Edward Albert Wager
March 21, 1936 – September 15, 2022
It is with a deep sadness and loss that we say goodbye.
Ed led an adventurous life. In fact, he lost a few body parts along the way. He was a pilot, a scuba diver, an avid and experienced outdoorsman, a skilled woodworker, a hockey defenseman for The Dryden Royals, an inventive cook, a fixer of things, a terrible driver, and a life master bridge player.
He was also a loving father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and husband.
Ed was born in Toronto on March 21, 1936. His family moved to Central Patricia and then to Dryden when he was 12. At 18, he joined the Navy to see the world returning to Dryden where he worked at the Dryden Pulp and Paper Company. He retired as a “steamer” from Avenor in 1997.
Ed was predeceased by his parents Albert Eric and Edna May (Whiting) Wager, his older sister Joan Getson and his younger sister Anne Douglas.
Ed leaves behind his daughter Caroline and son-in-law Naji Mounayer, granddaughter Maya and her fiancé Nickolas Kowalczyk and granddaughter Samar, (all of Thunder Bay, ON), his wife and favourite bridge partner Gail Tamblin-Hall, Gail’s children Joanne Hall and Russell Ure and Sophie (Ottawa, ON), Susan Hall and Kevin Glenister (Oxdrift, ON), Brian and Jennifer Hall and Graham, Calvin and Violet (Dunrobin, ON), Mary and Corrie Trist and happily gained grandsons Carver and Raiden, his brother Victor and sister-in-law Linda Anne Wager (Victoria, BC), brother-in-law Ralph Getson (North Bay, ON) and his very close and much loved nieces and nephew.
In July, Gail and Ed hosted a Wager Family Reunion in Oxdrift when Ed, with great enjoyment, spent time with his family.
~He will be missed~
There will be a gathering in Ed’s honour on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 2 p.m. at the Dryden Community Funeral Home.
Interment will take place at the Oxdrift Cemetery at a later date.
Condolences may be posted to www.dcfh.ca
Arrangements entrusted to the Dryden Community Funeral Home, 249 Grand Trunk Avenue, Dryden, ON P8N 2X3
