George Wilton Wardell

In Loving Memory of George Wilton Wardell

Peacefully, surrounded by his family, on October 1, 2026, in his 83rd year, George completed his journey on earth and has gone to be with his beloved wife of 59 years, Elayne (predeceased September 4, 2026). George will be forever missed by his children Glenn Wardell and Lynn Wardell Aitchison and her husband Robert Aitchison. Cherished grandfather and “Big Papa” of Dustin (Stephanie), Jordan, Jacob (Ashley), Nakita (Connor), Jarrod and Clinton and Great Grandfather of Maisie, Everett, Eden, Elliot and Elias. Brother of Carol Hoover and her husband Jay; and Shirley Cookson. Brother-in-law of Joan Church, Linda Silverthorne and Russ Robinson. Uncle and Great Uncle to many nieces and nephews. George will also be missed by many cousins and long-time friends. George was the son of the late Alfred and Annie Wardell and the late Margaret Silverthorne. Son-in-law of the late Leonard and Margaret Church. Predeceased by his sisters Lillian Robinson, Marion Kindree and Pat Jamieson, and brother Larry Silverthorne. Sisters-in-law Janet Church and Linda Miedema, brothers-in-law John Chuch, Earl Church, Gord Kindree, Jim Cookson, and Joe O’Reilly.

George, originally from Port Dover, was a well-respected Police Officer for 33 years in the Town of Paris. George also spent many years driving transport trucks, straight trucks and dump trucks, as a second job early in his policing career and then again upon his retirement from the Police Department. After fully retiring and up until the last year or so, George became one of the morning “regulars” at Tim Hortons in Paris (Hwy 2&5), and also had regular breakfast and lunch meet ups with various different friends.

George was a member of the Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club (Chapter 6) with his wife Elayne. George and Elayne enjoyed many years of vacationing trips on their motorcycle with their fellow Blue Knights’ friends, as well as weekly Sunday morning breakfasts. George and Elayne also enjoyed travelling in general and went on many trips, George particularly enjoyed the Bahamas and Mexico. George could often be found tinkering and fixing cars with his friends in the garage that he built for year-round use. In his younger years, his garage also became the main venue for many “choir practices” with his neighbourhood friends and fellow police officers (off duty of course).

George’s passion was his family, and he enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and teaching them many life lessons. George had a very prominent role in his grandchildren’s lives; they admired him and his opinion mattered to them. And he was always good for a stop for ice cream or McDonald’s if they asked. George enjoyed northern fishing trips, Lake Onaping with Elayne and her family, and ‘Guys Weekends’ which included both fishing and ice fishing trips with his friends. George shared his enjoyment of fishing and boating with his grandchildren at the family cottage in South River. George was very proud of the cottage and the fact that he was able to leave this legacy for his family.

George was a generous man with a great sense of humour, he was often cracking jokes and he enjoyed making other people laugh. He always had a twinkle in his eye and a grin on his face when he was joking around with others. George wasn’t always the most patient man, and his grandchildren enjoy sharing stories and having a good laugh about times when he may not have demonstrated a lot of patience. George was very well known in the community and there was seldom somewhere he could go where someone didn’t know him.

As per George’s wishes cremation has taken place. A joint Celebration of Life with his wife Elayne will be held in the future, date and location to be announced.

George struggled with some very complex medical issues in his last years of life. Despite this; he was determined to care for Elayne in her battle against Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, and he supported her to stay at home right up until June of this year, when they both became ill. Donations for Multiple Myeloma research, Myeloma Canada Donation Form – Myeloma Canada | Myélome Canada, Diabetes Canada Full Guidelines – Diabetes Canada – Search or The Alzheimer Society Brant https://alzda.donorsupport.co/page/donate?recurring=once in memory of George would be appreciated by the family.