila (Robbie) Charette and great-grandfather of Thorston Charette.
Graduated from Queen Mary College, London UK 1955 (Civil Engineering), then did his Masters at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA on a Fulbright scholarship. Met Mary Cleve in New Orleans, where they got married in 1957. In 1958, Peter and Mary moved back to the UK where their daughters Christine and Beth were born. Peter worked in the UK then overseas in Nigeria before the family moved to Canada in 1967. Their youngest daughter, Anne, was born soon after the family's arrival in Canada. In 1969, they moved to Niagara Falls when Peter started working for HG Acres. He spent 27 years with Acres, rising to Project Manager, mainly for power system planning for several East African utilities. On retirement, Peter and Mary moved to Virgil, where they lived until 2020.
Peter was extremely active in the community and often took on leadership roles. He was the President of the Niagara Falls Curling Club. He was a warden at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Stamford), until the late '90s. He loved sailing and was a long-time member of the Parkway and Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Clubs. Peter and Mary volunteered with Meals on Wheels for many years. Peter and Mary have been active members of Grace United Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake since moving to Virgil. Member of the Lower St. Johns River Valley Lunch Group, Niagara Falls Power Squadron. One of the founding members of the Niagara Falls Probus Group.
They were avid supporters of the performing arts. They loved to attend opera and classical music concerts. They watched the full repertoire of plays at Stratford for many years, and also attended many plays every year at Shaw, as well as being members of the Shaw Guild. They also loved to travel and Peter visited 6 of the 7 continents, all except Antarctica.
Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held at Morse & Son Funeral Home, 5917 Main Street, on Tuesday, September 27th from 3-7 pm and on Wednesday, September 28th at Morgan Funeral Home, 415 Regent Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake from 4-7 pm. A celebration of life will be held at Grace United Church, 222 Victoria Street, NOTL on Thursday, September 29th at 11 o’clock. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to Grace United Church or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Memories, photos and condolences may be shared at www.morganfuneral.com.
Graduated from Queen Mary College, London UK 1955 (Civil Engineering), then did his Masters at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA on a Fulbright scholarship. Met Mary Cleve in New Orleans, where they got married in 1957. In 1958, Peter and Mary moved back to the UK where their daughters Christine and Beth were born. Peter worked in the UK then overseas in Nigeria before the family moved to Canada in 1967. Their youngest daughter, Anne, was born soon after the family's arrival in Canada. In 1969, they moved to Niagara Falls when Peter started working for HG Acres. He spent 27 years with Acres, rising to Project Manager, mainly for power system planning for several East African utilities. On retirement, Peter and Mary moved to Virgil, where they lived until 2020.
Peter was extremely active in the community and often took on leadership roles. He was the President of the Niagara Falls Curling Club. He was a warden at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Stamford), until the late '90s. He loved sailing and was a long-time member of the Parkway and Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Clubs. Peter and Mary volunteered with Meals on Wheels for many years. Peter and Mary have been active members of Grace United Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake since moving to Virgil. Member of the Lower St. Johns River Valley Lunch Group, Niagara Falls Power Squadron. One of the founding members of the Niagara Falls Probus Group.
They were avid supporters of the performing arts. They loved to attend opera and classical music concerts. They watched the full repertoire of plays at Stratford for many years, and also attended many plays every year at Shaw, as well as being members of the Shaw Guild. They also loved to travel and Peter visited 6 of the 7 continents, all except Antarctica.
Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be held at Morse & Son Funeral Home, 5917 Main Street, on Tuesday, September 27th from 3-7 pm and on Wednesday, September 28th at Morgan Funeral Home, 415 Regent Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake from 4-7 pm. A celebration of life will be held at Grace United Church, 222 Victoria Street, NOTL on Thursday, September 29th at 11 o’clock. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to Grace United Church or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Memories, photos and condolences may be shared at www.morganfuneral.com.