George Joachim Doering
February 7th, 2017
On the morning of February 7, 2017, George passed away peacefully with his family by his side. In his 87th year, George is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Gertraude (Trudy), and his two sons Ron (Kathy), and Rob. Born in Schwedt, Germany in 1929 to Walter and Frida, the third of four children. Predeceased by his parents, sister Ruth, brother Martin, survived by sister Gertraud, sisters-in-law Lola Doering, Inge Wolter, bother-in-law Karl-Heinz Ziwny (Evi), sister-in-law Margarete Bereit (Wolfgang II), brother-in-law Claus-Dieter Ziwny (Christine), niece Dietmute Doring, nephew Michael Ziwny (Merriam), nieces Karen Manary (Brad), Rhonda Shaffner (Jim), nephews Mark Doering, Wolfgang Bereit III (Verena), Andreas Bereit (Melanie), niece Bettina Grimm (Patrick), nephew Uwe Wolter (Alexandra), nieces Stefanie Ziwny, Martina Specker (Erich), Sabrina Ziwny, and nephew Matthias Ziwny. Predeceased by sister-in-law Annemarie and husband Richard Klink, brother-in-law Horst Wolter.
George immigrated to Canada in 1954. The love of his life, Trudy, followed him to Kitimat, BC in 1956, where they married one week after Trudy’s arrival. George was a machinist/millwright, and First Aid Attendant with a level “A” ticket, retiring in 1990. He has had a long and distinguished second career, volunteering his time and energy working with all levels of government, and community trying to make a difference.
George has won many accolades and awards; the Queen’s Commemorative Medal (1993), the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012), Senior of Distinction Award for healthy living (2015), Hero of Burnaby Award (2015), and in 2016, George received the first annual award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Community, to name a few, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Many thanks to the staff at Burnaby General Hospital, EMT’s and the Paramedics who all showed a great deal of care and compassion in his last year.
There will be a celebration of life for George on March 4, 2017 at 11:00 am at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown located at 6083 McKay Avenue in Burnabyilton Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Burnaby Hospital Foundation would be greatly appreciated.
You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence for the family.
My condolences to the Doering family. I worked with George from 1975 until he retired . I believe rob also worked with me there in the early 1980 ' s, we both had Harleys . I enjoyed working with George and his sense of humor .after he retired I saw him at the union picnics, and when I retired we would see each other at the retiree luncheons. he wasn't at the 2016 one, and then at rick mcqueens wake, bill newnham told me the sad news that George was not doing well. he was a good guy, and a class act , helping many seniors out .sincerely, john wilson .