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Walter and Phyllis Gretzky raised a remarkable family, including hockey superstar Wayne.
Walterâs life was busy before his 1991 stroke, but his full recovery due to family support and his amazing rehabilitation therapist, Ian Kohler, his book, Walter Gretzky, is a must read for stroke survivors.
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Hockey played a significant role in his recovery.
He described his recovery: âSomething happened, something good. My attitude changed, my sense of self, and turned my life into something worth living again.
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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.”