Milton Elwood McLean

In Loving Memory of
Milton Elswood
"Mick" McLean
age 89
beloved husband of the late Kay McLean

Died
February 6, 2016
Prairie View Lodge
Pilot Mound, Manitoba

Funeral Service
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Pilot Mound United Church
Pilot Mound, Manitoba
2:00 p.m.

Interment ~ Greenwood Cemetery Pilot Mound, MB.

In lieu of flowers donations in memory of
Mick may be made to the Pilot Mound
Legion  Branch # 62 Pilot Mound, MB R0G 1P0,
or to a charity of own choice.

Milton Elswood McLean    March 8, 1926 –February 6, 2016

Milton “Mick” McLean was born in Londesboro district in the RM of Louise, MB, the  3rd child of Ed and Ida McLean. He grew up on the family farm with his brother and sister and attended Londesboro and later Pilot Mound schools.  Mick enlisted with the armed forces on Jan.13,1944. He joined the RCAF air crew and qualified as an Air Gunner Special Group with the rank of sergeant.

He trained in Regina, SK and in PEI and served overseas based in England.  In 1946 he returned home to Pilot Mound and for the next two years did carpentry work with his father. Mick married Audrey McTaggart in 1948 and that same year he obtained a VLA loan to purchase his grandfather’s (John Morrow) homestead in the Silversprings district and began farming.

Mick earned his private pilots licence in 1957 and piloted his own planes until 1994.  He was also a licenced  ham radio operator.

Mick’s second marriage in 1975 was to Kathleen Neilson. They lived and worked on the farm until 1989 when they retired to Pilot Mound.  Their retirement years were filled with travel within North America, Europe and the British Isles. They took numerous camping and fishing trips with the motor home or camper truck, making many new  friends along the way.

Mick spent many enjoyable hours flying his plane and sharing the experience with family and friends. He taught and shared his hunting skills with his nephew Brian and they enjoyed  hunting together.  Mick and Kay were both members of the Pilot Mound Legion (Mick joining in 1946).  This was a fellowship which meant a great deal to them both. Mick held the office  of  branch president and zone commander at various times.

 When Kay became ill, Mick moved to Prairie View Lodge Pilot Mound where he resided from Mar.12, 2015 to  Feb.6,  2016.

 Milton was predeceased by his beloved wife Kay on Apr 17, 2015 also by his brother Alex McLean and sister in law Olive and his sister Myrtle and brother in law Albert Hughson

He will be remembered by Kay’s daughter Sandy (Paul) Charette Kay’s grandsons Scott Pritchard (Yolande) and Ryan Pritchard (Valerie) Mick’s nephew and nieces-Brian Hughson (Lorna),  Ida  Cudmore, Gail Brown (Ray), Margaret Barton (Art) and Kay’s nieces and nephews- Lorraine Olson,  Maureen Bridges, Keith Kilfoile, Bonnie Scott, Wesley Wagner, Wendy Holensky, and Wanda Mills   

and also by his great nieces and nephews.

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