Lisa Simonok

Dave was a wonderful and devoted person. He loved to tell corny jokes. He remained a bachelor but was a close friend of my grandmother for many years,

Thelma Mary (Hiron) Thomlinson was born in 1940 in Victoria, Capital County, BC Canada to Bernard Edward Hiron and Ada Mary (Crowe) Hiron, and died at age 60 years old on November 30, 2001 in Victoria, BC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thelma Mary (Hiron) Thomlinson.

Ada Mary (Crowe) Hiron of Victoria, Capital County, BC Canada was born on January 18, 1913 in Victoria, BC, and died at age 87 years old on January 13, 2001 at Glengarry Hospital in Victoria, BC. Ada Hiron was buried on January 22, 2001 at Hatley park memorial gardens in Colwood, BC County.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Florence Daisy (Wood) Hiron.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frederick Robert Hiron.

Bernard Hiron served in the Royal Canadian Navy. He was a gunner, a bomb disposal officer and a strong swimmer. On March 31, 1946 his mine disposal vessel, the HMCS Talapus was dispatched to Long Beach to dispose of a Japanese mine that had been spotted by fishermen. After locating and disposing of the bomb, his bomb disposal unit’s small boat was swamped by heavy seas. Bernard instructed his men to hold on to pieces of the boat while he tried to swim for help. He never made it to shore. He drowned, leaving behind his 5 year old daughter, Thelma and his wife Mary. He had a funeral with full naval honours and is buried in the naval/veterans cemetery in Colwood, BC. Bernard was posthumously awarded a Memorial Bar.