BEWS o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2008-02-20 published
HOLCOMBE,
James
Wilson "
Jimmy"
On February 16, 2008 Jimmy
HOLCOMBE of Edmonton, formerly of
Victoria, British Columbia and Saint Thomas, Ontario passed away
at the age of 57 years. He leaves to mourn his passing his loving
wife Sharon
BEWS, two sons and one daughter Brenda Gail
ROBINSON,
of Seattle, Washington, Darcy James
HOLCOMBE, of Vancouver, British
Columbia and Jeremy
BEWS, of Edmonton, one unborn granddaughter,
Bev HOLCOMBE, the mother of Brenda and Darcy; two brothers and
three sisters Pat
MERRITT, of Windsor, Ontario, Ron and Ken,
both of Saint Thomas, Ontario, Cathy
BULLIS, of Warspite, Alberta,
and Betty IRVINE, of Saint Thomas, Ontario as well as many other
relatives and Friends. Jimmy was predeceased by his parents Ruth
and Ken HOLCOMBE and his sister Barbara
MANCHESTER, of Victoria.
At Jimmy's request no formal funeral service will be held. In
Lieu of other tributes, donations may be made to the Cross Cancer
Institute, 11560 University Ave., Edmonton, T6G 1Z2 Appel Funeral
Home/Central Memorial Chapel (780) 454-8088 10530 - 116 Street,
Edmonton, Alberta T5H 3L7 "Our Family Serving Your Family"
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BEWS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-07-21 published
BEWS,
Doctor
Donald
Cameron (1911-2008)
In Victoria on July 17th. Predeceased by his beloved Mary
(WOODSWORTH.)
Survived by his children Sylvia (Art
WRIGHT,)
Alison
(Paul
HUGHES)
and Donald (Gail
GODWIN,) his grandchildren David
SMITHERS (MaryLee,)
Antonia MEADE (Ronnie), Robyn (Richard
BUTLAND), Andrew
BEWS
and four great-grandchildren, Keaton and Makaela
SMITHERS,
Lucas
and Felix BUTLAND.
Dr. BEWS was born in Kingston and obtained his medical degree
from Queen's University, later acquiring his D.P.H. from the
University of Toronto and his D.T.M. from McGill University.
He was medical supervisor of the McKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei,
Taiwan (then Formosa) and after enlisting with the Royal Canadian
Army Medical Corps was seconded to the American army to serve
in the South Pacific during World War 2. He was Medical Director
of Bell Canada in Montreal from 1950-1974. Doctor
BEWS was secretary,
then president of the Industrial medical Association of Quebec
and was president of the American Occupational Society. He was
an emeritus member of the Ramazzini Society - an honour association
of occupational physicians. He was a member of the Permanent
Commission on Occupational Health for many years as well as associate
professor in the Department of Health and Social Medicine of
McGill University. He was active in the Saint_John's Ambulance
work and was made Commander and Knight of Grace.
The family wishes to thank the wonderful staff of We Care, especially
Judy and Marilyn, for their long and loving devotion to both
Don and Mary, to the staff of The Kensington for making it "home"
for ten years, to the medical team at Victoria's Royal Jubilee
Hospital for their gentle and patient help in his final days.
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