Jaanus' family is sad to announce his death at Michael Garron Hospital on December 19, 2025. He will be missed by his family: Reet; Karin and Chris, Elin and Guillaume; Vera, Agnes and Éva; Toomas; and a wide circle of extended family and friends. Jaanus was born on June 14, 1949 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to Estonian refugee parents. He moved to Canada as a preschooler, settling in Toronto after a period in Quebec. He embraced both his Canadian and Estonian identities, and was very active in the Estonian community in Toronto, participating in folk dance, Estonian school, Scouts, his fraternity Vironia, the Lutheran church and more. Jaanus graduated from industrial engineering at the University of Toronto, and then followed his wife-to-be Reet to medical school, working as a family physician for four decades. After listening to a patient's heart. he would pun, "your heart's in the right place." After their daughters were born, Jaanus and Reet both stayed at home part time, as equal partners in parenting. Jaanus greatly enjoyed his time at the Black River cottage property, part of which has now been donated to the Couchiching Conservancy. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Estonian Foundation of Canada, estonianfoundation.ca; or the Couchiching Conservancy, https://couchichingconserv.ca