Obituaries - 1973
Sergeant Lorraine (Laurence) Patrick Adair
Served with The Governor General's Foot Guards for 3 years. Wounded in the First World War while serving as a drummer with the 13th Canadian Battalion, The Royal Highlanders of Canada. Rejoined as a musician in the rank of Sergeant in the 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA CA(M) Military Band. Deceased 21 Sep 1973 and interred Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby BC
Served with The Governor General's Foot Guards for 3 years. Wounded in the First World War while serving as a drummer with the 13th Canadian Battalion, The Royal Highlanders of Canada. Rejoined as a musician in the rank of Sergeant in the 43rd Medium Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA CA(M) Military Band. Deceased 21 Sep 1973 and interred Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby BC
Major Dick Diespecker
February 11, 1973 Dick Diespecker, radio announcer, producer, writer, newspaper columnist, died in San Francisco, aged 65. Richard Alan Diespecker was born March 1, 1907 in Adstock, Buckinghamshire, Eng. He came to Vancouver in 1927, the same year he began his newspaper career with The Vancouver Star. In 1936 he joined CJOR and began to write radio dramas. In 1940 he joined an artillery unit, later became a radio liaison officer. His Prayer for Victory, written in a Montreal hotel room in 1942, was aired on radio networks throughout the western world. His first book of poems, Two Furious Oceans, was published in 1944. In 1947 he won the Beaver Award for “distinguished service to Canadian radio.” The next year he won the Columbus Award for the three-part radio documentaryDestination Palestine. Diespecker wrote more than 400 radio plays for CJOR, CBC, BBC and the South African Broadcasting Corp. He was a columnist with theVancouver Star, the News-Herald and theVictoria Colonist, and wrote a popular column on radio for the Province. His 1950 novel Elizabeth told of the life of a pioneer woman.
Another novel, Rebound, appeared in 1953. Says BC Bookworld: “It’s the story of Stoney Martin, a Vancouver journalist who, in 1950, is returning to Vancouver from Toronto by train with his second wife, Jane. By coincidence, his conniving first wife. Susan, is also on the train. As the train makes its way across Canada, Stoney reminisces, recalling his stormy relationship with the ‘predatory female’ who tricked him with a false pregnancy into a miserable marriage. The novel paints an excellent picture of post Depression Vancouver. There is a particularly effective scene in which Stoney looks down upon the Victory Square cenotaph from his newspaper office on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. WhenRebound is not exonerating Stoney's part in his sexual relationship with the relentlessly ‘bad’ Susan, it is a fine novel with clear-eyed accounts of social problems and a deep sensitivity to Vancouver's unique character.” In 1958 Diespecker moved to San Francisco to join a public relations firm, and in 1964 became an American citizen.
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February 11, 1973 Dick Diespecker, radio announcer, producer, writer, newspaper columnist, died in San Francisco, aged 65. Richard Alan Diespecker was born March 1, 1907 in Adstock, Buckinghamshire, Eng. He came to Vancouver in 1927, the same year he began his newspaper career with The Vancouver Star. In 1936 he joined CJOR and began to write radio dramas. In 1940 he joined an artillery unit, later became a radio liaison officer. His Prayer for Victory, written in a Montreal hotel room in 1942, was aired on radio networks throughout the western world. His first book of poems, Two Furious Oceans, was published in 1944. In 1947 he won the Beaver Award for “distinguished service to Canadian radio.” The next year he won the Columbus Award for the three-part radio documentaryDestination Palestine. Diespecker wrote more than 400 radio plays for CJOR, CBC, BBC and the South African Broadcasting Corp. He was a columnist with theVancouver Star, the News-Herald and theVictoria Colonist, and wrote a popular column on radio for the Province. His 1950 novel Elizabeth told of the life of a pioneer woman.
Another novel, Rebound, appeared in 1953. Says BC Bookworld: “It’s the story of Stoney Martin, a Vancouver journalist who, in 1950, is returning to Vancouver from Toronto by train with his second wife, Jane. By coincidence, his conniving first wife. Susan, is also on the train. As the train makes its way across Canada, Stoney reminisces, recalling his stormy relationship with the ‘predatory female’ who tricked him with a false pregnancy into a miserable marriage. The novel paints an excellent picture of post Depression Vancouver. There is a particularly effective scene in which Stoney looks down upon the Victory Square cenotaph from his newspaper office on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. WhenRebound is not exonerating Stoney's part in his sexual relationship with the relentlessly ‘bad’ Susan, it is a fine novel with clear-eyed accounts of social problems and a deep sensitivity to Vancouver's unique character.” In 1958 Diespecker moved to San Francisco to join a public relations firm, and in 1964 became an American citizen.
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Warrant Officer Class I John AS Munro
Suddenly, on February 3, 1973, John S. Munro, aged 67 years, of 1600 Beach Ave., Vancouver and formerly of 576 Francis, Richmond. Survived by his loving wife, Ethel; 1 son, Ken, Calgary; daughter, Mrs. D. (Bev) Frizell, Richmond; 6 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Mrs. Jean Morgan, Winnipeg, Mrs. Queenie Simpson, Calgary, Mrs. Alice Hay, London, Ont.; 2 brothers, William, Windsor, Ont., Hedley, Calgary. Served with the King's Own Rifles of Canada in the Second World War; also served as Bandmaster with the 43rd Ack Ack of Vancouver. Funeral service Tuesday, February 6 at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of Richmond Funeral Home. Cremation.
Suddenly, on February 3, 1973, John S. Munro, aged 67 years, of 1600 Beach Ave., Vancouver and formerly of 576 Francis, Richmond. Survived by his loving wife, Ethel; 1 son, Ken, Calgary; daughter, Mrs. D. (Bev) Frizell, Richmond; 6 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Mrs. Jean Morgan, Winnipeg, Mrs. Queenie Simpson, Calgary, Mrs. Alice Hay, London, Ont.; 2 brothers, William, Windsor, Ont., Hedley, Calgary. Served with the King's Own Rifles of Canada in the Second World War; also served as Bandmaster with the 43rd Ack Ack of Vancouver. Funeral service Tuesday, February 6 at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of Richmond Funeral Home. Cremation.
Gunner William Newton
Dr. William Newton, 80, one of Canada’s outstanding plant scientists, died Friday at Rest Haven Hospital in Sydney.
Services will be held in St. Andrew’s Anglican Church at Sidney at 3 p.m. Tuesday with Canon F.C. Vaughan-Birch officiating, to be followed by cremation. Newton was responsible for establishing th Saanich Dominion Experimental Farm in 1929, retiring as director of the science service laboratory on April 25, 1958. He joined the federal science service in 1928.
Newton gained world-wide recognition for his studies on disease control affecting potatoes, tomatoes, hops, bulbs and other farm crops. His scientific work also helped the loganberry wine industry. In 1963, he was appointed to the United Nations agricultural board in Ceylon, serving in an advisory capacity for that government for a year.
Born in Montreal, Newton was a resident of Sidney for 45 years, living at 1980 Lands End.
He is survived by his wife Nora; his sons, William of Victoria, and Donald and John, both of Vancouver; his daughters Joan, of Victoria and Mrs. P.(Linn) Lowes of Malawi, Africa; a sister, Dr. Dorothy Swales of Montreal, and two brothers, Dr. Robert Newton of California and Dr. Jack Newton of Vancouver. There are nine grandchildren.
Newton was a First World War veteran and was predeceased by his sister, Margaret, in 1971.
Sands Funeral Chapel of Roses in Sidney is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Gunner Newton was a member of the 5th Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery when he volunteered with the 62nd Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery on 15 May 1916. He served in France and Belgium with the 58th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.
Dr. William Newton, 80, one of Canada’s outstanding plant scientists, died Friday at Rest Haven Hospital in Sydney.
Services will be held in St. Andrew’s Anglican Church at Sidney at 3 p.m. Tuesday with Canon F.C. Vaughan-Birch officiating, to be followed by cremation. Newton was responsible for establishing th Saanich Dominion Experimental Farm in 1929, retiring as director of the science service laboratory on April 25, 1958. He joined the federal science service in 1928.
Newton gained world-wide recognition for his studies on disease control affecting potatoes, tomatoes, hops, bulbs and other farm crops. His scientific work also helped the loganberry wine industry. In 1963, he was appointed to the United Nations agricultural board in Ceylon, serving in an advisory capacity for that government for a year.
Born in Montreal, Newton was a resident of Sidney for 45 years, living at 1980 Lands End.
He is survived by his wife Nora; his sons, William of Victoria, and Donald and John, both of Vancouver; his daughters Joan, of Victoria and Mrs. P.(Linn) Lowes of Malawi, Africa; a sister, Dr. Dorothy Swales of Montreal, and two brothers, Dr. Robert Newton of California and Dr. Jack Newton of Vancouver. There are nine grandchildren.
Newton was a First World War veteran and was predeceased by his sister, Margaret, in 1971.
Sands Funeral Chapel of Roses in Sidney is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Gunner Newton was a member of the 5th Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery when he volunteered with the 62nd Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery on 15 May 1916. He served in France and Belgium with the 58th Battery, 14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.
Quarter Master Sergeant Garnet Forrester Pike
Passed away on June 15, 1973, Garnet Forrester Pike, of 4418 West 13th Ave., in his 86th year. Survived by 1 son, C. William Pike and daughter-in-law, Shirley of Victoria; numerous grandchildren in Victoria and San Francisco. Funeral service Monday, June 18 at 12 noon in the chapel of Simmons & McBride, funeral directors, Broadway and Maple St., Rev. Robert Yeung officiating. Cremation Garden Chapel.
Quarter Master Sergeant Pike enrolled with the Vancouver Volunteer Reserve, Boorman's Battery on 12 October 1915. He served overseas with the 1st Canadian Division Ammunition Column and the 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.
Passed away on June 15, 1973, Garnet Forrester Pike, of 4418 West 13th Ave., in his 86th year. Survived by 1 son, C. William Pike and daughter-in-law, Shirley of Victoria; numerous grandchildren in Victoria and San Francisco. Funeral service Monday, June 18 at 12 noon in the chapel of Simmons & McBride, funeral directors, Broadway and Maple St., Rev. Robert Yeung officiating. Cremation Garden Chapel.
Quarter Master Sergeant Pike enrolled with the Vancouver Volunteer Reserve, Boorman's Battery on 12 October 1915. He served overseas with the 1st Canadian Division Ammunition Column and the 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Allen Townsley
On May 15, 1973, William Allen Townsley in his 80th year. Survived by his wife Elizabeth Lilian, 2 sons, Philip McNair and David Strawson, his daughter, Mrs. D.A> (Mary Annette) Macintosh, 8 grandchildren, his brother Ernest. Deceased served Canada with distinction in both Wars. Memorial service will be held Friday, May 18th, at 1 p.m. in St. Andrews’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. Rev. S. Sears officiating. Cremation. Arrangements through the Memorial Society of B.C., and First Memorial Services Ltd.
Lieutenant-Colonel Townsley served with the 27th Battery Canadian Field Artillery in the First World War, member of the Vancouver Overseas Artillery Association in 1919, Commanding Officer of the 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery from 1924 to 1930, founding member of the Vancouver Armoury Association in 1928, organized the 18th Field Regiment RCA in June 1941, took command of 2nd Medium Regiment later that year.
On May 15, 1973, William Allen Townsley in his 80th year. Survived by his wife Elizabeth Lilian, 2 sons, Philip McNair and David Strawson, his daughter, Mrs. D.A> (Mary Annette) Macintosh, 8 grandchildren, his brother Ernest. Deceased served Canada with distinction in both Wars. Memorial service will be held Friday, May 18th, at 1 p.m. in St. Andrews’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. Rev. S. Sears officiating. Cremation. Arrangements through the Memorial Society of B.C., and First Memorial Services Ltd.
Lieutenant-Colonel Townsley served with the 27th Battery Canadian Field Artillery in the First World War, member of the Vancouver Overseas Artillery Association in 1919, Commanding Officer of the 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery from 1924 to 1930, founding member of the Vancouver Armoury Association in 1928, organized the 18th Field Regiment RCA in June 1941, took command of 2nd Medium Regiment later that year.
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Paul Lorne Woodward
In Shaughnessy Hospital on March 21, 1973, late of 757 Richards St., aged 68 years. Survived by 1 sister Mrs. Muriel Vickrey, Los Angeles. Mr. Woodward served overseas with the 6th Field Regt. R.C.A., Second World War. Funeral service in the chape; of the Mount Pleasant Funeral Directors, Kingsway & 11th Ave., on Friday, March 23 at 3 p.m. Padre E.J. Dossett officiating. Cremation.
BQMS Woodward was mobilized with the 85th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade RCA in AUgust 1939.
In Shaughnessy Hospital on March 21, 1973, late of 757 Richards St., aged 68 years. Survived by 1 sister Mrs. Muriel Vickrey, Los Angeles. Mr. Woodward served overseas with the 6th Field Regt. R.C.A., Second World War. Funeral service in the chape; of the Mount Pleasant Funeral Directors, Kingsway & 11th Ave., on Friday, March 23 at 3 p.m. Padre E.J. Dossett officiating. Cremation.
BQMS Woodward was mobilized with the 85th Heavy Battery, 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade RCA in AUgust 1939.