Pieter Jacobus Cruson, founder of the agricultural machinery company Dutch Industries has died. He was 96.
Cruson emigrated to Regina from Holland to Regina after the Second World War looking for a better life.
In 1952, he started the Dutch Blacksmith Shop in Regina, which eventually grew into Dutch Industries, now in Pilot Butte, Sask.
Cruson helped other immigrants come to Canada.
He had a love of music and was active in many choirs as well as a charter member of the Regina Philharmonic Chorus.
Cruson died Sept. 15 in Rocky Mountain House, Alta. His funeral was in Regina.
