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Richard Carl Leswick
December 22, 1953 - December 14, 2015
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<div itemprop="description"><br />Major Rick Leswick <br /> <br />Richard Carl Leswick died at Campbell House hospice in Collingwood, ON, December 14, 2015 at the age of 61. Rick was much loved by his parents Frank and Olga Leswick, his wife Karina Dahlin, his extended family and many friends. <br /> <br />His grandparents were Ukrainian immigrants who struggled to build a life in Manitoba. His kindness to those in need and his political engagement were anchored in the stories he heard about life in the prairies in the early 1900s. <br /> <br />Rick was a private Iinvestigator and a teacher of law enforcement. He had a long commitment to the Canadian Armed Forces and served in a variety of roles. He loved music and read widely. Raised in a family of railroaders, he maintained a fine garden scale railroad in Etobicoke and in 2014 combined his interest in trains with his literary talent, publishing a book on the history of the railroad in his new home of Collingwood. For Rick, the train represented a slower, more sociable era and with it he created a place for joy and camaraderie. <br /> <br />Rick did not have children of his own but devoted countless hours to his cadets hoping to make them better, more complete young men and women. Many have said that Rick's gift was to make a person feel special and important. It was nothing to him set aside a day to spend with a distant cousin or a neighbour's kid and he took great pleasure in the achievements of his younger relatives and godchildren. <br /> <br />Unfailingly loyal to his friends and his extended family, Rick deeply loved Karina, who cared for him to the very end. <br /> <br />There will be no visitation. The funeral takes place at the All Saints' Anglican Church, Collingwood, Monday, December 21st at 11:00 a.m. <br /> <br />Rick requested that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Air Cadet League of Ontario (1-800-513-0952) or to the Yonge Street Mission (1-800-416-5111).</div>