He was preceded in death by his father William, mother Martha, sisters Marjorie and Ada, and a brother Stanley. He is survived by a sister Irene and her husband Harry, and brothers John and William and his wife Margaret, his wife Elizabeth, sons Raymond, Derek and his wife Vera, Brian and his wife Irene, Noel and his wife Susan, David and his wife Pauline, and Dobby and his wife Pat, a daughter Heather and her husband Dick, grandchildren Peter, Sandra, Christopher, Malcolm, Dean, Glen, Stephen, Joanna, Lynne, Terry, Angela, Paul, Mark and Simon, and many other relatives and friends.