Walter "Wally" Henderson

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Walter Henderson on Saturday, July 31, 2021. Beloved husband and best friend to his wife Elizabeth Henderson for 20 years.  Loving father to Debra Grech (Tony); Nicholas Henderson.  Predeceased by his son David Henderson. Loving stepfather to Corinne Teal (Chris) and Ryan Teal (Lucie). He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren, Aaron and Matthew Grech, Nicholas Henderson; Jakob Kramer, Adrianna Teal and Nathan McNeil.  Great grandchildren include Marcel Grech, Landon and Lennox Kramer. He will be missed by all other family members and friends.

He was a caring friend to many, young and old. He was appreciated for his candor, generosity and kindness. He loved to travel around the world to visit new places. He was admired for his great knowledge which he loved to share with all who would listen.

In his younger days, he served as a police officer with the Kincardine Police Force. Later he went on to work at ITT Cannon as a sales representative for military grade connectors. In 1996, he moved back to his favorite place Bala, Ontario where he ran and operated the Bala General Store for 14 years with his wife. When he sold the store, he worked part time for a lawyer in Bracebridge and later worked part time for a hardware store in Bala. He really loved people and could talk your ear off.

Wally's sense of humor, positive outlook on life and focus on enjoying everyday will continue to be an inspiration to all who knew him.

Thank you to the staff at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital ICU for your compassion and for taking good care of him.

Visitation will take place on August 6 from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Cavill-Turner Funeral Home in Gravenhurst. Funeral services will be  held on August 7 at 2 p.m. with a livestream available from our website. Please be advised there will be Covid restrictions in place limiting the number of visitors at a time, please RSVP below. Cremation will take place on a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation ( http://heartandstroke.ca ).

Visitations are conducted on a schedule and by appointment only. Groups of 20 will be permitted to visit with the family during the following reserved times:

2:00 - 2:30pm, 2:30 - 3:00pm, 3:00 - 3:30pm and 3:30 - 4:00pm

6:00 - 6:30pm, 6:30 - 7:00pm, 7:00 - 7:30pm and 7:30 - 8:00pm

You must either reserve your time online through our website by clicking the 'RSVP' button below next to each visitation time period, or funeral to reserve your time. Please be sure to list all names of those attending in your party.

You are welcome to join in to watch the funeral via Live Stream. Log in instructions are below, at the bottom of the page:

Forget Me Not Ceremonies - Live Stream Instruction

Below the RSVP section, click the green box which says "click here to access the video" - you will be redirected to the Forget Me Not Ceremonies Registration Page
Enter your E-mail and click 'Submit'
You will then receive an e-mail from Forget Me Not Ceremonies with the next steps of registration
Once you are registered you will receive a link to the ceremony 'waiting room' (this is the link that will take you to the service)
The service will begin at 2pm on Saturday, August 7th, 2021.

NOTE: please login 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the service to avoid technical error.