Robert Victor Hansen

Age 90, born in Toronto, died in Guelph on August 18, 2012 of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and old age. Loved and loving husband of Helen Sinfield since 1956; father of Anne Hansen (born 1958) of Victoria, BC and Jill Hansen (born 1960) of Richmond, VA; father-in-law of Henry Kock (deceased 2005) and Dave Mayfield of Richmond, VA; grandfather of Sandy Flemming and Brett Flemming of Richmond; brother of Margaret (Peggy) Fader and Eric Hansen. His interests were family, birding, classical music, astronomy (built his own telescopes), botany, electronics, woodworking, photography, evolution, the Bruce Peninsula and respecting the environment. In the 1970's, he built his own residential solar hot water system that supplied the family's needs. Bob was a WWII radio officer in the Canadian Merchant Navy and worked the rest of his life in the electronics field. Bob recently mused, "I've passed my best before date." A truce conservationist, he lived Thoreau's saying that, "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone." Donations can be made to Dogwood Initiative (www.dogwoodinitiative.org). A communal service will be held in Guelph at a later date.