LATHWELL o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-14 published
CARLIN,
Agnes
Kathryn
Died quietly at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, October
12, 2003 at age 56. Agnes is survived by her husband Richard
LATHWELL, her sister Eva
CHIRSTY and her brother Steve
GRISZBACHER.
Resting at the Ogden Funeral Home, 646 St. Clair Avenue West
(West of Bathurst) on Wednesday afternoon from 4-8 p.m. Funeral
Mass on Thursday morning at 11 a.m. in St. Clare Catholic Church
(St. Clair. East of Dufferin). Cremation to follow.
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LATIMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-03 published
LATIMER,
Robert
E.
(Retired as Assistant Deputy Minister of Trade
Policy- Department of External Affairs, Served as Minister of
Economics at the Canadian High Commission in London, England
and for many years was a Senior Trade and Economic Official in
the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce)
Suddenly at his residence, Kingston on Saturday, March 1, 2003.
Bob LATIMER, in his 79th year. Beloved Husband of Eleanor
STANTON.
Dear father of Kevin (Lori) of Kingston and Shelley of St. Catharines.
Predeceased by sister, Elspeth
LATIMER, and brothers, Jack, Jim
and Bill LATIMER.
Also, survived by sisters-in-law, Mary and
Margaret LATIMER and brother-in-law, Ralph (Mary)
STANTON.
Sadly
missed by Nick and Katy. Fondly remembered by several nieces
and nephews. The family will receive Friends at the Scotland
Funeral Home, 27 Main Street, Elgin (613) 359-5555) on Wednesday,
March 5th after 12 noon followed by a Memorial Service in the
Chapel at 1 o'; clock. Inturment Olivet Cemetery. As expressions
of sympathy, memorial donations made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
or the Charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.
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LATIMER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-05-15 published
Maker of men: 'The Chief' ran Kilkoo Camp for Boys
For 25 years, Ontario educator ran a wilderness camp for boys
and then helped launch Toronto's Greenwood College
By Allison
LAWLOR
Thursday,
May 15, 2003 - Page R9
John LATIMER's idea of a perfect evening was visiting with young
campers in their cabins at Kilcoo Camp, telling stories and listening
to tales of their day's adventures.
"You haven't seen the Pied Piper in action until you saw John
in action," said his long-time friend David
HADDEN, the head
of Lakefield College School, a private school in Lakefield, Ontario
"The kids just loved him."
Mr. LATIMER's life-long love of Kilcoo Camp, the Ontario boy's
camp he directed for more than 25 years, began in 1938. At the
age of 8, Mr.
LATIMER arrived at Kilcoo, located on the shores
of Haliburton's Gull Lake, about two hours' drive northeast of
Toronto, as a young camper.
He loved the outdoors and became an accomplished canoeist. After
several years as a camper, Mr.
LATIMER moved on to become a leader-in-training,
counsellor and program director at the camp. Then in the fall
of 1955, he bought the camp and became its director.
Mr. LATIMER, along with his wife
Peggy, directed Kilcoo until
1981. It was as director of Kilcoo that he became known as "Chief"
a name that stuck with him throughout his life. After retiring
from Kilcoo, he had a cottage built beside the camp and remained
active in camp life and as a well-known face to the young campers.
Not long after stepping down as the camp's director, Mr.
LATIMER's
eldest son, David
LATIMER, took over and continues to direct
the camp.
Mr. LATIMER later wrote a book called Maker of Men: The Kilcoo
Story, about the place he loved so much. He also co-authored
a camp-counsellor's handbook. With his wide smile and keen interest
in people, Mr.
LATIMER captured people with his enthusiasm.
"He just had this special gift," said Mr.
HADDEN, who considers
Mr. LATIMER his mentor and the reason he pursued a career working
with young people. "No one I know has had a greater capacity
to love so many people."
Mr. HADDEN added: "He had the ability to touch people's souls,
really I believe that."
John Robert
LATIMER was born on October 13, 1930, in Toronto.
After graduating from Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in north
Toronto, he went on to radio school. He completed his training
and went to work as an announcer at private radio stations in
Guelph, Ontario, and Stratford, Ontario, before joining the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto. At the public broadcasting
corporation, he worked in the film department but continued to
spend his summers at Kilcoo Camp.
"I think he worked to go to Kilcoo," said his long-time friend
John KENNEDY.
At a party of camp Friends, he met his future wife
Peggy
MacDONALD.
The couple married on April 29, 1961, and later had three sons,
who grew up around the camp.
Not long after retiring as director of Kilcoo in 1981, Mr.
LATIMER
went to work in the Ontario government's Office of Protocol.
"He never had any intention of retiring," his wife
Peggy
LATIMER
said. "He always said he didn't like golfing."
As acting chief of protocol, Mr.
LATIMER was responsible for
making sure visits to the province by the Royal Family and heads
of state ran smoothly.
In his role, Mr.
LATIMER and his wife had occasion to meet the
Queen, Prince Philip, the late Queen Mother and several other
members of the Royal Family. The Duchess of York, Sarah
FERGUSON,
spent time at Kilcoo Camp learning how to paddle a canoe.
From the Ontario government, Mr.
LATIMER went to Royal St. George's
College, a private boys' school in Toronto, where he was headmaster
from 1988 to 1996. About three years ago, Mr.
LATIMER and his
son David sat down with Richard
WERNHAM, a lawyer and entrepreneur
who made millions selling his mutual-fund company Global Strategy,
to talk about their dream of starting up a private school in
Toronto.
Together they, along with Mr.
WERNHAM's wife
Julia
WEST, founded
Greenwood College School (the school was named in honour of Mr.
LATIMER's mother, Zetta
GREENWOOD.)
The school, which emphasizes
not only academic achievement but the student's emotional, social
and physical development, opened last September.
"He fully believed in leadership and building leaders," said
David LATIMER, who is the school's director of community life.
"He always believed that through leadership, all kids could be
helped."
An active member of the school, John
LATIMER served on the school's
board of directors and took part in interviewing hundreds of
prospective students for the school's first year.
Having founded the school, which fulfilled a long-time dream,
Mr. LATIMER pursued another goal. He got tickets for his first
rock concert. Sitting in the 11th row of the Rolling Stones concert
in Toronto last year was a spry man in his 70s, said his son
David.
Known as a prankster, Mr.
LATIMER's jokes ran from sending dead
flowers on a birthday, to filling a room full of balloons, to
placing a strange object in a bed.
Mr. KENNEDY can remember finding a plastic rose in his lush rose
garden at his home in British Columbia and opening up his suitcase
after a trip with Mr.
LATIMER to find hundreds of packages of
matches tucked away in shirt pockets, socks and underwear.
About three years ago, Mr.
KENNEDY and his wife joined the
LATIMERs
on a trip to Disneyland in California. The two couples spent
three days going on every ride, and exploring every exhibit.
"He revelled in it -- he loved it," Mr.
KENNEDY said of the
trip. "If there is such thing as an inner child, he had it."
Mr. LATIMER, who died in Toronto on April 22 after a short battle
with cancer, leaves Peggy, his wife of 42 years, their three
sons David, Jeffrey and Michael, and grandchildren Tori, Thomas,
T. J. and Charlie.
"I do not regret leaving this Earth... because my life has been
utterly fantastic," Mr.
LATIMER said not long before he died.
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