Community activist.
Born at Winnipeg on 1 May 1921, son of Sarah Dolphin (1890-1980) and Sydney Daniel Styan (1890-1964), he served in the Royal Canadian Navy before a lengthy career with Community Hotels Limited and Labatts Breweries. He served as President of the Winnipeg Executives Association (1967-1968) and the Hotel Association of Canada. He was married to Jean Frances Allan (1921-2018) for 49 years and they had one child. As a member of Niakwa Country Club and St. Boniface Golf Club (President), he enjoyed over 50 years of golfing and was a member of the Granite Curling Club, Masons, Khartum Shriners, and Rotary Club of West Winnipeg. He died at Winnipeg on 13 October 2004.
Birth registration [Stuart William Styan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 October 2004.
Obituary [Jean Frances Styan], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 August 2018.
“Sydney Styan,” Sydney Daniel Styan family tree, Ancestry.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 21 September 2023
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