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Obituaries
It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of members of the CTRF community.
January 27, 2012
Cliff Mackay
OTTAWA,
Jan. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors
of The
Railway Association of
Canada (RAC)
today announced the passing of its President and C.E.O.
Cliff Mackay, on
January 26th after a brave battle with cancer. Cliff was in his 64th
year and is survived by his mother and stepfather, wife Joan, three children
and two grandchildren.
"The Board wishes to acknowledge Cliff's valuable contribution to the leadership of the Association and our industry and wishes to express its sincere condolences to his family," said Claude Mongeau, Chairman of RAC, and President and C.E.O. of CN. "His spirit and wise counsel will be sorely missed by the Board, employees and members of the RAC."
Under his leadership, the industry worked in close partnership with various government and regulatory agencies to accomplish a great many benefits, including a successful review of the Railway Safety Act Review Panel for which results are now before Parliament. Other industry efforts during his tenure resulted in increased capital cost allowances for Canadian railways that generated significant savings and investment for the industry and new infrastructure support for short line railways.
Prior to his appointment to the RAC, Cliff had a distinguished career in the aerospace industry and the federal government. He was President and C.E.O. of the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC), Senior Vice President at Spar Aerospace, and a Board member of NAV CANADA. His twenty years of experience in the federal government culminated in his appointment as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry and Regional Operations, at Industry Canada.
"RAC staff was inspired by the way he dealt with his illness with no complaint, a fighting spirit and endless optimism," said Bruce R. Burrows, Vice President, Public and Corporate Affairs. "He was a fine leader, a valued colleague, and a good friend. We will miss him profoundly."
Mr. Burrows, a V.P. of the RAC since 2000, was recently appointed interim President and C.EO. until a decision is made on who will be named as the new RAC leader.
August 26, 2011
Tricia Trepanier
Tricia Trepanier, Trish to her many friends,
passed away, one month shy of her 58th birthday, peacefully and with
dignity, on Friday the 26th of August, in the company of family and friends
after a long and courageous battle against cancer. She leaves behind Chris
Becker, her loving partner, soul-mate, and best friend of more than twenty
years, and her devoted son Ivan Burvill (John). Now Trish is at peace. She
will not be forgotten and is already missed; she truly was one in a million. Allan McLeod
Special to The Globe and Mail Allan
McLeod wasn't flashy. He was quiet and staid, especially in public. But a
succession of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool presidents, industry committees and
federal commissions relied on both his information and his perspective
through the trying times of the 1970s and 80s, making him a key influencer
both of public policy and of producer response. "He
batted above his weight," said former Wheat Pool president Garf Stevenson.
"He played a very strong role." McLeod, who died on June
23, was born on a farm at Dilke, Sask., on July 20, 1925, just a year after
the Wheat Pool came into existence as a farmers' co-operative seeking fair
prices for grain. Growing up in co-op
country during the Dirty Thirties made him a firm believer in the
distinctive Prairie notion that we are stronger together, and that we owe
each other support and a fair chance. Following service in the
Second World War, McLeod attended the University of Saskatchewan, graduating
in 1949 with a BSc in agriculture. In 1950 he hired on as a field agent with
the Wheat Pool. After several years in
rural extension, in what became the member relations division, he moved into
communication and advertising (later the publicity division) for nearly a
decade, before transferring to the newly formed research division in 1962.
When he became corporate secretary in 1986, he was the first to bring to the
post hands-on experience in each of the three divisions he would be
supervising. He was also the first to have a degree in agriculture. Within five years he was
research co-ordinator, and in 1973 became director of the research division,
a position he held for 12 years; he was then corporate secretary until
retiring in 1989. He also served as
president of both the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists and the
Agricultural Institute of Canada. He served
three years on the National Council of the Canadian Transportation Research
Forum, and was later made a life member. When the POS (protein,
oilseed and starch) Pilot Plant Corp. was established in 1977, he was a
founding board member and remained on the board for some years. It was as an economic
and policy researcher that he made his most important contributions. He rose
to leadership in the research division just as the grain transportation
system came to crisis. Ever since the Crow's Nest Pass Agreement of 1897,
farmers had been shipping grain by rail at subsidized rates. By the late
1950s the railways were losing money on this. The inflationary seventies
exacerbated the problem, so that by 1977 the railway companies were bearing
50 per cent of the variable costs of moving grain. This led to cutbacks in
branch-line maintenance and replacement of rolling stock. Major delays and
lost sales due to lack of capacity ensued, particularly when Russian and
Chinese demand peaked in the late sixties. The whole system was under threat
of collapse. A series of federal
commissions through the seventies and eighties investigated and made
recommendations. The Prairie provincial governments and the producers, of
course, also became involved; and in the middle of it all was Allan McLeod. "You have to understand
the context," explains Colin Churcher, who was Transport Canada's director
of grain transportation from 1975 to 1986. "It was a very, very conservative
approach. There were 180,000 grain producers in the Prairies, most of them
allied to a pool. Saskatchewan was the least willing [of the three
provinces] to make changes in rail network configuration, and they wanted
control of any changes. They had wooden elevators, farmers were only going
10 miles to move grain - the idea of concentration hadn't gotten through." E.K. (Ted) Turner, Wheat
Pool president from 1969 to 1987, has an answer for that: "We resisted more
than other provinces because most of the grain was here, and lots of
farmers." Saskatchewan was almost
wholly dependent on wheat, making producers extremely vulnerable to
fluctuations in global market price and to rising transportation costs. The
Grains Group in Ottawa, which was pressing for rail line abandonment and
fewer and larger plants, "never seemed to bring the individual farmer into
the question," Turner said. He said the Wheat Pool
could have led the way in streamlining, and benefited as a company from it,
but that as a farmer-owned co-operative it also had to consider the
individual producer. McLeod knew the Crow
rate would be lost. On committee after committee, and as industry liaison to
federal commissions, he mediated between the irresistible force of the
economy and the immovable object of the farm community. "He was in a unique
position," Churcher said. Because he was not one of the regionally elected
representatives to the Wheat Pool Board, but reported to it as head of
research, he could inform opinion. "Our aim," said McLeod
in a report, "is to encourage a greater understanding, among members, of the
larger national and international issues which affect farm operations in
Saskatchewan." To his broad knowledge,
McLeod added diplomacy, loyalty to his company and community, and empathy.
"He was a friend," says Churcher, who credits him with being "of tremendous
assistance" in bringing change. And he could describe unpalatable realities
"in a way that wouldn't get [people's] backs up." He was also astute. "You
ignored his advice at your own peril," said Turner - although it is
debatable how often his advice was ignored. Once he had, in his quiet,
methodical way, reached a conclusion, he would not back down. "I never saw him lose an
argument," Stevenson said. "Nobody could argue with his rationale." McLeod's commitment to
intelligent development led him to several overseas consulting assignments
through CIDA. In 1974 he and a Wheat Pool colleague went to Lesotho in
Africa to assist with oilseed production and processing; 1987 saw him in St.
Lucia; and after retiring he went as a consultant to Estonia in 1991.
Wherever he went, he would learn a little of the language, try the different
foods, discover other people's way of seeing the world. Yet he remained true to
his own principles. He made it his life's work to find the meeting place
between the co-operative Prairie ethos and the competitive, global,
free-market economy; and he kept his community abreast of the times through
a period of massive transformation. He leaves his wife of 60
years, Jeanne-Marie McLeod, children Keith, Li and Barbara, six
grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
July 23, 2011
John Gratwick John
Gratwick passed away on July 23, 2011 in Halifax, primarily of old age. He
leaves a daughter, Jane (Park) of Newbury, UK, and two sons; Paul,
Stockholm, SE; and Adrian, Hampton, NB; and a variety of grand and great
grand children, as well as many very real friends who, in the last decade or
so, made his life so comfortable and interesting. John was a true polymath; skilled in many diverse fields, but brilliant in
none. Born and educated in Britain, his time at Kings College was
interrupted by war service in the RAF as a Technical (radar) Officer, mostly
in Germany. On demobilization, he returned to complete his university
studies, obtaining a science degree in psychology and mathematics, a useful
base for a career in operational research. Two
years in West Africa followed, studying small scale mechanization
possibilities for village agriculture. His first marriage failed soon after
his return to London. He spent several years in the Scientific Advisory
Group of the Air Ministry; his experience there led to his being sent ''on
loan'' to the RCAF in Ottawa for several months. This experience resulted,
in 1958, to his permanent move to Canada. After
two years in Ottawa with DND, he accepted an offer to move to CN
headquarters in Montreal, where the railway's Research and Development
department was establishing an Operational Research unit. He stayed with CN
until his retirement in 1983. He moved through a variety of jobs in CN,
including VP Research and Development, VP Corporate Affairs, President of CN
Marine and a two year secondment to Transport Canada to create and run the
Transport Development Agency. His final role at CN was VP Executive. John
and his wife Lyn then made their final move, to Halifax. He immediately
accepted an appointment as professor in Dalhousie University's School of
Business as well as heading the International Institute of Transportation
and Ocean Policy Studies. Throughout his career he served on a variety of
boards, both professional and societal: President, Canadian Operational
Research Society; Vice-President, International Operational Research
Society; Partner, Hickling Corporation; Board Member, Canadian Mathematical
Society; Governor, Mount St. Vincent University; Chairman, Halifax-Dartmouth
Port Development Commission; President, Theatre Arts Guild. His, and his
late wife's long association with the Guild meant a great deal to both of
them; as he said, ''TAG kept us alive, active and almost sane through the
misnamed 'golden years'''. Private
cremation, no memorial service. In lieu of flowers, please consider
donations to the Theatre Arts Guild. With any luck, there will be a
celebration of his life, as was done for his late wife Lyn. John will be
sorry that he has to miss it. NOTE from the CTRF
Board of Directors: John Gratwick was
President of CTRF in 1971-1972.
January 14, 2011
Yves Dube Frank Collins
OBITUARY: FRANK EDWARD COLLINS
Passed away at home Saturday, November 27, 2010
at the age of seventy-three after battling pancreatic cancer with great
dignity. Frank is survived by his wife of love and friendship, Eve
(Underwood) who will sorely miss Frank after forty-one years together, as
will his two loving sons Scott (Sophie) and Mark (Lynn); Gramps to Nieve,
Kate, Makayla, and Kaitlyn; also his sisters Amaryllis, Carol and brother
John; nieces, nephews and numerous friends. Son of Edward and Ruth Collins
(Smith), Frank was born in Toronto, attended high school at UTS, and then
studied Engineering at the University of Toronto. With an Athlone Fellowship
he pursued graduate studies at the University of Birmingham, England
(Management Science) and at the London School of Economics (Business
Administration). Apart from a few early years with Ford Canada, Frank worked
his entire career with KPMG where he became a specialist in the
transportation industry. KPMG moved Frank to Montreal in 1969, which became
home to the family. He was elected a partner in 1968 and served for a number
of years as National Director of the Firm's transportation industry
practice. In 1992 he served as a member of the National Transportation Act
Review Commission. Subsequently he acted as a special advisor to the Hon.
Doug Young, Minister of Transport, in developing the new Canada
Transportation Act. For many years Frank was a member of the Board of
Montreal's Old Brewery Mission, of which he was also the Treasurer. An avid
sailor, Frank was a long time member and past Commodore of the Royal St.
Lawrence Yacht Club. An enthusiastic racer and cruiser, he and Eve also took
many voyages on their yacht True love, including twice to the Bahamas to
spend the winter, and many others up and down the St. Lawrence River, Lake
Ontario, and on the Atlantic coast. With Eve, he was also an active downhill
and cross-country skier. They have been long time members of the Laurentian
Lodge Club, of which Frank is a past president. Frank's family wish to
extend their thanks to the doctors and nurses at St Mary's Hospital, CLSC
and Nova for the respect and care that Frank was given. No flowers, please.
If so inclined, a donation to the Old Brewery Mission (514-788-1884) would
be appreciated. The family will receive condolences at the Urgel Bourgie
Funeral Home on Beaumont on December 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. and the Celebration
of Life will be held on December 15 at St-Peter's Church in Mont-Royal at
1:30 p.m. followed by a reception at the Royal St-Lawrence Yacht Club in
Dorval. 1255 Beaumont Mont-Royal St. Peter's Church 900 Laird Boulevard
Mont-Royal The Royal St.Lawrence Yacht Club 1350 Lakeshore Drive Dorval.
November 25, 2010
Dr. William Waters II
It is
with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bill Waters on November
25, 2010. After enjoying a snowy morning out in his yard, he passed away
suddenly during a nap in his chair.
Originally from Kansas City, MO, Bill moved to Vancouver in 1969 with his
wife, Joanne having just completed his PhD at the University of Wisconsin.
He joined the Faculty of Economics at the University of British Columbia and
spent 34 productive years in both the Economics and Commerce Faculties with
a specialization in Transport Economics. In the field of Transportation
studies, Bill was widely published and regularly consulted for his expertise
by government and private industry alike. In
lieu of flowers, please send a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation:
http://www.heartandstroke.bc.ca NOTE from the CTRF
Board of Directors: Bill Waters was a dedicated member of CTRF and
President of the organization in 1988-1989.
David Dodds
Thursday, March 24, 2005; Page B06 NOTE from the CTRF Board of Directors: Robert Banks
has been a long time Honorary Life Member of CTRF. He and his
wife Eslyn rarely missed a conference in past history. NOTE from the CTRF Board of Directors: Albert Bach
was a CTRF President in 1978-79. September 17, 2004 The Board of Directors of CTRF have decided to rename the Transportation
Industry Scholarship to the Jan Bowland Scholarship, in memory of Jan who passed away May 27, 2004. Jan
was a long time CTRF member, and had been the Vice President Finance and Treasurer
for many years. This is our way of honoring her contributions to CTRF. Members
wishing to make a contribution to this scholarship fund may do so by using
the form linked here. Scholarship
Contribution Form May 28, 2004 The Canadian Transportation Research Forum is saddened to report the
death of Jan Bowland. Jan has been our Vice President Finance and
Treasurer for many years, and a very active and dedicated CTRF member. She
will be missed by the CTRF community.
Trish was on the CTRF Board for the period 1996/97 through 2000/01 including
two terms as Vice-President Awards.
She will be remembered for her deep love of friends and family, her
character and personality, her generosity and hospitality, and her
willingness to help others, whatever their circumstances, in times of need.
She loved photography, her flowers and her garden, her collection of Inuit
and Native art, craft fairs and Pow Wows, the ballet and the Bluesfest,
travel, and especially Cape Breton Island and east coast music. She walked,
swam, and rode her bicycle as often as she could. She motorcycled in the
summer and skied in the winter, surprising many people with her skill and
daring.
She had an illustrious career in the Federal Civil Service, starting from a
term position as a computer operator at Statistics Canada. It did not take
long for her intelligence and work ethic to be recognized. She progressed
rapidly and amongst other positions was Director of Transportation Division,
during which time she represented Canada on numerous occasions at trilateral
talks with Mexico and the US. She finished her time at Stats as Director of
Enterprise Statistics Division. After a brief period at HRDC she found her
niche as Chief Information Officer at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans
and Director General of Information Management and Technology Services,
where her sound technical background, interpersonal skills, and dedication
were put to the test with the development and implementation of the IT
Sustainability Program. All this being said Tricia felt that the crowning
achievement of her career was her contribution, as one of the founders, to
the establishment of the first Federal Government funded Day Care Centre,
which was established at Statistics Canada, after 8 years of effort, and
from which she gained nothing personally.
Since her diagnosis some 3 years ago, at the time of her retirement, Trish
has shown remarkable strength and determination despite several setbacks,
and numerous stays in hospital in Ottawa and in Montreal. She sustained this
strength and determination with the love and support given her by her
family, her life long friends, her former colleagues, and her new friends in
the Ottawa Colorectal Cancer Support Group, of which she was an avid
supporter.
August 5,
2011
Wheat Board veteran managed change on the
Prairies
DUBE, Yves Economist and served as a Vice President of Research at the
Canadian Transport Commission from 1976 until his retirement Peacefully in
Ottawa on Friday, January 14th, 2011 at the age of 87. Dearly beloved
husband of Nicole (nee Morin). Loving father of Sophie Dube (Sean Boxer) and
Bernard Dube. Fondly remembered by his two grandsons Charles and Olivier
Boxer. Dear brother of Georges-Henri Dube and brother-in-law of Claire
L'Heureux-Dube. Pre-deceased by sisters Yvette, Cecile and Louiselle and
brothers Flavius and Arthur. Friends are invited to visit at the St-Laurent
Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 1200 Ogilvie Road at (Aviation
Parkway), Ottawa on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Funeral Mass will be held at St-Thomas d'Aquin Roman Catholic Church,
1244 Kilborn Avenue, Ottawa on Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 11 a.m. As an
expression of sympathy memorial contributions to your favorite charity would
be appreciated by the family.
August 26,
2011
Outside of professional life, Bill lived life to the fullest. He was a
loving and wise father to Wendy and Eric and more recently an enthusiastic
Grandpa to Ella, Alex, Megan and Zadie.
He was also a man of many hobbies that came and went through different
phases of life. As a youngster, he enjoyed activities such as hunting,
camping and drag racing which morphed into a lifelong love for tinkering
with his dream car, a ’63 Austin Healey. Bill was an avid outdoorsman and
loved fishing, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, as well as both cross country and
downhill skiing. He also devoted considerable passion toward target shooting
and ice hockey with the UBC Old Birds.
Bill was an avid traveler. This was evident through sabbaticals to England,
as well as several to Australia during his professional life. Upon
retirement, he and Joanne tried to fit in as many adventures as possible
throughout North America in their motor home.
Bill was much loved by his family and was fortunate to have forged many
strong friendships that he valued deeply. He will be sorely missed by all.
As per Bill’s wishes, there will be no funeral but true to his Irish roots,
a wake is to be held soon.
August 13, 2008
DODDS, David John December 19, 1943 - August 10, 2008 It is with the
deepest sorrow that Pauline (Polly) announces that David, her
beloved husband and friend for more than 41 years, died peacefully
at the Elisabeth Bruyère Hospital on
Sunday, August 10th. Loving, caring, and generous, patient, wise,
and always full of humour, David will be very much missed by his
brother Mike (and Jean), his sister Pam (and Brian) Stone, his
sister-in-law Shirley Harris, his step-mother Anne, the many nieces
and nephews, great- nieces and nephews, and god children whom he
cherished and to whom he was a much loved uncle, as well as by the
friends with whom he shared so many happy times. Born in Windsor,
England, David came to Canada in 1969, after completing his
doctorate at Exeter University, to join Statistics Canada, the
department to which he devoted his career and where he earned the
respect and affection of his colleagues for more than 38 years.
David was overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of so many good
friends over his last few months, and heartfelt gratitude is owed to
all those who gave so unstintingly of their time, comfort and
support to him and Polly. A memorial service will be held at the
Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair and McGarry, 315 McLeod Street on
Monday, August 18th at 2:30 p.m., followed by a reception. In lieu
of flowers, donations to the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada or to
Elisabeth Bruyère Palliative Care Unit would be sincerely
appreciated. Thanks are owed to the staff of the Ottawa Hospital at
the Civic Campus F7 and at the General Campus 6 West, and finally at
the Elisabeth Bruyère Palliative Care Unit, who provided such
compassionate and tender care.
washingtonpost.com
Rail Transportation Consultant Robert Louis Banks Dies
Robert Louis Banks, who was chief executive of R.L. Banks & Associates
Inc. and was considered the dean of rail transportation consultants, died
of pneumonia March 15 at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Mr. Banks, a Washington
resident, was 87.
He had been a student of North American railroads since the 1930s, when
he enrolled in a graduate transportation program under Yale University
transportation economist Kent T. Healy.
In 1956, Mr. Banks established R.L. Banks in Washington, a firm of transportation
analysts, planners, economists and engineers, which he led until his death.
He testified more than 150 times as an expert on railroad, highway, truck,
bus and aviation economics and engineering before committees of Congress,
federal courts and regulatory bodies.
He was a transportation policy adviser and technical counselor to major,
regional and short-line freight railroads, commuter agencies, financial
institutions, transit operators, airlines, industry and government. Among
his clients were the Departments of Commerce, Interior, Justice and Transportation,
Bank of America and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
His firm carried out engagements for several hundred private corporations,
public agencies and 32 states, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Steel Corp.
and several Canadian provincial governments. It also worked for the National
Capital Transportation Agency, the predecessor to Metro.
Mr. Banks, who had an abiding passion for Canada, participated in the development
of railroad cost ascertainment on behalf of the Canadian prairie provinces
and was a recipient of the 1997 Distinguished Service Award by the province
of Saskatchewan.
A lifelong advocate of public transportation, he used it daily. He played
a leading role in the promotion and implementation of the U.S. rail renaissance
of the 1980s and '90s, serving as technical adviser to the Virginia Railway
Express and commuter rail adviser to the Southern California Regional Rail
Authority.
Mr. Banks was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and graduated from Columbia University,
where he was Phi Beta Kappa. In 1939, he was chosen as a fellow in transportation
in graduate school at Yale. In 1940, he joined the passenger department
of the New York Central Railroad.
In early 1942, he enlisted in the Army as a private and later was commissioned
in the Coast Artillery Corps.
He was deployed at New York Harbor in anticipation of an attack by Germany
and later was dispatched to England, France, Belgium and Germany. He was
discharged from the Army as a major in 1946 and returned to the New York
Central Railroad.
Mr. Banks moved to Washington in 1949 and joined the Civil Aeronautics
Board as chief of its transport service section. In 1951, at the start
of the Korean War, he transferred to the Air Targets Division of the Air
Force and in 1953, he joined the CIA.
Mr. Banks was named to the Railroad Hall of Fame at the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Museum in Baltimore.
He was a member of the American Economic Association, Transportation Research
Forum, National Association for Business Economists, American Association
of Railroad Superintendents, the Yale Club of New York City and the Army-Navy
Club of Washington.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Eslyn P. Banks of Washington; two
children, Catherine Kelly Tueller of Washington and Charles H. Banks of
McLean; and two grandchildren.
ALBERT
ARTHUR BACH Passed peacefully on March 8th, 2005 at Lions Gate
Hospital. Born in Toronto on July 7th, 1930, Al opened his heart
to everyone and brought much love and happiness to all who knew
him. His family was his life and his memory and courageous example
will influence them always. He was a wonderful, kind, interesting
man and will be deeply missed by Margery, his loving wife of 44
years, his children Victoria (David) Goode, John (Jennifer), and
Peter (Ruthie) and by his adored grandchildren Zoe, Lauren, Tyler
and Charlotte. Dad has joined his 1st child, Elizabeth, who left
him young and never left his heart. He led an adventurous life
and enjoyed it to the full. A memorial service will be held at
2:00 pm Thursday March, 24th at First Memorial Chapel, 1505 Lillooet
Rd. North Vancouver, BC. In lieu of flowers donations may be made
to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. FIRST MEMORIAL 604-980-3451
Obituaries (05/30/04)
BOWLAND _ Janice Maureen 1955 - 2004 Janice Maureen Bowland,
beloved wife of Gerald Bowland of Calgary, passed away at her home
on Thursday, May 27, 2004 at the age of 49 years. Janice was born on
April 23, 1955 in Goderich, ON. She graduated with an Honours Degree
in Geography in 1976 from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON,
a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario, an
MBA from McGill University, Montreal, and was also a Certified Management
Consultant. Janice met Gerald in Waterloo. They were married in 1977
and lived and worked in Montreal until moving to Calgary in 1996. Most
recently Janice was employed with Oracle Corporation as Western Region
Vice President, and was formerly employed by KPMG and BearingPoint
as well as Canadian Pacific Ltd. An active participant in all sports,
Janice particularly enjoyed softball, skiing, and golfing. She was
a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol and the Willow Park Golf & Country
Club, as well as a member of the Board of the Canadian Transportation
Research Forum, and a former Girl Guide Leader. She will be forever
remembered as a wife, mother, sister, favourite aunt, friend, and associate,
and was loved by her "walk-mate" Abu. Besides her loving
husband Gerald, Janice is survived by her daughters, Theresa and Sarah,
both of Calgary; sisters and brothers, Eileen, Anne, Con, Frank, Cathy,
Terry, Donna, Rosemary, Mary Ellen, Margaret, Tom, Kathleen, and Betty
Jane; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. She was predeceased
by her parents John and Sophie Foran. Those wishing to pay their respects
may do so at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY'S Fish Creek Chapel (14441 Bannister
Road S.E.) today, May 30, 2004 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral
Services will be held at McInnis & Holloway's Fish Creek Chapel
(14441 Bannister Road S.E.) on Monday, May 31, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. with
the Very Rev. Gregory Coupal, V.F. officiating. Forwarding arrangements
to McKenzie & McCreath Funeral Homes in Lucknow, ON. Those wishing
to pay their respects may do so at McKenzie & McCreath Funeral
Homes (595 Campbell Street, Lucknow, ON N0G 2H0. Telephone 1-519-528-3432)
on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will
be celebrated at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (R.R. No. 3, Highway
21, Goderich, ON) on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. Graveside
Service to follow in St. Augustine Cemetery (Auburn, ON). To forward
condolences go to www.mcinnisandholloway.com.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to the charity
of the donor's choice. In living memory of Janice Bowland, a tree will
be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY
FUNERAL HOMES, Fish Creek Chapel, 14441 BANNISTER ROAD S.E., CALGARY.
Telephone: 403-256-9575. 281568
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