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Irwin, Noble

1921-1998

Dr. Noble Totton Irwin was born November 15, 1921in Swift Current. He received his formal education at Central Public School and the Swift Current Collegiate Institute in this city and St. John's Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Noble Irwin was married to Irene Spence on June 7, 1945. He attended the University of Saskatchewan and received his pre-medical training.

Following this he served in the Canadian Army during World War II as a member of the 8th Reconnaissance, 14th Canadian Hussars Regiment and was severely wounded during the Allied invasion of Normandy. After his discharge in 1945, he entered medical college at the University of Manitoba. Upon graduation in 1950 and following a year of internship, he returned to Swift Current to work at the Swift Current Clinic as a general practitioner.

In 1957 he began four years of training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1961. He returned to the Swift Current Clinic where he practiced until his retirement in 1986. Dr. Noble Totton Irwin passed away in Swift Current June 29, 1998 and, wife Irene passed November 20, 1999. Both husband and wife are buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Noble was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion; 8th Reconnaissance, 14th Canadian Hussars Regiment Association; the Rotary Club; the Swift Current Curling Club; the Elmwood Golf Club and the Swift Current Archeology Society. In his spare time Dr. Irwin enjoyed gardening, hunting, golf and curling.

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