On Monday April 6, 2020 Harold Lewis James Dudleigh Giles passed away at age 86. He was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on November 13, 1933 and was proud to have moved to Vancouver at age 2. Harold is survived by his wife Maureen Ellam, his four sons Gordon (Sylvia), James (Karen), Randolph (Laure) and Stephen (Marlene), 3 grandsons, his brother David (Shirley), sister Carolyn (Reg) Sims, and many extended family members, friends, and students. He was predeceased by his sister Jo-Ann, father John and mother Marguerite LeFort nee Cardamone.
Harold was hardworking, generous, genuine, creative, athletic, and had a great sense-of-humor. He had a passion for soccer, boxing, and for physical conditioning. After deciding to start his own business he obtained a Hairstyling certificate from Vancouver Vocational Institute (now VCC) and then opened “Harold’s Hairstyling”, one of the first beauty salons in Kerrisdale. He went on to win many prestigious Hairstyling awards and eventually returned to VVI to teach hairstyling. He also had an exceptional talent for drawing caricatures, people, and scenes. He even managed to do a major renovation and expansion of the family home in his spare time. Those who knew him would be fondly aware of his formidable sense of humor.
Harold was a man of many talents and will forever be in our hearts.
A Celebration-of-Life will be announced after the threat of Covid 19 has passed.