REYNOLDS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-04-05 published
CLARK,
Reginald
Harold, 1928-2003,
B.Sc., PhD (Imperial College, London),
Professor Emeritus, Queen's University
Died peacefully at Providence Manor, Kingston on Tuesday, April
2, after a long illness. Survived by his wife, Oris, children,
Natalie (Mark)
REYNOLDS of Adelaide Australia, Adrian, Stefanie
(Petrus BOOTS) and grandchildren Aidan, Evan, Liam
REYNOLDS and
Samsara BOOTS.
Also survived by brother Norman (Gwen,) London
England and brother-in-law John
WATSYK,
Thunder
Bay.
Dr. CLARK came to Canada in 1955 and joined Queen's University
in the department of Chemical Engineering, serving as head of
Department from 1961-1970, and continuing until his retirement
in 1992. He was the President of the Canadian Society for Chemical
Engineering, 1967-1968.
Cremation has taken place. There will be a memorial service at
Robert J. Reid and Sons Funeral Home, 309 Johnson Street (at
Barrie St.), Kingston, on Monday, April 7 at 7: 00 p.m. The family
will receive Friends prior to the service from 6: 30 p.m. In lieu
of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Providence Continuing
Care Centre Providence Manor Site or Partners in Mission Food
Bank.
Online Guest Book reidfuneralhome.com 613-548-7973
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John Bruce
FERGUSON
By Anne MILLERD
Thursday,
June 19, 2003- page A18
Chartered accountant, husband, father and grandfather. Born March
10, 1922, in Edmonton. Died Feb.16, 2003, in North Vancouver,
of cancer, aged 80.
John FERGUSON's father, a charming but hard-drinking Scot, left
his wife and son when John was five, after which he and his mother
shared a home with grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins. A clever
boy who was keen on sports, John was known in the grocery stores
as the lad who knew the total of the bill before it was rung
in. John's maternal grandfather, an inventor and machinist, became
an important mentor to the boy. John never forgot his grandfather's
kindness nor his father's desertion.
Following high school, John's apprenticeship to an accounting
firm in Edmonton was interrupted by the onset of war. He served
with the Air Force in Egypt, where he met red-headed Sandy (Flora
Jean) REYNOLDS from liverpool. John and Sandy married at the
end of the war, and John brought his bride home to Edmonton,
where he resumed his apprenticeship. John spoke of the war years
as the best years of his life.
John and Sandy had two children, Jean and Ian. John worked days
and studied nights. Money was scarce, and Sandy's health suffered
in the severe prairie winters. In 1950, when John qualified as
a chartered accountant in Alberta, he moved his family to Vancouver,
qualifying with the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants
in February, 1951.
John worked for Gulf of Georgia Towing from 1951 to 1977, and
was an active member of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered
Accountants, particularly in matters relating to professional
ethics and discipline. In 1970, John was made a Fellow of the
Institute, the highest honour it is able to confer on members.
John worked six days a week and most evenings. The family progressed
from a motel in Burnaby, British Columbia, to a home in West
Vancouver and a family membership to the Capilano Winter Club.
While his children learned to skate, he served on the board and
helped build sets for winter carnivals. Typically a stern and
uncompromising father, John loved to take his children by surprise
on Christmas Eve, coming home with extravagant gifts for everyone.
In 1977, Gulf of Georgia Towing was bought out and John retired.
He built rock walls, travelled with Sandy, golfed and kept up
his committee work at the Institute. John and Sandy enjoyed their
two young granddaughters. Sandy's health failed, and when she
died of cancer in 1984, John said, "There are people who just
say they're sorry, and there are people who leave muffins on
your doorstep or ask you to lunch. I found out who my Friends
were."
In 1985, John married Babs
MILLERD (née Dorothea
STEWARD/STEWART/STUART,) also
widowed. Attached to a large and comparatively chaotic clan,
John made himself useful. He administered an educational trust
fund for the 21
MILLERD grandchildren, and dispatched advice
on financial matters. He took particular interest in a business
started by Babs's youngest son and his wife, teaching them bookkeeping
and coaching them in proper business practice, advising "Always
remember the receiver general is a partner in your business."
In the last years of his life, John gave up curling, but continued
to golf. He devoted himself to the care of Babs, as she became
less able to care for herself. John became ill in the last few
months of his life, but remained lucid, loquacious, and fond
of maxims to the end. "Always do your best," he would say, as
well as, "Nothing else is good enough."
John FERGUSON is survived and missed by his wife
Babs, son Ian
FERGUSON, daughter Jean
ELLIS, grandchildren Ursula, Jessica
and Julian, great-grandchildren Sam and Tyler, and by all the
MILLERD clan.
Anne MILLERD is a step-daughter-in-law of the late John
FERGUSON.
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