BOASE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2004-12-28 published
Reginald Stanley
PRICE
By Joan Price
BOASE,
Tuesday,
December 28, 2004 - Page A18
Husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, iconoclast,
democrat, political critic, friend. Born April 17, 1931, in Toronto.
Died May 31, 2004, of pancreatic cancer, in Calgary, aged 73.
Stan's love of family began with his wife of 50 years, Ruthanne,
his high-school sweetheart. Together they raised six children,
and welcomed into their lives 15 lucky grandchildren. His enthusiastic
engagement in life was reflected in his smile, which was a sheer
delight -- warm, intelligent, and mischievous -- and by what
a niece described as the "edge of the seat" attention with which
he followed conversation.
He was a voracious reader, and his library revealed the eclectic
nature of his interests: books on philosophy, birds, Zen, hiking,
democracy, bridge, bread making, biography, dogs, golf, architecture,
South America and the Kettle Valley. With full-time employment
and six children, Stan went back to university to study philosophy.
He graduated with distinction, and was encouraged by his professors
to pursue an academic career. He chose to move to Calgary to
become a partner in a successful business.
He relished life in Calgary, and he was the impetus behind the
Western Art Auction at the annual Stampede. He took courses and
mentored students at the Alberta College of Art and Design, where
a scholarship has been established in his name. He was a man
of ideas: a vocal and skeptical political critic who railed against
hierarchical, elitist control, and would be the first to declare
that the emperor had no clothes. He argued that the average Canadian
was informed and intelligent enough to embrace direct democracy
to this end, he was experimenting with methods of e-voting.
Stan skied, played tennis and bridge with abandon -- he loved
to travel, and tales of his adventures with his high-school friend
Bill were a delight. They canoed up the Amazon, slept on beaches
in Colombia, and explored most of South America. The proximity
of the Rockies saw him take many hiking trips with his children,
and he loved the rugged beauty of British Columbia, where I live.
Stan's illness was a shock to us all. Our parents lived active
lives well into their 80s and 90s, and Stan's energy seemed boundless.
He was not always a patient patient, but he was an unfailingly
grateful one. Together we watched in wonder and dismay as his
body so appallingly failed him. Yet, his intellectual curiosity,
creative spirit, quirky sense of humour and hope and plans for
the future never deserted him. If there is truth to the aphorism
that "ordinary minds talk about people, mediocre minds discuss
books, and great minds form ideas," then his was a great mind
creative ideas flowed from it.
The essence of the man was his enduring need to express his awesome
artistic talent. The room for his memorial celebration was filled
with his creations -- paintings, sculptures, bronzes, wood carvings,
his computer-enhanced photographs, a portfolio showing his 10-foot
totem pole, his Millennium project, a 10-foot metal Saguaro cactus,
and his marvellous, original stained-glass windows. Even the
family was overwhelmed by his prolific output.
I was fortunate to find a kindred spirit in this brother I admired
so much. As children, we snowshoed, hiked and skied together,
and as adults, we hiked the Carmanagh Valley, the West Coast
Trail, biked the Kettle Valley, and explored the haunting beauty
of the Queen Charlottes -- Haida Gwai. Many of his ideas we discussed
by e-mail. We did not always agree, especially on such things
as the place of women in the world, the relevance of the federal
government, and the implementation of Kyoto. My in-box is quieter
now, and a cold breeze blows through my heart.
Joan Price
BOASE is Stan's sister.
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BOATES o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2004-03-31 published
Maurice Wellington
HAYDEN
In loving memory of Maurice Wellington
HAYDEN,
October 30, 1925 - March 27, 2004.
Maurice (Reecie)
HAYDEN, a resident of Gore Bay, died on Saturday, March 27, 2004
at his property at Elizabeth Bay, a place he loved to be, doing what he liked to do.
He was 78 years of age. Reecie was born at Elizabeth Bay,
son of the late Fred and
Pearl (NOAKES)
HAYDEN. He had worked at a variety of jobs in his life, including farming,
logging, worked for Ontario Paper Co., and construction with
McDOUGALL
Construction.
Reecie never really retired, although in later years he did spend less time working, and
spent more time with his favorite pastime, being with his family,
socializing with Friends and going to the Drop-in Centre. Reecie had
been on the Burpee Council and the School Board for many years. He
enjoyed hunting and fishing, working with small engines and
especially going to hockey games. His caring and friendly personality and his
presence will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Dearly loved and loving husband of Julia
(HILL)
HAYDEN.
Loving
father of Judy and husband Conrad
FREEMAN of Merrickville; Nancy and
husband Dale
HARPER of Evansville; Carol and husband Harvey
MORDEN of
Trenton; Arthur and his wife Cora of Naughton; Bert and his wife
Debbie of Copper Cliff and Sharon and husband Dave
BOATES of Trenton.
Proud grandfather of 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Dear brother of Bill and his wife
Eva
HAYDEN of Gore Bay and
brother-in-law of Leila
HAYDEN of Evansville. Predeceased by
brothers Fred and Orace
HAYDEN and sister-in-law Lenna. Also
survived by several nieces and nephews.
Friends came to the Culgin Funeral Home Tuesday, March 30th and the
funeral service will be held in the Wm. G. Turner Chapel on
Wednesday,
March 31, 2004 at 11 am with Reverend Derek
FRAMPTON and Rev.
Frank HANER officiating. Cremation to follow.
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