John David Robert Lander, 80, of Mississauga Ontario, passed away suddenly on February the 22nd 2025 at Credit Valley Hospital.

John was born Peter Michael Booker on July the 15th 1944 in Toronto Ontario, to Helen Maxine Booker and Donald Fawcett. Shortly thereafter, he was adopted by Alice and John Lewis Lander and renamed John David Robert Lander.

John attended and completed his education at Pickering College in Newmarket Ontario.

In his early adult years, John held many diverse positions. He worked as a Clerk in the Customer Accounts Office for The T. Eaton Company. He was a bus driver for the Toronto Transit Commission and a Security Officer for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At the age of 29 in 1973, John joined the Toronto Police Service as a Parking Enforcement Officer where he worked and served for 26 years. John spent 23 years of that time working out of 55 Division and later 3 years at the Toronto Police Service - Parking Enforcement Home Office. John retired from the Toronto Police Service on May the 1st of 2000.

On the 12th of October 1985 John married Ruby Amita at St. Paul's L'Amoreaux Anglican Church in Scarborough. This year would have marked 40 years of marriage.

John was an avid fisherman, cinephile, occasional golfer and connoisseur of fine foods specialising in Indian and Chinese buffets.

John is survived by his loving wife Ruby, his brother Brian, his children James, David, Jennifer, and Richard and his grandchildren Isabelle and Austin.