In his 100th year, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, our Dad, passed away peacefully at Bethell Hospice, May 30, 2024.
Born in Toronto on November 13, 1924, he grew up in a modest house with central coal-fired heating along with his sister and parents. He followed in his father’s footsteps as an Electrical Engineer, graduating from The University of Toronto with a degree in Applied Science & Engineering in 1947.
He was introduced to our mom by his close friend at a young people’s united church social group and they married in 1949 and had a loving relationship that spanned 47 years.
Upon graduation he was employed by Ontario Hydro and spent the next 35 years building a very successful and satisfying career.
Born with an adventurous spirit, he continued to find new challenges throughout his life; he built a beautiful family cottage on Kawagama Lake in his 50's; travelled to Costa Rica, Jordan and Ethopia upon his retirement; took flying lessons in his 60's; bought a sailboat in his 70's, and never shied away from technology - owning & operating the latest computers, tablets, phones and watches up until the end.
He provided us with a life full of enriching experiences & adventures – as a young family he drove us across Canada for our summer vacations, introduced us to beautiful northern Ontario on many camping trips and taught us the finer skills of water-skiing, downhill skiing and sailing.
After our mother passed away in 1996, he met and married a lovely Scottish woman and Dad had an additional 10 years of travel & companionship until her passing in 2014.
He still had some room for adventure and spent time up north in his early 90’s golfing and enjoying nature.
His final months were fraught with health challenges but he never complained about pain or suffering and retained his independent spirit up to his final days.
During this time, he received exceptional and loving care from Sewrattie who sang to him nightly, Chandra & Aneesha who helped him with the challenges of daily living & many others who helped him at Greenway Retirement Home & Bethell Hospice. His end of life journey was so much sweeter for their presence.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bethell Hospice Foundation (https://bethellhospice.org). A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

A poem of Glory for Dad:
“Center of all Centres, core of cores,
Almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet-
all this universe, to the furthest stars
All beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.
Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
your vast shell reaches into endless space,
and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.
Illiuminated in your infinite peace,
a billion stars go spinning through the night,
blazing high above your head.
But in you is the presence that
Will be, when all the stars are dead.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rest in Peace Dad – we love you!