Leonardas Raimundas Garbaliauskas was born on May 25, 1927 in Kaunas, Lithuania, the youngest son of Leonardas Garbaliauskas and Kotrina (Buterleviciute) Garbaliauskiene.

He attended Ausra College in Kaunas. During the Second World War, he and his family left Lithuania and eventually immigrated to Australia. He graduated from the University of Adelaide with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

In 1957, he immigrated to Canada and on June 6th, 1959, he married Danute Scepaviciute at St. John the Baptist Lithuanian Catholic Church in Toronto. From 1965, he lived in Mississauga, where he and Danute raised their three children.

He worked as a professional engineer in Canada, specializing in structural steel, and designing many buildings in the greater Toronto area. As a member of the Lithuanian Canadian community, he contributed to the Lithuanian scout camp “Romuva”, offering his professional advice and service.

On August 1, 2018, after receiving his last rights and sacrament, he passed away peacefully in the company of close family members at Collingwood General Marine Hospital. Mourning his loss are his wife of 59 years, Danute Garbaliauskas, sister Violeta Arlauskas in Australia, daughter Kristina, Paul Skrebys, son Linas and granddaughter Adele, son Romas, daughter-in-law Mariane, grandchildren Mateus, Julia and Cecilia, as well as other family and friends.

Visitation will take place at Turner & Porter Peel Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (N. of the Q.E.W.) on Wednesday from 2-4 pm and 6-9 pm, with prayers at 7 pm. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Lithuanian Martyrs Church, 2185 Stavebank Road, Mississauga, on Thursday August 9, 2018 at 11 am. Interment to follow at St. John’s Lithuanian Cemetery.

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