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As the funeral procession pulled out of St. Mark’s Anglican Church on Saturday, the sound of a hundred hockey sticks tapping the sidewalk filled the air.
It was a final tribute to Walter Gretzky, the world’s most famous hockey dad, Lord Mayor of Brantford, community booster extraordinaire, and all-round great guy, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 82.
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“He was a beloved national treasure,” said Rev. Tim Dobbin, who conducted the service. “Walter, in many ways, belonged to us all.”
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