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Albert (Burt) G. Palmer
December 26, 1927 - September 22, 2012
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<div itemprop="description">Albert (Burt) George&nbsp;Palmer, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 22, 2012 in the Palliative Care Unit at The Scarborough&nbsp;Hospital. Burt was born December 26, 1927 to Sidney and&nbsp;Winifred&nbsp;Palmer in Toronto, Ontario and was the youngest of 3 children. He attended Earl Haig Public School as a child and continued his education at Danforth Technical School where he studied Drafting. Although he met his beautiful wife Susan Ellen Elliot, in grade 3 of Public School, it wasn't until years later that they became a couple and eventually married in 1949 in Toronto. <br /> <br /> Burt pursued various&nbsp;careers&nbsp;as a youth including such jobs as car salesman and door to door vacuum salesman, eventually landing in the field of Cartography. Over the years, he honed his skill as a Draftsman creating various types of&nbsp;topographical&nbsp;maps by his ever so&nbsp;skillful&nbsp;and steady hand, however, he was still not content with this career path. During the 80's, Burt decided to leave his profession to&nbsp;pursue&nbsp;another line of work and enrolled in Ryerson University's Real Estate Course. At middle age, with a home, wife, and three children, this was an extremely brave move. With his nose to the grindstone, as he attacked many obstacles, Burt was successful in gaining his Real Estate License and began what would prove to be his career of choice. Over the years his&nbsp;client&egrave;le&nbsp;grew and often he found himself serving repeat clients. As the housing market thrived, so did Burt. He had found his niche in life and many people whom he&nbsp;dealt&nbsp;with in his profession enjoyed dealing with him. One of his clients called him &quot;Easy Money&quot; due to the seamless and uncomplicated manner in which Burt would go about selling their home.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Burt's biggest passion in life was sports. Whether it be hockey, baseball, football, or soccer, if it had a team he was watching. This could be the reason for his drive to give back to the sports community by involving himself for well over 50 years in the Wexford&nbsp;Hockey&nbsp;Association in a number of roles as well as a Director in the Scarborough Hockey Association. As a young father, he was coach to his 3 sons in both hockey and baseball for numerous years. <br /> <br /> Burt semi-retired in his late 60's and still kept his hand in Real Estate while enjoying his favourite pastime, working on projects at the cottage in Fenelon Falls. Eventually he fully retired and along with his wife Susan, began spending the summers at the cottage, enjoying lakeside life and often entertaining guests. We now affectionately call it &quot;Palmer North&quot;. During the winter months, Burt would spend most of his time watching one of his favourite sports, hockey. He also continued to Coach his three sons on their adult hockey team and was instrumental in them achieving several championships. <br /> <br /> Burt is survived by his wife, Susan; sons Steven, David and Michael; grandchildren, Ryan, Nicholas, Samantha and Zachary; sister, Phylis; and numerous nieces and nephews. Burt was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Evelyn Hoyle. <br /> <p> A&nbsp;celebration&nbsp;gathering will be held on Friday, September 28, 2012 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery &amp; Visitation Centre at 1:00 pm. At approximately 2:00 pm, the immediate family will place the Urn at Burt's final resting place. You are welcomed to remain at the Visitation Centre for some food and refreshments until the family returns and will greet guests and share stories or fond memories in the life of Burt Palmer. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Scott Mission. Those wishing to sign the guest book or give condolences, may do so on this website. </p> A heartfelt thank you goes out to the Nurses and staff at Extendicare Scarborough for their outstanding care in looking after Burt during the last couple of months. They were instrumental in making him feel comfortable and cared for in his last days with us. <br /> <br /> Also, many thanks to the staff at The Scarborough Hospital (formerly know as Scarborough General). Over the past 10 years, Burt has succumbed to many illnesses, had numerous procedures, and subsequently spent a great deal of time there. The many Doctors, Nurses, and staff always took very good care of Burt as well as Susan and were comforting at multiple critical times througout the years. The Palmer family thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. &nbsp; <br /> <br /> <br /> </div>