At Wiarton Hospital in his 83rd year. He was born and raised in Cookstown. He is survived by his wife Alice and by his children Aileen and her husband Garry Robinson of Owen Sound, Arleen and her husband Don Cutting of Wiarton and Blair Flood of Vancouver. He was a brother of Helen Bell of Gilford. Funeral service was held at the George Funeral Home in Wiarton on October 12th, 2005. After cremation interment took place in Union Cemetery in Alliston.