Mr. Arnold George Thomson

On Sunday, November 25, Arnie quietly and peacefully drew his last breath. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Shirley, daughter Enid (David), siblings Edna, Lorne (Joyce), Sharron, Linda (Rick), Geoff (Gail), sister-in-law June Thomson, many nieces and nephews, his dog Ben and his precious grand children Anna and Steven.

Arnie and Shirley enjoyed many years with various pets at their Jessie Ave home, garage sale-ing to support The Browse Around, and time at their "shack" at Thomas Lake.

From a very early age, Arnie was a hard-working man. He was a road construction worker, a camp cook on Baffin Island, and a baker at Eaton's. But he found his true calling as an orderly, working for over 30 years at the Rehabilitation Hospital and then Deer Lodge Hospital. He treated his patients as he treated all of the people in his life with kindness, patience and generosity.

Arnie was a caregiver in every sense of the word. He looked after everyone in his life; cutting grass and shoveling snow for neighbours, baking for friends and family, and driving his grandchildren to hockey, soccer, horseback riding and even their part-time jobs. In the last few years he was devoted to caring for Shirley and running the household. And, being fiercely independent, did it all while refusing outside help.

Arnie always enjoyed sports. In his younger days, through his brother Merv, he became involved with the Canadian Paraplegic Association. He travelled many times with the Manitoba team athletes to help in the Paraplegic Games. But his favourite sports were anything his grand children were playing and his proudest title was always "Grampa".