In Celebration of

Gary Neil

February 14, 1944 - January 5, 2018

Neil, Gary William
Peacefully, on Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Site, at the age of 73. Beloved son of the late James “Earl” and Verna Neil. Beloved father of Heather (Shawn) Sampson of Stanley, N.B. and Sheri Neil (Peter) of Windsor. Beloved grandfather of Lyndsay, Rebecca, Shane, and Kandis.
His great passion was rally driving. He will be missed and fondly remembered by The Kitchener Waterloo Rally Club.
A graveside service will take place in the spring.
Online condolences may be made through www.turnerporter.ca

Guestbook

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Susan MacDonald (Friend of Ann Davenport)

Entered January 11, 2018 from Mississauga

May you feel the blessing of knowing your loved one is at piece in the presence of the Lord.
Thinking of you with Deepest Sympathy.

Ann Davenport (Good friend)

Entered January 11, 2018 from Mississauga

To Gary's two daughters, Heather, Sheri, with caring thoughts and my heartfelt sympathies for your loss: my thoughts and
Prayers are with you and your family....
To my dear friend Gary, I'll miss you terribly..you can now rest in peace....

Christina Chinn Thomlinson (Friend and Rally navigator to Gary)

Entered January 12, 2018 from Plattsville, On

Gary will now be tearing up the roads in his Nissan 555 in his afterlife. My sympathies to his family for your loss. We in the rally community will feel his absence.

Dennis Wharton (Co-competitor)

Entered January 12, 2018 from Petersburg

Gary and I go back to the inception of performance rallying in Ontario (and Canada). We both drove Datsun 510's. Gary's forte was going fast. mine was testing a 510's abilities to do either end over end rolls or side rolls. Even though we ran many times against each other, i particularly remember the Forest Rally in the Calabogie area in the 1970's. Performance rallying was just making it's mark. Gary beat me that day, in a small part because he had a faster car but in a much larger part because he was simply the better driver. What makes that day notable was that behind both of us were two future Canadian champions. That made my day and I'm sure it made his. Gary had a very competitive 2017 year and i'm going to miss him in 2018. Race in peace friend.

John Vanos (Rallying Competitor)

Entered January 12, 2018 from Guelph, ON

I am sorry to hear of Gary's passing. I will remember him fondly as he was one of the 'old timers' that I could never quite beat when we competed at the same rallies, I think he quite enjoyed putting us young guys in his place! He was a great competitor and volunteer to the sport.

My condolences,
John Vanos