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Alec McCuig
March 5, 1927 - September 4, 2014
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<div itemprop="description">WILLIAM DAVID ALEXANDER (ALEC) <br />McCUAIG March 5, 1927 - September 4, 2014 <br />Alec passed away at home, peacefully in his sleep, after a prolonged illness at 87 years. He was predeceased by his love and beautiful wife Carolyn (nee Jenkins) of 48 years in 2001 and missed her every day since. The kindness, connections and love of family, friends and caregivers was never lost on Alec and he was always first to say how fortunate he was and how high everyone kept his spirits. His outlook was great even if his prognosis was less so. Sadness but fond memories abound in Alec's three children Katie, Donald (Donna) and Christina; his grandchildren Mellissa, Zachary, Sam, Leanne, Julie and Jennifer, and his great-grandchild Corbin. He is also survived by sisters Jil (late Burke Trowsse) and Shirlee but predeceased by his brother Chal. Born in Fort William and raised in the small CPR town of Schreiber, Ontario, on &quot;the north shore of Lake Superior&quot;, Alec had a proud railway tradition in his family and he never stopped loving it despite moving on to a career in education. While pursuing his path at Queen's University, he met and fell in love with Carolyn and life couldn't have looked any brighter. His career took him from school inspector, to teacher, to civil servant with the Ontario Ministry of Education; Carolyn took him the rest of the circle with family, friends, spirituality and love while following her own career as a teacher. Both were active members of the United Church. Most have never met a person who kept so in touch with virtually everyone from his past. Not only family and friends, but students from the 50s, hunting buddies, university friends, work colleagues and even his first girlfriend. No one was immune to Alec's continued friendship. He had a charming way about him and he wanted to maintain relationships with those he admired. Alec was the keenest of the keen when it came to learning. He could answer Jeopardy questions before Alex Trebek finished asking them, do the Saturday crossword puzzles in minutes, debate geography, politics, history or the like with the best of them and devour books like they were only pictures. You learned from debating him but he learned from debating you. He'll miss forever his children and grandchildren whom he encouraged and supported in their dreams and their own education. His guidance will have more effect than he'll have ever realized. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Alec can be made to the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.</div>