June 9, 1923- January 28, 2017
It is with sadness, but no regrets that I announce my death on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at the age of 93 years. I have been extremely fortunate during my life, and finally my number has been called. I leave to celebrate my long life, my son Martin and my son Clive. My daughter Jennifer died, much too soon at 36, in the year 2000. I am also leaving behind two grandsons, Callan and Ryan, plus a granddaughter Zoey Leigh Lawrence. I was born and raised in Toronto, served with the RCNVR aboard the Canadian Corvette HMCS Camrose K154 during World War II and later, attended Victoria College, University of Toronto, Class of 5T0. As an undergraduate and my summers free, I worked in summer stock theatre in Ontario… a great learning experience for an aspiring actor. But it was time to get serious about making a living. Dictaphone Corporation hired me in 1955 to sell their dictating and transcribing machines and central recording systems. I thoroughly enjoyed my work there for the next eight years. In 1963 Pitney Bowes beckoned and I took on postage meters, mailing machines and a broader line of mailroom products. Then in 1979, Dictaphone, of all things, became a division of Pitney Bowes! After a Company transfer to Calgary in 1972, this city was my home until 1975. I was a founding member of the Silver Springs Golf and Country Club (1973). In the mid 70’s I joined a men’s chorus in Ontario that sang four part harmony. In so doing I became a charter member of the Mississauga Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (1976). In 1994 I retired and returned to Calgary. Now a man of leisure, I checked in with Jack Goth, founder of the Workshop Theatre Society. I was cast in a small role (Dr. Bradley) in “The Man Who Came to Dinner” and the lead (Martin Vanderhoff) in “You Can’t Take it With You”, both plays preformed at the Pumphouse Theatre in 1995 and 1996 respectively. “The Mouse Trap” with the Pleiades Theatre was next in 1997, (Major Metcalf) and finally a number of minor roles in films and TV commercials. It was a fun way to keep active and also pay some bills. During the mid to late 90’s, I spent a lot of quality time on the courts at the Mount Pleasant Tennis Club on 4th Avenue until a rotator cuff problem put an end to that. So it would be a return to golf from now on. But at 89 it was time to put away the clubs… just too much effort required. Shooting pool at the Confederation Park Senior’s Center is the one sport I have been able to enjoy until the end. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the charity of your choice. Make it a good one! And now a fond farewell to friends and family alike and may the force be with you. SKL. A Celebration of my Life will be held at FOSTER’S GARDEN CHAPEL, 3220 – 4 Street N.W., Calgary (across from Queen’s Park Cemetery) on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family via the website www.fostersgardenchapel.ca.
COMPARTA UN OBITUARIO
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