Darrel Robert Sutton (July 9, 1947 – August 2, 2018) was a Canadian curler. He played as lead on the

Hec Gervais Hector Joseph "The Friendly Giant" Gervais (November 4, 1933 – July 19, 1997) was a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He was a two-time Brier champion and former World Champion. In curling strategy, he is considered to be the inventor of ...

rink that won the 1974 Brier. He owned The Filter Shop in

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

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, Canada.

Personal life

Sutton was born in

Lac La Biche, Alberta Lac La Biche ( ) is a hamlet in Lac La Biche County within northeast Alberta, Canada. It is located approximately northeast of the provincial capital of Edmonton. Previously incorporated as a town, Lac La Biche amalgamated with Lakeland Count ...

, Canada, in 1947, to Robert and Beatrice Sutton. He was married to Dorothy Sutton, and lived in Sherwood Park, Alberta. He had two daughters, and four grandchildren

He died at the age of 71 on August 2, 2018. About a week before his death, Sutton had a massive stroke which left him paralyzed on one side of his body and unable to talk. He died due to complications from the stroke.

The Filter Shop at BGE

Darrel started his company out of the back of his Ford Falcon station Wagon in 1968, and eventually merged with Bud Guthrie Enterprises (BGE). The Company was known as BGE Service and Supply, The Filter Shop, until 2013, when the name was changed to ''The Filter Shop at BGE''

BGE supplies filters and filtration services to Education, Industrial, Government, Oil and Gas, and Residential sectors across western Canada. The Filter Shop has branches in Vancouver, Prince George, Fort MacMurray, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and a corporate office in Edmonto

One of his former employees was Mike Benoit (now retired), father of WWE star

Chris Benoit Christopher Michael Benoit (; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career including most notably the WWE, World Wrestlin ...

References

External links

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Darrel Sutton – Curling Canada Stats Archive
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