Gordon and Marilyn Smythe
June 16 2020
When Gordie Macquisten was dating Margaret Smythe, we remember how much he liked ju-jubes, all but not the black ones. His future mother-in-law always knew who the culprit was when she would go to get a ju-jube and find a bag full of black ones! Back then, one of Gordie's prize possessions was his red and white '57(?) Chevy Bel-Air with the white and black vinyl seats, and it was seen parked outside the Smythe house nearly every evening!
The Smythes and Macquistens left La Belle Provence for the Alberta prairies and we made many trips back'n'forth between Edmonton and Calgary and we, along with the cousins, have many happy memories of celebrating holidays together. In later years, retirement offered us the opportunity to enjoy camping trips to Dawson City in the Yukon, along the Oregon Coast, to mention a couple, along with a cross-Canada trip in 2005. The attached photos were taken in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia.
We soon learned that Gordie could not pass up a garage sale, and Marilyn will miss hearing him ask, "What do you want, anyway" when she calls. All who knew Gordie well appreciated his sense of humour and will no doubt remember his favourite saying, "Take a Hike!" Our deepest condolences to the love of his life, Margaret, their daughters, Lynn and Kathie, as well as their spouses, Steve and Jodi, and their grandkids, Dylan, Robbie and Tommy.
