Brian Llewellyn-ap-Dafydd

Brian had a great love of literature and was passionate in the teaching of his cherished subject. He taught for more than 10 years in his homeland in the UK and abroad and close to 30 years at Vanier College in Montreal. As President of the St. David’s Society he was very active within the Welsh Community and was a pillar of support in the activities of the Montreal Welsh Male Choir (Cor Meibion Cymraeg Montreal) where he sang tenor and worked feverishly to make sure it maintained its status as one of the most renowned and oldest choirs of the Province of Quebec.

Brian was also an avid sportsman and from the moment of arrival in Quebec in 1986 he associated himself with the Phys. Ed. Department of Vanier to help initiate young people into the pleasures of mountaineering, a pastime at which he excelled. Like all Welshmen he had a lifetime love affair with the game of rugby. He joined the Old Boys at Montreal Irish RFC and also played with the Quebec Combined Rugby Team bringing the English and French playing sides together in a memorable esprit de corps. Later in life he played cricket with the Pirates of the St. Lawrence Cricket Club.

Surviving Brian is his beloved wife, Joanne Devlin, his parents, Jack and Edna Llewellyn, his sister Nicky (John Ball), his nephew, James and his niece Katy. At home in the UK are Kerensa Miller-Hart, Brian’s god-daughter with his great friends, David, Jenny, Pete, Carolyn, Kevin, Christine, Ron, John, Isabel and Jim. He will also be sorely missed by his brothers and sisters-in-law from the Devlin family - Denise (Claude Geneau), Michèle (Jean-Marc Duchesne), late Albert (Claudette Darveau), Jean-Yves (late Solange Veilleux), Jean-Eudes (late Denise Arsenault), André (Ghislaine Plamondon), Bertrand, Claude (Elaine Johnson), Jacques (Suzie Tremblay), Francine (Peter Foley) and many nephews and nieces, and by so many personal friends, students and former students and of course his colleagues at Vanier.

The family is happy to receive condolences on Friday the 15th January 2016 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Collins Clarke MacGillivray White Funeral Home, 307 Riverside, Saint-Lambert. The funeral service will be held Saturday, the 16th of January at 11 a.m. at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 95, Lorne Avenue, Saint-Lambert.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Vanier College Foundation or a charitable organization of your choice

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C’est avec beaucoup de tristesse que nous annonçons le décès de monsieur Brian Llewellyn-ap-Dafydd, à l’âge de 66 ans, le 31 décembre 2015, à l’hôpital Notre-Dame de Montréal.

Passionné de l’enseignement et féru de littérature, Brian a partagé son enthousiasme avec ses étudiants pendant plus de 10 ans en Grande-Bretagne et à l’étranger et près de 30 ans au Cégep Vanier. Comme président de la Société Saint-David de Montréal, il était très actif dans la communauté galloise et un pilier pour le chœur d’hommes gallois de Montréal (Cor Meibion Cymraeg Montreal) dans lequel il chantait.

Grand amateur de sport, dès son arrivée au Québec en 1986, il s’est associé au département d’éducation physique du Cégep Vanier pour initier des jeunes aux plaisirs de l’escalade, un hobby dans lequel il excellait. Comme la plupart des Gallois, il adorait le rugby. Il s’est joint au Old Boys - Montreal Irish RFC et a joué avec l’équipe du Quebec Combined Rugby Club. Plus tard dans sa vie, il a joué au cricket avec les Pirates du Saint-Laurent.

Il laisse dans le deuil son épouse, Joanne Devlin, ses parents, Jack et Edna Llewellyn, sa soeur Nicky (John Ball), son neveu James et sa nièce Katy, sa filleule Kerensa Miller-Hart, ses grands amis David, Jenny, Pete, Carolyn, Kevin, Christine, Ron, John, Isabel et Jim, tous de Grande-Bretagne, ainsi que ses beaux-frères et belles-soeurs de la famille Devlin, Denise (Claude Geneau), Michèle (Jean-Marc Duchesne), feu Albert (Claudette Darveau), Jean-Yves (feue Solange Veilleux), Jean-Eudes (feue Denise Arsenault), André (Ghislaine Plamondon), Bertrand, Claude (Elaine Johnson), Jacques (Suzie Tremblay), Francine (Peter Foley) et nombreux neveux et nièces, amis, étudiants, collègues.

La famille recevra les condoléances le vendredi 15 janvier 2016, de 19 h à 21 h, au salon funéraire Collins Clarke MacGillivray White, 307, Riverside à Saint-Lambert. La cérémonie funéraire aura lieu le 16 janvier 2016 à 11 h, à l’église anglicane de Saint-Barnabas, 95, rue Lorne à Saint-Lambert.

Pour témoigner de votre sympathie, vous pouvez offrir un don à la Société canadienne du cancer ou à la Fondation du collège Vanier.