Obituary of Clive Ballentine

BALLENTINE, Cleveland (Clive) - Trade Union Activist and former member of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, died at the age of 91. Clive Ballentine was a member of the Ontario Labour Relations Board for 14 years and he retired in 1992. Mr. Ballentine was proud of his background of being a bricklayer, a trade he learned after World War II. He attended the Federal Government Rehabilitation School for Veterans after he returned from overseas in 1945. He worked as a bricklayer for Metro Toronto area for 20 years before he was elected business agent of the Bricklayer's Union Local No. 2 Ontario in 1965. Mr. Ballentine was born and raised in Little Current, Manitoulin Island. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 177 in Little Current, a member of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Association, a founding and sustaining member of the N.D.P. and was a gold card member of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers. Predeceased by his beloved wife Wilhelmine. Loving father of Dana (Scott) and Anne (the late Bryon), sons Brian (Lindee) and Paul (Janice), proud grandfather of eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. He will be sorrowfully missed by his family and many friends. The family would like to thank the staff at Rouge Valley Extendicare for their kindness and care. The family will receive friends at the Ogden Funeral Home, 4164 Sheppard Ave. E., Agincourt, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service to be held in the Ogden Chapel on Monday at 11 a.m. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Toronto or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario.