Former premier Roblin laid to rest today
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WINNIPEG — Duff Roblin was remembered today as a humble statesman who cared more about the whole than himself.
His funeral was this morning at All Saints Anglican Church kitty-corner to the Manitoba Legislative Building.
The intimate, private service was in part organized by the former premier before his death last Sunday at age 92.
Friend Jim Carr said at the service that Roblin wanted it kept short and simple.
"He appealed to the best of men as he looked for the best in us," Carr said of Roblin. "It was never about him — it was about us."
Roblin’s daughter Jennifer said her father was an avid reader who believed if you had Shakespeare’s works and The Bible, you had the riches of the world in your hands.
Mourners included former prime minister Joe Clark, Premier Greg Selinger and Mayor Sam Katz.
The funeral procession passed by the legislative building, down Broadway and north on Main Street to Elmwood Cemetery.
Roblin is best remembered as the man who built the Red River Floodway, but is credited with improving education and training in this province and opening up the north for development.
"Despite his many contributions to this province, Duff Roblin was also a man of tremendous modesty," Premier Greg Selinger said in an address to the legislature earlier this week. "He accepted honours and accolades with reluctance and a sense of humility. Manitoba has lost one of its finest citizens, and to say he’ll be missed is perhaps the understatement of the year."
Roblin was the province’s 14th premier, serving in that role from 1958 to 1967, and later became a prominent Canadian senator.
The public can offer their sympathies for the family by signing a book of condolences set up inside the front entrance of the Manitoba Legislative Building. People can also sign it online at www.gov.mb.ca/condolence. Flags on all provincial buildings will fly at half-mast until sunset tonight.