53 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CASSELMAN, Gerald George Gerald was born in Trenton, Ontario on May 10, 1946. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) and joined the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps on June 20, 1963 and after basic training and trades training as a heavy vehicle operator, was posted to the 4th Infantry Brigade Group in Soest, Germany. Upon repatriation to Canada in 1968, he was posted to CFB Trenton to MSE section and remained there until his release from the Military onAugust 24, 1973. He was awarded the Special Service Medal with German Bar. Upon release, Gerald was employed as a structural steel fitter and welder at various steel plants in southern Ontario including Central Bridge Trenton, Ontario and Bellville, Ontario and retired in 2004 after being injured at work. Gerald passed away on January 24, 2025. CASSELMAN (SIMPSON), Mary Muir Craig “Mae” Mae was born in Greenock, Scotland, on September 17, 1923. She enrolled in the women’s Royal Naval Service (Regular Force) on September 15, 1941 and served as messenger and mail clerk at HMS Orlando in Greenock, Scotland until her release on August 4, 1943. She served with honour and distinction and was awarded the British Armed Forces Veteran’s badge. After release, she immigrated to Canada with her new husband Elvin Casselman, an RCN veteran and settled in Trenton, Ontario where together they raised eight children. Well known and loved for the Scottish accent she never lost and her ability to organize her growing family in a land where everything was strange to her. She learned the Canadian way on the fly. She was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Trenton Branch 110 for thirty years. Mae died on April 12, 2006. CASSELMAN, Murney Elvin Murney Elvin was born on June 23, 1916, in Monteagle Township, Ontario and joined the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve on November 15, 1940 in Kingston, Ontario. He went into active service in April 1941 as a Stoker 2nd Class and served at HMCS Stadacona and overseas at HMCS Niobe and on board HMCS Iroquois sailing on the North Atlantic andArctic oceans protecting supply and troop ship convoys between Britain and Murmansk, Russia. Leading Stoker Casselman was awarded six wartime medals including the 19391945 Star, Atlantic Star, British Arctic Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal 1939-1945. At the end of hostilities, he was demobilized and discharged at HMCS Cataraqui in Kingston, Ontario. He was reunited with his wife Mary in Trenton, Ontario where together they raised eight children. He returned to his pre-wartime employment at Central Bridge Structural Steel as a steelworker where he was often lauded by co-workers and management for his extremely high work ethic, attention to detail, honesty, and integrity. He remained employed there until his retirement in 1981. Elvin was a member of the Masonic Lodge and a 35-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Trenton Branch 110. He died on August 8, 1989.
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