{"id":28918,"date":"2020-02-28T08:01:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T13:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=28918"},"modified":"2021-09-17T08:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:19:35","slug":"morrison-roderick-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/28\/morrison-roderick-john\/","title":{"rendered":"MORRISON, Roderick John &#8216;Rod&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peacefully at home, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in his 74th year. \u00a0Beloved husband of Donna <a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A68F4C8D-5A49-4095-9BBC-00E792102A95-e1582892734400.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28919 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A68F4C8D-5A49-4095-9BBC-00E792102A95-187x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Rod Morrison\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>(nee Harris) and the late Marilyn (nee Wortman). \u00a0Loving father of the late Steven, Jana (James) Lutes, Andrea (Evan) Douglas and step-father of John (Lianne) Doiron and Ashley (Doug Cotter) Doiron. \u00a0Cherished grandpa of Grace, Jack, Cove, Carter, Emery, Quinten Roderick, Maira and Marnie. Dear brother of Hector (Wilma) Holly Morrison-Smith (Orville) and the late Steven. \u00a0Rod will be sadly missed by his nieces, nephews, his family in Winnipeg, the Harris family, the extended Morrison family, and many close friends \u2013 especially his lifelong friend Les Weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The family would like to thank the staff of St. Elizabeth Health Care, especially Taryn for going above and beyond. Nothing brought more joy to Rod than being with his family. \u00a0He always felt great pride and would talk about his family to anyone who would listen. Anyone who met Rod would describe him as a gentle, kind, generous person who loved fiercely and made everyone feel important. We will miss his wisdom, guidance, and unconditional love. He truly was one of a kind.<\/p>\n<p>A celebration of Rod\u2019s life will take place in Wawa at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>For those inclined to do so, donations to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #429 in Wawa would be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences received at www.MacCoubrey.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peacefully at home, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in his 74th year. \u00a0Beloved husband of Donna (nee Harris) and the late Marilyn (nee Wortman). \u00a0Loving father of the late Steven, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3077,3076],"class_list":["post-28918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fnews","tag-february-25","tag-rod-morrison"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 09:35:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28918"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47493,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28918\/revisions\/47493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}