Winfield (Win) A.  Hartlin

   

 

Served as a Radio Operator and Radio Inspector with DOT and DOC. Worked for many years at the Acton Monitoring Station. He retired in December 1979.

Il a été opérateur radio et inspecteur radio auprès du DOT et du DOC. Il a travaillé pendant de nombreuses années à la station de surveillance d'Acton. Il a pris sa retraite en décembre 1979.

 

It is with sadness that  I inform you of the passing at home this morning of Win Hartlin - VE1WIN - due to complications from pneumonia.  Win is going to be cremated and returned to Ontario to be with his wife. A service for Win will take place Monday, March 27th at 1100 at Walkers Funeral Home on the Herring Cove Road. You will recall that HARC honoured Win with the 2016 HARC Radio Amateur of the Year award at our Christmas Dinner this past December.
D. Howard Dickson, VE1DHD // VE1ZD
Halifax Amateur Radio Club (HARC) Secretary

March 21, 2017

This fine old gent worked for years at the Department’s Acton Monitoring Station.

Joe Macpherson, VE1CH

March 21, 2017

It is with great sadness that I heard about the passing of Winfield Hartlin yesterday. Win served as a Radio Operator (RO) and as a Radio Inspector (RI) with the Federal Department of Transport (DOT) and the Federal Department of Communications (DOC). Many of those years were spent at the Acton Monitoring Station, west of Toronto. He also worked in Wiarton as a RO in 1963/1964. Win retired in December 1979 after over 34 years of service. Please scroll down the page to see his obituary.

Donald Courcy, VE2RE

March 22, 2017

The Halifax Amateur Radio Club (HARC) honoured Win Hartlin (VE1WIN) in December 2016 with a special “2016 Amateur of the Year” award for his long-standing and active support of the Halifax Club.

Win has for many years participated in the vast majority of HARC’s activities, including Field Day, the Down-East Flea Market, the DX Forum, the MS Bike Rides and Walks. Win was also a major generator of advertising revenue for the past three Maritime Callbooks. Most recently, Win has been a regular feature at the new “Wireless Room” at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, meeting and greeting visitors from around the world.

(Courtesy of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club)

93, Halifax, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 20, 2017. Born in Halifax, he was a son of the late Alexander and Evelyn (Tyler) Hartlin.

 

Winfield will lovingly be remembered by his daughter in-law, Diane Hartlin; sisters, Gloria Thornton and Sandra (Ken) Cooper; sister in-law, Barbara Jollimore and family; several nieces including special niece, Susan and several nephews; fishing companion, Michael Davis. He was predeceased by his wife, Edith; son, John.

 

Arrangements are under the care of J. Albert Walker Funeral Home (2005) Ltd., 149 Herring Cove Road, Halifax, where a Service of Remembrance will be held on Monday, March 27 at 11AM, from the funeral home chapel, with a reception to follow. Interment will take place at a later date in Fergus, Ontario.

 

Donations in Winfield’s memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. 

 

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