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LUCAS,
Professor
Emeritus
Alec
Died, after a lengthy illness, at Island Lodge in Ottawa, on
May 6th, 2003. He was born in Toronto June 20, 1913, the youngest
child of Bert and Emma
LUCAS, and grew up on a farm near Cobourg.
It was here his love of nature and books was nurtured. Schooling
began at Cook's School, a two-roomed school near Cobourg, where
he later taught while studying for a B.A. and M.A. from Queen's.
He obtained a Ph.D. in English from Harvard in 1951. Wishing
to return to Canada, he accepted an offer from University of
New Brunswick and taught English there until 1957 before going
to McGill where he taught for and wrote for the next 30 years.
After retirement he was made an Emeritus Professor in 1984, and
worked part-time, which included a visiting lectureship in Iqaluit.
He continued to write until he suffered a stroke in December
1995. Alec was an early advocate for the importance of teaching
of Canadian literature and was the founding coordinator of the
Canadian Studies Program, the forerunner of The McGill Institute
for the Study of Canada. He wrote extensively on Canadian literature,
including articles for The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature,
and the Literary History of Canada. He published books on writers
such as Hugh MacLennan, Farley Mowat and Peter MacArthur and
edited several anthologies of short stories including the best
selling Great Canadian Short Stories. His passion for literature
and teaching was matched by his concern for and interest in nature
he was an active conservationist and bequeathed most of his woodland
property at Plaisance, Quebec to the Quebec Society of the Protection
of Birds as a nature reserve. He is predeceased by his parents,
and siblings Eva
FISHER,
Vera
FORSYTH, and Leonard
LUCAS. He
leaves his wife, Sharon; former wives Margaret and Coula; children
George
(Charlotte) of White Rock, Suzanne (Allan)
LANGSFORD of
Kingston, and Edward of Halifax, five grandchildren, several
nieces and nephews including Sylvia (Tom)
MIDDLEBRO'of
Ottawa
and Joan (Dick)
MEYER of Barrie and grandnieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at the Mackay United Church,
39 Dufferin Road, Ottawa, May 16 at 3 p.m. Ashes will be interned
in Cobourg at a later date. If desired, a donation can be made
in his memory to Island Lodge, 1 Porter's Island Ottawa K1N 5M2
or a charity of choice.
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ARDIEL,
Ruth
Winnifred (née
FRANCIS) 89 years.
Died peacefully at Windsor Regional Hospital-Western Campus on
Tuesday,
October 21, 2003. Dearest wife of the late J.R.
ARDIEL
(1973.) Beloved mother of Joan
DUFF,
Karen
MEYERS and Susan and
David RUCH.
Dearest sister of June and Fred
ROEMMELE. Loving
grandmother of Melissa
MEYERS and Jim
DONOHUE,
Jay
MEYERS and
Tina ROBBINS, Allison
RUCH and Ryan
SMITH, Dave
RUCH and Anne
Marie PETTINATO,
Julie
SANDO, and John
PECARARO, Jackie and Frank
HAMILTON,
Michelle and Joe
GRECO and Natalie
DUFF. Great grandmother
of Max and Miranda
PECARARO,
Scott and Mathew
HAMILTON and Kaity
and Nicholas
GRECO. Dear Aunt to her special nieces, nephews,
great nieces and nephews. Remembered by several cousins in London
and Toronto. Born on a homestead in Marengo, Saskatchewan to
the late Anne and Alfred
FRANCIS; pre-deceased by brothers Lloyd
(1912), Bruce (Royal Canadian Air Force, 1943) and her sister
Dorothy HENDERSON (1964.) Ruth was a long-standing member of
Beach Grove Golf and Country Club, Windsor and Tamarac Golf and
Country Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Visiting in the Walter
D. Kelly Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 1969 Wyandotte St.
East, Windsor, Ontario on Thursday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. The complete
funeral service will be held in the chapel on Friday, October
24, 2003 at 11: 00 a.m. Reverend William
GALLAGHER officiating. Cremation
with interment later in Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery. In kindness
memorial tributes to the charity of you choice, Heart and Stroke
Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
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