Campus flags will be at half-mast Monday and Tuesday to mark the memorial services for a University of Guelph staff member and a student.

Campus flags will be at half-mast Monday in honour of student Cole Hamblin, who died Nov. 5 following a short battle with cancer.

Hamblin, from St. Adolphe, Manitoba, was a new recruit to the Gryphon hockey team and a former Western Hockey League player with the Spokane Chiefs and the Regina Pats. A celebration of Hamblin’s life is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at the St. Adolphe Community Centre.

The flags will be lowered Tuesday to mark the memorial service for U of G staff member Glenn Slinger, who died Nov. 5. Slinger worked for the McLaughlin Library in Organizational Services.

A celebration of Slinger’s life will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Gilbert MacIntyre & Son Funeral Homes Hart Chapel, 1099 Gordon St. As expressions of sympathy, the family is suggesting donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Cards available at the funeral home or send condolences to ww.gilbertmacintyreandson.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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