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Irene
Taylor - Rector's Warden
Irene has been a member of St. George’s Memorial
Church for five years. She is a member of the Chancel Guild and
Breakfast Club Volunteer.
Irene
first held offices in the Church in the diocese of Niagara, serving
as Diocesan Girls’ Auxiliary Secretary and member of the Diocesan
W. A. council. After being elected to the Diocesan Committee, she
was elected a member of both General and Provincial Synods. She
was a long-time member of St. David’s Church in Welland, sitting
on Parish and Deanery Councils.
As well as her
church involvement, Irene served as an Alderman on Welland City
Council, a Governor of Niagara College of Applied Arts & Technology,
a member of the Hospital Board, and Chair of the Library and Museum
Boards.
Irene attended
Brock University in St. Catherines as a full time mature student,
graduating with a BA in History and English in 1977. In 1984, she
was awarded a Gold Medal by the Province of Ontario for services
to the church and community.
John Simmons
- People's Warden
I reside in
Oshawa, and have been a member of St. George’s since 2006;
however I have been very active in previous parishes within the
diocese of Niagara and the diocese of Toronto.
I am now retired
from business, having been with Commercial Alcohols Limited for
over thirty years as Sales Manager – Ontario and Western Canada.
CAL was the largest manufacturer of industrial alcohol in Canada
with its head office in Montreal, Quebec and an office and warehouse
in Scarborough, Ontario, where I was located.
I organized
a junior sidesmen group at Grace Church, Hamilton, when I was 16
years old and was appointed to their Advisory Board as the Youth
representative when I was 18.
After I was
married, I was co-president of the Married Couples’ Club and
president of the Young Adults Council of the diocese of Niagara.
I have since served as a warden in four different parishes in Niagara
and Toronto dioceses. I have also had the pleasure of serving on
several advisory boards and various committees in addition to being
a treasurer, lay administrator and a lay reader.
I look forward
to serving the parishioners of St. George’s Memorial Church,
Oshawa. I take great pride in this church and the community it so
well serves.
Please do not
hesitate to make yourself known if I may be of any service to you.
Don
Clement - Deputy Warden
Don was confirmed at
St. George's Oshawa in 1968 and has been a member ever since. Don
is currently a member of the Long Range Planning Committee and the
Property and Building Committee. Don is also a sidesperson's captain
at the 8:15 am service and a volunteer for the Open Door Program.
After a varied 34 year career with General Motors, Don retired in
1997 from the Engineering and Forward Planning Department, Vehicle
Design. Don's current hobbies include golf, metalworking and woodworking.
The latter two vocations have been quite useful considering the
number of restoration challenges that the Property and Building
Committee faces each year.
Don's primary focus is to serve the people of St. George's and the
greater parish community and he looks forward to making new friendships
along the way.
Jim
Blight
- Deputy Warden
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