EBBELS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2006-04-15 published
EBBELS,
William
D. "
Bill"
Died peacefully, surrounded by family, on April 13, 2006 in Regina,
Saskatchewan at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, where he was
a long time resident. Bill was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
on July 20, 1922,
son of Harold Amory
EBBELS, K.C. and Innis
Colton EBBELS. He graduated from City Park Collegiate prior to
attending the University of Saskatchewan. His studies were then
interrupted by the war. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy
in 1942 and served as a Gunnary and Navigation Officer, the latter
on the minesweeper H.M.C.S. Canso, the lone Canadian ship with
a British flotilla in the Normandy Invasion. During his leave
to Canada after D-Day, he married Irma Ruth
HUTCHINSON/HUTCHISON on September 16,
1943 in Montreal. He returned to Europe and was subsequently
discharged in 1946. Bill's completion of his Bachelor of Commerce
at U of S in April 1947 competed with the birth of their first
child, Harold
DENNIS.
After graduation Bill joined the Regina
investment firm of Houston and Willoughby where he spent his entire
career, becoming the Executive Vice President and General Secretary
where he was also involved in the Investment Dealers Association
of Canada. The firm went through various mergers eventually ending
up as part of
RBC
Dominion
Securities.
Bill retired in 1988.
Bill was engaged in the community affairs and business of Regina
all his life. He was a director of numerous community organizations
and was a long-standing member of the Regina Kinsmen club, serving
as President in 1967. He served on the Board of the Regina Exhibition,
including a term as President. Bill was on the Senate of the
University of Saskatchewan and active in the alumni association.
As the first Chairman of the Regina Leader-Post Carrier Foundation,
he encouraged carriers to go on to higher education. He was on
the Board of the Canadian Scholarship Trust Fund. Throughout
his life Bill was an avid and accomplished athlete. He was on
the U of S Varsity basketball, hockey, lacrosse and tennis teams,
with tennis the focal point and love of his sporting life. Starting
in 1948 he was an eight-time Saskatchewan Open Singles champion
and runner-up seven times. At age 45 he won his last title in
1967, also winning the veterans singles championship - the only
person to win both in the same year. A great thrill was representing
Saskatchewan in the first Canada Summer Games in Halifax in 1967,
where he was the oldest competitor at 49. As a renowned builder
of the game in Saskatchewan he undertook countless administrative
and instructional roles including President of both the Regina
Tennis Club and the S.L.T.A., for several terms each. Bill was
inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1976. Bill
cherished his family time during the many summers at Lumsden
Beach, at the condo in Manzanillo, Mexico, on the countless camping
trips stuffed into the family station wagon, and on the tennis
courts with his kids or crisscrossing Western Canada to tennis
tournaments -- both his and the kids. Bill had a wonderful sense
of humour and was always quick with a laugh. He loved singing,
doing the ol'soft shoe, and was full of life and vigor in everything
he did. Besides Ruth, his remarkable wife of 62 years, Bill is
survived by his children: Hal (Donna and Tannis, Rob) of Calgary,
Jim (Bonnie and Alecia) of Calgary, Jack (Pat and Calen) of Victoria,
Bill (Sheila and Kelly, Lendon, Will) of New Jersey, Virginia
(Tim COSBEY and David) of Gabriola Island and Andrea (Callum
HILL) of Vancouver. Bill was predeceased by his brother Jack
(Lois and Tim, Susan) of Calgary. Ruth wishes to express her
heartfelt gratitude to the staff of the Wascana Rehabilitation
Centre where Bill had been a resident for the last thirteen years.
Bill has been blessed with the finest Friends possible, all of
who have provided extraordinary support through these last difficult
years. Funeral services will be held at Lakeview United Church,
3200 McCallum Ave., Regina, 306-586-7844, on Monday, April 17,
2006, at 2: 00 p.m. with reception to follow at the church. In
lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Wascana
Rehabilitation Centre, Nursing Unit 3-5, 2180 23rd Avenue, Regina,
Saskatchewan S4S 0A5 or The Lakeshore Tennis Club, P.O. Box 293,
Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 3A1. An on-line book of condolence
may be signed at www.speersfuneralchapel.com
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EBBS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2006-10-20 published
EBBS,
Aletta (née
TRIPP)
In London, Ontario on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at the age
of 95 years. Aletta
EBBS (née
TRIPP,) beloved wife of the late
Hillard EBBS.
Loving mother of Catherine
MUTCH (Douglas) of London,
Ontario. Cherished Nana of Scott (Cindy) of Miami Lakes, Florida,
Stuart (Erin) of London, Ontario and Keith of London, Ontario
and Great-Nana of Sophie Isabelle
MUTCH. Dear sister of Isobel
PERRAULT and Thelma
BRADLEY.
Also survived by her sister-in-laws
Ruth TRIPP and Marion
TRIPP.
Fondly remembered by her nieces
and nephews. Predeceased by her brothers Robert
TRIPP and Sam
TRIPP and her sisters Eileen
BRADLEY and Lila
POOLE.
The family
wishes to thank the staff of Longworth Long Term Care for their
compassion and care. Friends may call at the Tubman Funeral Homes
Garden Chapel, 3440 Richmond Rd. (between Bayshore and Baseline
Rd), Nepean on Sunday, October 22, 2006 from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral
Service will be held in the chapel on Monday, October 23, 2006
at 1 p.m. Interment Pinecrest Cemetery. Memorial donations to
the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. Tributes,
condolences or donations may be made at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com
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