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Former Caledon fire chief remembered for great sense of humour

Nov. 15, 2023, Caledon, Ont. – Last year, 97-year-old Norman Zimmerman recited by memory John McCrae’s famous poem “In Flanders Fields” at the Alliston Probus Remembrance Day ceremony. It’s a reading he has done every year since 2007. But the Second World War veteran and retired Palgrave fire chief declined the invitation this year due to declining health. He died just a few days before Remembrance Day — on Nov. 6 — in his 99th year. Caledon Enterprise reports. | READ MORE