Edward (Ted) Stanley Gregory
Edward
(Ted) was born on September 11, 1922 at a ranch house 9 miles east Irricana, Alberta, the third surviving
child of Edward Joseph
Gregory and Ellen Rhoda
Fowler. His family moved one year after his birth to 1720 - 9A
Street, Calgary, Alberta. Ted attended Earl Grey
Public School, Calgary. He broke his left
arm jumping over a fence when in grade 3. The arm didn't heal properly so he
could never again straighten it. Ted used to like to play with matches and start
little fires. One day his little fire got out of hand and the lawn caught fire
and started to burn the neighbour's fence. His mother put it out in time with a
broom but Ted got a rarely given spanking for that. Senator Lougheed lived
across the street from them. Peter Lougheed, later premier of Alberta, was then a kid
the children played with.
Ted spent
several summers at the Irricana ranch as a child. He attended grade 9 at
Mount Royal Junior High School in Calgary. At age 13, in June 1937 the family
moved to 1367 - West 47
Avenue, Vancouver,
B.C., where Ted attended Magee High
School.
Ted studied
Electrical Engineering at the University of British
Columbia and graduated in 1945. Ted met Fran during this last year at
UBC.
Ted's first
job was with B.C. Electric at 425
Canel Street. His salary was $150/month, but he got a
retroactive pay increase to $210/month a year after he started
work.
He married
Frances (Fran) Margaret
Airey at the St. Augustine
Church in Marpole, Vancouver on July 26,
1947. Ted rented a rent-controlled apartment two months before the marriage by
agreeing to buy the furniture. Ted and Fran moved in immediately after the
marriage at 31, 18 Alberta
Street. The small apartment cost $23.50/month and the
bathroom was shared with two other suites.
They bought
a house for $9000 at 3745 Puget
Drive at Point Grey. Fran is fond of saying that the
house had 13 steps at the back and 39 steps at the front. In 1954 they moved to
7318 Maple
Street in the South Arbutus
area.
Ted moved
to Powell
River, B. C. to manage the
B.C. Hydro district office on June 1, 1955. He would return to Vancouver on weekends to
be with his family. Fran with the two new born twins, Don and Ken, flew by DC-3
plane on November 11, 1955 to move to Powell River. Her sister Shirley Airey went with
her to help. Due to poor weather, the plane landed at Comox on Vancouver Island. Several hours later they flew under the
low clouds across Georgia
Strait to the Powell River airport. Ted was to drive to
Powell
River with Ross and Brian,
but was delayed because the ferries were not operating due to the bad
weather.
The family
lived in a small rented house at Kamloops Street and Marine Drive while a
new home was under construction. The family moved into the new house at
3290 Malaspina Avenue, Powell River in May, 1956. The family was active
in water skiing and boating in the Powell River area.
Ted
accepted a promotion to Distribution Manager, Vancouver area, and moved to 6768 Ash Street, Vancouver
on November 1, 1973. He had a small house on Redroofs Road, Sechelt, over looking
Georgia
Strait constructed during
the summer of 1982. They used the house extensively to escape the noise of the
city. Ted and Fran moved to 5 -
1001 Northlands Drive, North
Vancouver in June 1, 1992.
Ted and
Fran were very active with square dancing, playing bridge and traveling until
Fran passed away in November 2008.
Ted
had a stroke and heart attack on December 4, 2010 at his home in North Vancouver
and was taken to Lions Gate Hospital. He passed away peacefully on December 5,
2010. A memorial service for Ted Gregory was held at Mount Seymour United
Church, North Vancouver on December 17,
2010.
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