Obituary of Fred Melville

MELVILLE, John (FRED) June 24, 1941 – August 3, 2020At the age of 79, John Frederick George Melville, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Monday, August 3, 2020. Fred was born to Andy and Ruth Melville in Port Arthur, ON, the eldest of seven children.Fred moved to Toronto in his early twenties where he started his career in the Automotive industry in Sales and then Management, the same industry he would retire from 40+ years later. Fred was an extremely hard-working man, working long hours regularly. If he wasn’t at work or spending time with his wife and children, he could be found at the Curling Club or on the golf course. Fred was always a sports enthusiast since childhood and remained that way through life, cheering on sporting teams, especially the Toronto Maple Leaf’s or Green Bay Packers.Fred is survived by his loving and caring wife Jackie who took tremendous care of him, his son Jason and daughter Kristin (Drew) Laswick, his grandchildren, Jacob, Katheryn and Nicholas Melville, Holly and Mitchell Laswick. Fred is preceded in death by his parents Andy and Ruth Melville and survived by his six siblings Dave (Josephine), Bruce (Pat), Marion Kelly, Judith (John) Bennoch, Barb (John) Corness and Susan Melville, Brother In Law Tom Moroney (Helen Horner) and predeceased by his Mother in Law Florence Moroney, brother in law Cliff Moroney and brother in law Fred Kelly. Fred will be missed by his many nieces and nephews.The family is grateful to their family, friends and neighbors for the support and love they received. They would also like to thank Fred’s care team throughout, Dr. Bruce MacClelland and staff, Dr. Ng and the RVH Cancer Care Program, Dr. Carl Clark, Nancy Wheaton from LHIN and her team, for all of their amazing support and care over the past 6+ months during Fred’s battle and Hospice Simcoe for the incredible care he received in his final days.Donations made in lieu of flowers can be made to Hospice Simcoe https://hospicesimcoe.ca/A Private Service will be held for the family atMcDougall and Brown Funeral Home – Scarborough Chapel2900 Kingston RoadScarborough, ONM1M 1N5Private Burial at Resthaven Cemetery for Family to FollowLIVESTREAMINGJoin the family of Fred Melville on Saturday, August 8th, 2020 at 12:45 p.m. as we live stream the funeral service by opening the following link in a new window.http://distantlink.com/dlm10.htmlThe Password to log onto the live stream is: Arbor2020https://thebao.ca/registrars-directive-changes-to-funeral-and-visitation-attendance/Effective immediately – Subject to certain conditions, the COVID-19 maximum attendance restriction allows for 30 per cent capacity for indoor funerals and visitations.MASKS ARE MANDATORY FOR ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE