Obituary for John "Jack" Frederic McClintock
Jack passed away peacefully at the Tillsonburg Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, February 6th; he was 96. He is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Evaline Mae McClintock, (Jones Manning). As well, his daughter Lyn Blinkhorn and her husband, George, and his son, Michael and his wife Soheila, as well as his grandchildren, Erin, Samantha, Kimberley and Wesley, and his sister Judith, and Mae’s four surviving children, George, Joan, Trevor and Emily Manning. Jack was predeceased by his first wife, Elizabeth Helen Hossack, his son, Thomas, and his granddaughter, Melissa, as well as his sisters, Lenore and Faye, brothers Lloyd and Leo, and his parents, Olive and Herbert McClintock.
Jack was born in 1926 at his family farm outside the town of Brownsville, on which he grew up. He was a very talented mechanic, builder and innovator; Jack could build anything from a piece of junk. For example, the snow plow he built from an old Volkswagen engine which he then used to plow all his neighbors' driveways. Jack built several homes himself, nail by nail, the first being his family home in Milton in 1954, for which he collected scrap wood for the entire frame. He worked as an aircraft mechanic on CF100 fighter jets at Avro Canada as well as working on the Arrow Fighter Program, and then later moved to Kitchener and took on a gas delivery business, where he served all the farms in the area. His final move was back to his hometown, Tillsonburg, with his new wife, Mae.
Jack was also an avid fisherman, animal lover, Blue Jays fanatic, and enjoyed having beers with his buddies.
The Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 11th at Ostrander’s Funeral Home in Tillsonburg, with visitation at 12:00 - 1:00 and the service at 1:00 in the Chapel. The service will be officiated by Father Osita Oluigbo. His interment will take place in the spring at the Delmer Cemetery in Delmer.
Donations in lieu of flowers will be appreciated to: Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, the ASPCA, Wildlife and Humane Societies of the Tillsonburg area, or St John’s Anglican Church, Tillsonburg.
Jack was born in 1926 at his family farm outside the town of Brownsville, on which he grew up. He was a very talented mechanic, builder and innovator; Jack could build anything from a piece of junk. For example, the snow plow he built from an old Volkswagen engine which he then used to plow all his neighbors' driveways. Jack built several homes himself, nail by nail, the first being his family home in Milton in 1954, for which he collected scrap wood for the entire frame. He worked as an aircraft mechanic on CF100 fighter jets at Avro Canada as well as working on the Arrow Fighter Program, and then later moved to Kitchener and took on a gas delivery business, where he served all the farms in the area. His final move was back to his hometown, Tillsonburg, with his new wife, Mae.
Jack was also an avid fisherman, animal lover, Blue Jays fanatic, and enjoyed having beers with his buddies.
The Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 11th at Ostrander’s Funeral Home in Tillsonburg, with visitation at 12:00 - 1:00 and the service at 1:00 in the Chapel. The service will be officiated by Father Osita Oluigbo. His interment will take place in the spring at the Delmer Cemetery in Delmer.
Donations in lieu of flowers will be appreciated to: Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, the ASPCA, Wildlife and Humane Societies of the Tillsonburg area, or St John’s Anglican Church, Tillsonburg.