Winter, Edward
Captain · “Ed”
February 26, 1931 – July 21, 2023
Captain Ed Winter passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday July 21, 2023 in Nanaimo, BC.
Dad was born in Belgium on February 6, 1931. He left home at the age of 15 to begin a lifelong career of working at sea. Starting out as a cook’s helper, he travelled all over the world and upon seeing Vancouver for the first time in 1953, decided it was here that he wanted to live. He immigrated to Canada in 1955 and continued to work in the industry on the West Coast and all over the world until his retirement from Seaspan International in 1996. In 2017, he moved to Nanaimo to be closer to his family.
Survived by his daughter Christine (Kent), son Mike (Donna), grandchildren James and Emily, great grandson Linden, extended granddaughter Hayley and family, niece Martha, nephew Edward and family in Belgium.
A private service will be held at a later date to scatter Dad’s ashes at Mariner’s Rest in Howe Sound, BC.
We would like to thank the staff at Woodgrove Manor for the wonderful care of Dad in these last months.
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