Dear Les , so many good memories come to mind. Thanks for the few years that you were present in my life as a neighbour, as a mentor, as an english teacher, as a golf partner and as a driver.  The boys were always teasing you because you were taking the longest road to get there but you made me discover the beautiful  GTA. 
Now you have taken another road.  Maybe, we'll ride  again one day. Safe journey Les! My sincere condolences to family and friends.  

Les was a great and funny man never angry but did call me a pest i miss his presence and helpful tips and laughs it was always me laughing. God Bless you Les may you have peace.

Love Lydia

I am very saddened to learn of this news - I first met Les at Royal Special Lines where he took me aside and told me of many stories of him and my father (who passed in April of this year) who had worked at 'the Royal' his entire career.  I renewed my casual but what I thought of as an important relationship with Les many years later at ESR. The fact that he was my fathers age, and worked at the same company together made him an important connection for me personally in the current industry.   I know Les is in a good place and I hope he finds my dad so that they can recount old stories like he did with me many years ago.  My deepest sympathy to his family on this sad news.  God Bless!

I worked with Les for the last 20 years of his career.  We both started with ESR in the same year. Me, just out of University and extremely Green. Les, just after retiring from the Royal and a life already in the Insurance Industry.  He was a great mentor. A fine person with lots to offer still.  We hired Les at 65! He still worked for another 20 years with us.  Amazing.  I will miss Les, I have tons of memories and stories. 

Sad new, one of the first mentors I had as a new young insurance professional.

My sincere sympathies to Les’ family, friends and colleagues on his recent passing. Although I joined the team at Royal Specialty Lines shortly after he had left to carry on his long post “retirement” career, his legacy and wisdom were in evidence everywhere that I looked as I started my own new role with the company.   I believe that our predecessors and mentors, in this rapidly evolving world of insurance, are role models to all. While I was not fortunate enough to know Les personally, I feel that I have benefitted from his wisdom and experience. 

So sad to hear of Les's passing.  I had the privilege to work with him in the Casualty Dept. at Royal Special Lines.  A true insurance professional but a man of many interests, raising african violets, photography, opera and golf.  He even devised a Crime rating computer program in the early 90s!  Especially enjoyed his arguments ( discussions?) with Vic Budra which I sometimes had to referee!  One of the last of the Old Guard... we shall not see his like again.

Sad to hear of Les' passing .Always could count on him for some sage advice or quick joke . An insurance professional and gentleman.  We'll miss him.

I had the pleasure of working with Les for many years at Elliott Special Risks. Work wise,  Les exemplified efficient practicality and professionalism. On a personal level he was a true gentlemen, full of wit and charm. Les taught me many lessons that I will always apply to work and life- I believe the mark of a true mentor.  My sincere condolences to the family. - Jeff Somerville

I was lucky enough to call Les not only a colleague but also a friend.  His wit and intelligence made him easy to like but he didn't have patience for the foolish. Whether it was finance or politics or current events we always had a lively discussion. He would often beat me and his friend Peter at golf using his 1979 vintage steel shaft clubs. Always a gentleman and occasionally a scoundrel he will always fill my heart with fond memories and lasting respect.  We couldn't visit recently due to Covid but he enjoyed meeting my granddaughter last year and tis the last photo i have. You will be missed my friend but not forgotten. My deepest condolences to the family.

Thoughts and prayers with Les's family.  Les was just a regular guy, he could sit down and have a beer with a steelworker or a CEO.  Les always made everyone feel that that they were the centre of his concerns.  Our condolences and prayers. 

Terry and Dave

Such sad news. Les was a great friend and work colleague  at Elliott Special Risks Ltd and  he is very fondly remembered by all his ESR friends.

I was fortunate enough to work with Les at Elliott Special Risks for several years, he was a great mentor and loved to share his knowledge of the business with those around him.  He was a  first class guy

Les was a client of the law firm I worked for in the late 80s, when he was a senior claims manager at Royal. I was the junior lawyer on the team, which was led by the late Graham Dutton QC. Les was the nicest of men. Wise, unflappable and pragmatic. We had a case that required us to travel to Los Angeles and back together. I still have prints of the photos Les took out of the plane’s window as we flew over the Rockies. I probably haven’t seen Les in over 25 or more years, but I remember him fondly and was very sad to read he had passed away.  My sincere condolences and best regards.  Graeme Mew

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Leslie Charles Sidney Avenell

1 febrero, 1929 – 20 junio, 2020

Giffen-Mack and Trull Funeral Home

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