COLVILLE, Frank Colville Obituary

COLVILLE, Frank – Well-known Ontario horseman Frank Colville passed away on Monday December 21, 2015 at the Port Perry, Ontario hospital. He was 78.

Raised in Toronto, he was a long-distance transport driver and heavy machinery mover until his retirement. At one time, he held a record for more than two-million accident-free miles. Frank often said he “drove more miles backwards than most people frontwards.” 

The Colville family had a cottage near the Havelock area and it was there they became good friends with the LaRush and Peters families who were involved in harness racing. It was through them they discovered an interest in the sport many years ago which has continued through to today and is carried on by Frank’s daughters Joanne and Annemarie, both of whom are very involved in Ontario harness racing.

Frank held a trainer’s license for many years and always had a horse or two. Upon his retirement he often helped train his daughter Joanne’s High Stakes Stables’ horses alongside son-in-law Jack Moiseyev.

Frank is survived by daughters Joanne (Jack Moiseyev) and Annemarie (Mike Wade) and granddaughter Emma Christoforou and sister Margaret Irwin.

A celebration of life will take place Wednesday, December 23rd from 5 to 9 p.m. at the J. Scott Early Funeral Home in Milton.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society (where Joanne serves as Events Co-ordinator and administrator), the Canadian Cancer Society and/or the Canadian Diabetes Association.

The family extends a special thanks to Dr. Mustafa Kamouna of Milton and Dr. Christopher Westbrook of the Port Perry Hospital.

HaltonObituaries.com

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