It is with heavy hearts we announce the peaceful passing of our husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather (Edmont) Gordon Breitkreutz, born February 13, 1938 in Edmonton Alberta. Gordon was predeceased by his parents Rudolph and Hulda Breitkreutz and infant sister Bernadine.
He will be dearly missed by his wife of 50 years Maureen (Ford), daughter Colleen Collar (Ian), son Jeff Breitkreutz (Irene), daughter Shauna Breitkreutz (Jeremy), brother Ron (Lorna), sister Audrey Kotke (Heinz), brother Eric (Judy). Grandchildren Ashleigh Pollock (Mike), Amber Laska (Christa), Katie Collar (Emmanuel), Alicia Trottier (Luke), Morgan Breitkreutz, Nic Collar (Meghan), Ryan Breitkreutz (Alyssa), Akai Breitkreutz (Grace) and great grandchildren Arizona and Oakley Laska. Also numerous nieces and nephews, friends and colleagues.
Gordy, a U of A alumni and past member of the Golden Bears Hockey team, hockey continued to play an important role in his life as he played into his senior years with the Old Timers Hockey League. He was proud to teach at Strathcona Composite High School for 35 years. As a Math Teacher, Department Head of Physical Education and Football Coach he made a profound impact on the lives of many students and athletes.
Family was of the utmost importance to him and he was extremely proud of his. His legacy is apparent in the sheer amount of love present within his. Gord also always made a point to stay connected with past colleagues and friends. Gord was very loved, respected, valued and will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
A Memorial will be held in his honour at the Breitkreutz Farm September 14, 2024 at 2:00 pm.
Shawna, Jeremy and Akai
We are so sorry for the loss of your father/grandfather.
May all your good memories of your dad, get you through this painful time
When I think about Mr B. One I think about the 1963 Volkswagen Bug I believe it was and I don’t know what to call that color turquoise? 2 the sign out sheet for box for all the sports equipment that was in his garage that we were supposed to sign out and return but we often didn’t, we eventually lost all our privileges so we learned a little bit about consequences from that lesson he was trying to teach us. I think he was trying to teach us about responsibility and respect and I am sure most of us kids in the neighborhood probably got a F grade on that one. Regardless we did learn a little bit about respect which we hopefully applied to some of the lifelong friendships that we saw develop growing up in Aspen Gardens and have lasted to this very day. I observed the life long friendship the last time I visited with him and my Mom for breakfast a few years back. The last thought I have is I hope that he can meet up with Ralph Otto, Doug Dahl, Jack Calkins and maybe they can settle once and for all the Aspen Gardens Ultimate Horseshoe Championship? Unfortunately I think up there all they will be doing is throwing perfect ringers so they’ll cancel each other scores out, so I don’t know if they’ll ever get past a Zero to Zero score, but I am sure they will be happy with the tie after a little bit of friendly, spirited competition, some trash talk, and a few laughs!
This is my final sign out Mr B. from Brad Dahl, and I swear I don’t know what happened to that baseball glove I signed out, might have left in the field across the street after playing into the dark but I did bring the baseball bat back!
So very sorry to hear of Gord‘s passing hoping your memories bring you comfort in your time of loss and that it lifts your heart to know other share your sadness. You now have a guardian angel to look after you and your family.