JOSEPHALFRED “JOE” SELLORS

JOSEPH “JOE” ALFRED SELLORS February 11, 1926 – April 15, 2017 Peacefully, in the presence of loving family at Brampton Civic Hospital. Loving husband of Alice Louise Earle (1998). Survived by their twelve children: Linda (Jim) McLaughlin, Susan (Len) Emond, Catherine (late Eric) Fuller, Pauline Dickson, Joseph Sellors, Joanne Sellors, Sandra (John) Payne, Michael (Eileen) Sellors, James (Mary) Sellors, Jennifer (Andrew) Paschalis, Christine (Allan) Marsh and Janet (Steve) Brooks, 25 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great- grandchildren. A lifelong Brampton boy, Joe was the son of Joseph (1968) and Myrtle (1985) Sellors, predeceased by sisters Helen Walter, Audrey Lyons and Jean Mashinter and brother Jack Sellors and survived by his brother Ross (Eleanor) Sellors and sisters-in-law Rosemary Wilson and Catherine Kirby. During WWII years, Joe, an Air Cadet, joined the RCAF as an LAC then the RC Army serving in Ontario until demobilized in August 1946. Joe and his wife Alice married in 1945 and built their home in Brampton, in which they raised their family. Joe worked at the Dale Estate, Imperial Optical and The Gummed Papers from 1957 to retirement. He joined The Lorne Scots Peel Regiment, took up the pipes and then the pipes took him on a lifelong journey far and wide including to The Edinburgh Tattoo in 1960 as the Pipe Major. He will be remembered by many as he played his pipes in; celebration, remembrance and lament. Among Joe’s many recognitions he received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the Rotary Paul Harris Fellow and the Canada 125 Medal. He also took great pride in his many years of donating blood to the Canadian Red Cross. Family and friends will be received at the Ward Funeral Home, 52 Main Street South (Hwy. 10), Brampton, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 from 2:00 – 4:00 and 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held at Grace United Church, 156 Main Street North, Brampton, on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Brampton Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to The Hospital For Sick Children in Joe’s memory would be appreciated by the family. Please visit the Book of Memories at www.wardfuneralhome.com