Name: Pilon Family Funeral Home
Address: 50 John Street North, Arnprior, Ontario, K7S2N2, Canada
Telephone: (613) 623-5194

Immediate need: (613) 623-5194

Home
Obituaries
About Us
Funeral Planning
Pre-Need
Resources
Aquamation

In Memory of

George Colton

1939 - 2023

Tribute Wall

Obituary
Tribute Wall
Service Information
Memories
Donations
Live Webcast

Share / Subscribe to this tribute

Share Obituary:

Friday

October

Afternoon Visitation

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Friday, October 6, 2023

Pilon Family Funeral Home

50 John Street North

Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

Get Directions

Friday

October

Evening Visitation

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Friday, October 6, 2023

Pilon Family Funeral Home

50 John Street North

Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

Get Directions

Saturday

October

Morning Visitation

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Pilon Family Funeral Home

50 John Street North

Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

Get Directions

Saturday

October

Funeral Service

11:00 am

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Pilon Family Funeral Home

50 John Street North

Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

Get Directions

Cathy McRae posted a condolence

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

I met George through my sister Lori and we enjoyed many chats over the years, he was also a great friend to my parents. My sincere condolences to Shirley Dawn and George's family. Such a kind gentleman, George you will be missed. Rest in Peace

Please wait

Share Comment

Lori McRae posted a condolence

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

So sorry to hear about George . Mum and I just went and visited him and Shirley not long ago .I'm so glad we did .I had no idea George had passed or we would have come to the service. I have a lot of wonderful memories when I had cattle there at the farm. I will miss my friend and his chats. Thinking of all of you at this time .

Please wait

Share Comment

Helen & Arthur Levi posted a condolence

Monday, October 9, 2023

Shirley Dawn & Family And The Extended Colton & Pierce Families, Please Accept Our Sincere Sympathies On Your Loss Of George. May All The Great Memories Of Years Gone By Lessen Your Grief At This Difficult Time. Helen & Art

Please wait

Share Comment

Sue Koch donated to Canadian Breast Cancer Support Fund

Monday, October 9, 2023

Please wait

Shannon Lacasse donated to CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY - SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Please wait

Paul Brooking posted a condolence

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Uncle George was near and dear to my heart, as a wee lad our family had many cherished visits with George, Shirley Dawn and the kids. I learned to ride on the tractor by hanging beside George perched next to him on the left fender as he made his way through the barnyard. We eagerly checked for eggs in the hen house, wearing a glove on the hand that would lift the egg gently from underneath the hen not wanting to get pecked at. I remember it was dark there. We played hide and seek in the corn field behind his home, sneaking a few bites of the fresh corn, although I believe it was pig corn, tasted starchy. There are many more memories all good......., oh and I remember him buying us ice cream after church in Pakenham. George was kind, honest, generous, loyal and funny. Like many people have said about George, not many men were built like him.

Please wait

Share Comment

Ron and Jen Ryan posted a condolence

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Our deepest condolences to the Colton family, our prayers are with you, Ron and Jen Ryan

Please wait

Share Comment

Bill MacMillan 58pPq posted a condolence

Friday, October 6, 2023

My sincere sympathy, Gennene and Leah, on the loss of your beloved Father and Grandpa. Take care.

Please wait

Share Comment

Clare posted a condolence

Friday, October 6, 2023

George was a wonderful, kind, loving brother. He always welcomed us with opened arms when we visited his beautiful farm. Deepest sympathy to Shirley Dawn and family. Always in my heart George. Xxoo Clare

Please wait

Share Comment

Gerald Ryan and family posted a condolence

Thursday, October 5, 2023

My sincere condolences to the Colton family. George was a good kind-hearted man.

Please wait

Share Comment

Doreen Weaver donated to CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY - SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DU CANCER

Thursday, October 5, 2023

My sincere condolences to you Lisa and your family. May all your cherished memories of your Father bring comfort during this time of great loss and sadness.

Please wait

Doreen Weaver lit a candle

Thursday, October 5, 2023

//s3.amazonaws.com/skins.funeraltechweb.com/tribute-gestures/v2/candles/material_candle_white.jpg

My thoughts and condolences are with you Lisa and your family at this time.

Please wait

Share Comment

Rosemary Ganley posted a condolence

Thursday, October 5, 2023

I send my condolences to all the Coltons on the death of this warm kind man. Rosemary Burns Ganley

Please wait

Share Comment

Shannon and Chris Lacasse lit a candle

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

//s3.amazonaws.com/skins.funeraltechweb.com/tribute-gestures/v2/candles/material_candle_green.jpg

Our sincere condolences Lisa to you and your family. We are thinking of all of you.

Please wait

Share Comment

Brenda Anderson posted a condolence

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Shirley and family, Todd, myself Bradley and Owen want to send our sincere condolences to you all with George's passing. We all had such love and respect for him and his cheeky sense of humor!! Absolutely cannot smile when you say his name. Thinking of you all ❤️

Please wait

Share Comment

Doreen Weaver donated to Hope Grows Haiti

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

My thought and condolences are with you Lisa and your family at this time. May all your cherished memories bring comfort during these days of great loss and sadness. God Bless you all.

Please wait

Ronald Lapierre posted a condolence

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Our condolences to the Colton family on the passing of George. Our thoughts and payers are with you all at this time.

Please wait

Share Comment

Brenda Beaubien posted a condolence

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

My Deepest Sympathy on the loss of George, to the Colton Family.

Please wait

Share Comment

Eddie & Diane Bowden posted a condolence

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Our sincere condolences to the Colton family. May the special memories you made together help you through this difficult time.

Please wait

Share Comment

Norma & Hal Grainger posted a condolence

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Our sincerest condolences to the Colton family on your loss. George was a good, hard working man, he will be missed by all who knew him. Hal & Norma

Please wait

Share Comment

Wilson and Ann Boyd posted a condolence

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Our sincere condolences to Shirley, Wilfred, Lisa and Gennnene on the loss of your best friend George. Sincere condolences to all the Colton family on the loss of George. He was a wonderful neighbor and loved his tractor and box blade to clean away the snow in the winter and level the gravel in the laneway in the summer. Thank you George for your friendship and care. Wilson and Ann Boyd

Please wait

Share Comment

Christine Simard lit a candle

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

//s3.amazonaws.com/skins.funeraltechweb.com/tribute-gestures/v2/candles/material_candle_white.jpg

My thoughts and condolences are with Lisa and the family at this time. He was a good hard-working man with a great sense of humour. He will be missed. <3

Please wait

Share Comment

Brian Colton posted a condolence

Monday, October 2, 2023

Alas, a great Irish Prince's eyes have closed their last, but his memory will remain with me for years to come. I am one of only a couple of the remaining Braeside Colton's, who has kept in contact with who we called the Panmure Road Colton's. George and his brother Jim were my contacts for the past almost 50 odd years into a great family, who along with their mother Mary, schooled me on the history of our common Colton family ancestors that came out of Ireland in the early 1800's and settled not far from the family farm property. George, as many know was a kind chap, with a wry sense of humour, but overall he was a great man in a time when there are very few around any longer who could hold a match to the light he put on the value of hard work. He had many skills, who helped numerous others in their time of need for work to keep their lives together, and never asked for anything in return. Alas, I will not be home or in Canada later this week for George's service, so with this I pass on my sincere sympathies to Shirley, the family and extended Colton family. Take care of yourselves, Brian

Please wait

Share Comment

Manfred and Betty Koch posted a condolence

Monday, October 2, 2023

Shirley Dawn, Lisa, Travis, Layni and all of George's family: Sending you heartfelt condolences on the loss of your beloved George, husband, dad, grandfather. He will be dearly missed. Keep your memories close to your heart forever, they are now your golden treasures, may they help to keep you strong in this time of sorrow. RIP George

Please wait

Share Comment

Karen smith posted a condolence

Monday, October 2, 2023

Condolences to your family on this loss. I first met George and family as a youngster. My youngest memory of George is that he was a “giant” of a man to a small kid like me. After meeting his daughter again decades later, well she carries a lot of her dad in her, a force to be reckoned with. (JJ)

Please wait

Share Comment

Kim Colton posted a condolence

Monday, October 2, 2023

So much to say about Uncle George. What a warm, loving, caring, wonderful man. A humble man. Not one for material things, well, except for old tractors! They don’t make them like him anymore. One of the hardest working men I ever met. Taught young, on the farm, by his father Wilfred, mother Mary and older siblings. He put in many long, hard days on the farm, and at the many jobs he had over the years, from helping enlarge the St Lawrence Seaway in the 1950 and 60s, to his years at James Landscaping. Hot, heavy, backbreaking labour. Often, at the end of the workday he returned home to put in even more hours on the farm. George was always there. Loved nature and all her creatures, as evidenced by the many dogs, cats, cows, and donkeys on his and Shirley’s farm. Always had a kind word and gave of his time to visit “the old folks” at various nursing homes. The thing I treasure most about Uncle George was his sense of humour. I remember how he would make my grandmother Mary, his mother, laugh. Even on some of her saddest days. A lot of people are going to miss you Uncle George. I know I will❤️ You’ve probably got Grandma laughing up there already.

Please wait

Share Comment

Eric Caldwell lit a candle

Monday, October 2, 2023

//s3.amazonaws.com/skins.funeraltechweb.com/tribute-gestures/v2/candles/material_candle_blue.jpg

George, taught me a lot on the farm and at James Landscaping! You will be missed! Greatest personality! My condolences, Shirley, and family!

Please wait

Share Comment

Kevin & Ying James posted a condolence

Monday, October 2, 2023

So sorry for your loss Shirley and family. George was a great old guy….

Please wait

Share Comment

Melba Cavanagh posted a condolence

Monday, October 2, 2023

George was a wonderful, kind neighbor to Ronnie and I and our family. He will never be forgotten and him and Ronnie will be neighbors again. My sincere sympathy to Shirley Dawn and their whole family.

Please wait

Share Comment

JJ Colton posted a condolence

Monday, October 2, 2023

You are and will always be the greatest man in the world. You will always be my hero, my role model. The love of my life. I know ur in the hay field in the sky. I’ll be there with you someday. We will take turns driving and loading like we always did. Love u dad

Please wait

Share Comment

Cindy FitzPatrick Posted Oct 2, 2023 at 4:19 PM

Condolences to Shirley Dawn and the family. George always had a smile for everyone. He will be missed by all that ever met him.❤️

Report

Lisa Gilmette Posted Oct 2, 2023 at 5:25 PM

Well Said we will never ever forget you dad love you xxoo

Report

The family of George Colton uploaded a photo

Monday, October 2, 2023

/tribute-images/6239/Ultra/George-Colton.jpg

Please wait