Obituaries 2021
Gloria Jane McGinley
April 22, 1936 - March 6, 2021
It is with great sadness that I announce my mother's passing on March 6, 2021 at her home in Bedford, NS. Gloria was born on April 22, 1936 in Lockeport, NS, the daughter of the late Clinton and Blanche Harding, whose roots go back to 1783 in Shelburne County. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Charles ("Scotty") McGinley on December 5, 2000. She will be deeply missed by her loving daughter, Elizabeth, and by her friends and relatives in Canada.
Gloria was a kind and generous woman who touched the lives of many people. She was an innocent and sweet lady with a fertile imagination who loved children, miniatures, toys, art, literature, and building dollhouses. She was an avid theatre-goer who gave generously to the Shaw Festival where she was an annual attendee for nearly 10 years. She was a regular visitor to numerous theatres throughout Nova Scotia, across Canada, and around Europe.
Gloria was a frequent traveller, having lived in various parts of Germany with her husband and daughter. Her late husband, Charles, hailed from Scotland, so Gloria held a special place in her heart for that magical country. The family journeyed throughout Europe, gaining insight into a variety of cultures and traditions, many of which she incorporated into the family's Christmas celebrations. Her wealth of cultural experiences made her a broad-minded woman who embraced ethnic diversity in the friendships she made. She left Nova Scotia in the 1950s and lived most of her life in Germany, Vancouver, and Ontario, returning to Nova Scotia in 2003.
She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Ann (McGinley), and several cousins. Many thanks to the members of her care-at-home team over the past 17 months, including Vanessa Soriano for her exceptional nursing skills and friendship, Irma Vaughan, Francine Wright, Monica Flinn, Mandy McCullough, Catherine-Anne Murray, and Dr. Christopher MacKnight.
Cremation has taken place. Burial to take place in Scotland alongside her husband in the family lair at a later date. A celebration of life will be arranged in the coming months.
In lieu of flowers, her daughter would appreciate that donations in memoriam be made to The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
To view or place an online message of condolence please visit www.jasnowfuneralhome.com
Published on March 11, 2021 https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/gloria-mcginley-1081776823
April 22, 1936 - March 6, 2021
It is with great sadness that I announce my mother's passing on March 6, 2021 at her home in Bedford, NS. Gloria was born on April 22, 1936 in Lockeport, NS, the daughter of the late Clinton and Blanche Harding, whose roots go back to 1783 in Shelburne County. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Charles ("Scotty") McGinley on December 5, 2000. She will be deeply missed by her loving daughter, Elizabeth, and by her friends and relatives in Canada.
Gloria was a kind and generous woman who touched the lives of many people. She was an innocent and sweet lady with a fertile imagination who loved children, miniatures, toys, art, literature, and building dollhouses. She was an avid theatre-goer who gave generously to the Shaw Festival where she was an annual attendee for nearly 10 years. She was a regular visitor to numerous theatres throughout Nova Scotia, across Canada, and around Europe.
Gloria was a frequent traveller, having lived in various parts of Germany with her husband and daughter. Her late husband, Charles, hailed from Scotland, so Gloria held a special place in her heart for that magical country. The family journeyed throughout Europe, gaining insight into a variety of cultures and traditions, many of which she incorporated into the family's Christmas celebrations. Her wealth of cultural experiences made her a broad-minded woman who embraced ethnic diversity in the friendships she made. She left Nova Scotia in the 1950s and lived most of her life in Germany, Vancouver, and Ontario, returning to Nova Scotia in 2003.
She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Ann (McGinley), and several cousins. Many thanks to the members of her care-at-home team over the past 17 months, including Vanessa Soriano for her exceptional nursing skills and friendship, Irma Vaughan, Francine Wright, Monica Flinn, Mandy McCullough, Catherine-Anne Murray, and Dr. Christopher MacKnight.
Cremation has taken place. Burial to take place in Scotland alongside her husband in the family lair at a later date. A celebration of life will be arranged in the coming months.
In lieu of flowers, her daughter would appreciate that donations in memoriam be made to The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
To view or place an online message of condolence please visit www.jasnowfuneralhome.com
Published on March 11, 2021 https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/gloria-mcginley-1081776823
Sergeant Glenn Michael Patterson
August 11, 1947 - June 16, 2021
Glenn passed away of heart failure after a long pulmonary illness. He was the devoted and much loved husband to Lesley. His children Steve, Sean, Dawn and Cindy are devastated by his sudden passing. Glenn was an avid model train buff and often went train watching with his good friend Pat, he enjoyed darts, good food, travel (his three week trip to Portugal was a particular favorite), and after his move to Paris he became a school bus driver with Sharp Bus Lines. He was so proud of doing that job and was surprised at how much he enjoyed the children he drove. Glenn will be missed by his many friends in Paris and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia where he lived for forty plus years. Breathe easy my love your suffering is over, we will be fine but will miss you forever.
Sergeant Patterson served in the 15th Field Artillery Regiment from 1971 until 1976.
The Brantford Expositor
August 11, 1947 - June 16, 2021
Glenn passed away of heart failure after a long pulmonary illness. He was the devoted and much loved husband to Lesley. His children Steve, Sean, Dawn and Cindy are devastated by his sudden passing. Glenn was an avid model train buff and often went train watching with his good friend Pat, he enjoyed darts, good food, travel (his three week trip to Portugal was a particular favorite), and after his move to Paris he became a school bus driver with Sharp Bus Lines. He was so proud of doing that job and was surprised at how much he enjoyed the children he drove. Glenn will be missed by his many friends in Paris and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia where he lived for forty plus years. Breathe easy my love your suffering is over, we will be fine but will miss you forever.
Sergeant Patterson served in the 15th Field Artillery Regiment from 1971 until 1976.
The Brantford Expositor
Captain Robert Harry Spring
Born in Vancouver on September 29, 1935, and died on June 30, 2021. Bob lived in the Dunbar and Kerrisdale suburbs of the city until 2001 when he and Janice moved to "the farm", their retirement home in Maple Ridge.
Predeceased by the love of his life, and remembered every day, his spouse, Janice (nee Gibson), in 2005. Survived by his loving children, Steven, (Susan), Bruce, and Janene, (Pierre). Also survived by his four wonderful grandchildren, Gordon, Sarah, Greg and Allison.
Bob was very proud of his accomplishments during his life, starting with qualifying as the first King's Scout to reach that level in the 52nd St. John's (Shaughnessy) Scout Troop in Vancouver, in his teens. The day he enrolled in his first year of post secondary studies at U.B.C. he enlisted in the Canadian Officers' Training Corps, (C.O.T.C.). Later in his years in the Army Reserve he attained the rank of Captain and was the Adjutant on retirement from the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, R.C.A. in Vancouver. Following retirement from his professional career, he became a volunteer, and in later years, a Trustee of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA Museum & Archives Society. Bob developed a fascination for reading and learning as much as he could about the participation of Canadian Armed Forces in 1943 in the Joint U.S/ Canadian operation to take back the island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army in 1942. His interest and research over a number of years focused in particular on the history and training of the 24th Field Artillery Regiment RCA, the regiment in which his father, Harry, served as an officer on Kiska.
During the youth and teen years of his children, of whom he was extremely proud, Bob was active in The Dunbar Soccer Association, and held the position of Referee-In-Chief for seven years.
Professionally, he practiced law, first in partnership with his father (who taught him well to treat all clients with great respect and to never overcharge), and then with others with whom they merged in practice, primarily in the fields of insurance, and corporate and commercial law for 30 years. He was also a member of the Bar of Yukon for a number of years and served as a member of the Discipline Committee of The Law Society of Yukon. Shortly after retiring from private practice in 1991 he joined the Corporate Law Department at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, where he was a solicitor for 9 years until the then mandatory age for retirement. For a portion of that period, he became the first person appointed to the position of Deputy General Counsel of the Corporation. In 2011, Bob was honoured at a reception along with other honourees, by the Law Society of British Columbia as a member of 50 years standing in the society.
Bob maintained a membership in the Medical Legal Society of British Columbia throughout the 1960s and into the mid 1970s when the society became inactive. He was one of four or five physicians and lawyers who in 1980 succeeded in resurrecting interest in that society and he became the Secretary of it. He served the society in that position 18 years, before he asked to be relieved of those duties. During that period, he was one of the two individuals who founded a national (unincorporated) body of Medical Legal Societies, known as "The Canadian Association of Medical Legal Societies", and was its Secretary for 10 years. On retiring from the executive of the Medical Legal Society of B.C., Bob was delighted to be made an Honorary Life Member of the society and of its Executive, and kept up his interest in it for the rest of his life.
For 7 years he was an appointed member of the Board of Variance for Bowen Island, and prior to that served a number of years on the Executive of the Bowen Island Improvement Association.
He was an alumnus of the Alpha Omega Chapter, Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
A long-time goal (or probably obsession) for Bob following his professional retirement was to ensure in his lifetime he would be able to look at a plaque containing the correct information beside a Japanese naval gun his father's artillery regiment brought back with it from Kiska to the Vernon, B.C. army camp in early 1944. The gun had years after the end of the Second World War been designated a memorial by the Vernon B.C. Canadian Army Cadet Corps to the four Canadian soldiers who died on Kiska. He spent a number of years trying to get military authorities and others interested in replacing a plaque beside the gun which he noted contained some incorrect and incomplete historical information as to the principal Canadian military units that participated in the military operation in August of 1943.
That goal was accomplished finally, in early August, 2014 with the unveiling of a new historical information plaque, with the necessary corrections, and maintaining the credit given to the Vernon Canadian Army Cadet Corps memorial donation.
Bob's credo in life was to live it with love, compassion, honesty and humour, but most of all, "fully". This became evident as Bob made many life-long friends in every facet of his life.
Flowers gratefully declined. Please make donations to the M.S. Society Volunteer Legal Advocacy Program, or St. Michael's Hospice Burnaby.
A Service and Reception to celebrate Bob's life will be held at a later date.
To leave online condolences, please visit kearneyfs.com.
Published in the Vancouver Sun July 24, 2021
Born in Vancouver on September 29, 1935, and died on June 30, 2021. Bob lived in the Dunbar and Kerrisdale suburbs of the city until 2001 when he and Janice moved to "the farm", their retirement home in Maple Ridge.
Predeceased by the love of his life, and remembered every day, his spouse, Janice (nee Gibson), in 2005. Survived by his loving children, Steven, (Susan), Bruce, and Janene, (Pierre). Also survived by his four wonderful grandchildren, Gordon, Sarah, Greg and Allison.
Bob was very proud of his accomplishments during his life, starting with qualifying as the first King's Scout to reach that level in the 52nd St. John's (Shaughnessy) Scout Troop in Vancouver, in his teens. The day he enrolled in his first year of post secondary studies at U.B.C. he enlisted in the Canadian Officers' Training Corps, (C.O.T.C.). Later in his years in the Army Reserve he attained the rank of Captain and was the Adjutant on retirement from the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, R.C.A. in Vancouver. Following retirement from his professional career, he became a volunteer, and in later years, a Trustee of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment RCA Museum & Archives Society. Bob developed a fascination for reading and learning as much as he could about the participation of Canadian Armed Forces in 1943 in the Joint U.S/ Canadian operation to take back the island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army in 1942. His interest and research over a number of years focused in particular on the history and training of the 24th Field Artillery Regiment RCA, the regiment in which his father, Harry, served as an officer on Kiska.
During the youth and teen years of his children, of whom he was extremely proud, Bob was active in The Dunbar Soccer Association, and held the position of Referee-In-Chief for seven years.
Professionally, he practiced law, first in partnership with his father (who taught him well to treat all clients with great respect and to never overcharge), and then with others with whom they merged in practice, primarily in the fields of insurance, and corporate and commercial law for 30 years. He was also a member of the Bar of Yukon for a number of years and served as a member of the Discipline Committee of The Law Society of Yukon. Shortly after retiring from private practice in 1991 he joined the Corporate Law Department at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, where he was a solicitor for 9 years until the then mandatory age for retirement. For a portion of that period, he became the first person appointed to the position of Deputy General Counsel of the Corporation. In 2011, Bob was honoured at a reception along with other honourees, by the Law Society of British Columbia as a member of 50 years standing in the society.
Bob maintained a membership in the Medical Legal Society of British Columbia throughout the 1960s and into the mid 1970s when the society became inactive. He was one of four or five physicians and lawyers who in 1980 succeeded in resurrecting interest in that society and he became the Secretary of it. He served the society in that position 18 years, before he asked to be relieved of those duties. During that period, he was one of the two individuals who founded a national (unincorporated) body of Medical Legal Societies, known as "The Canadian Association of Medical Legal Societies", and was its Secretary for 10 years. On retiring from the executive of the Medical Legal Society of B.C., Bob was delighted to be made an Honorary Life Member of the society and of its Executive, and kept up his interest in it for the rest of his life.
For 7 years he was an appointed member of the Board of Variance for Bowen Island, and prior to that served a number of years on the Executive of the Bowen Island Improvement Association.
He was an alumnus of the Alpha Omega Chapter, Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
A long-time goal (or probably obsession) for Bob following his professional retirement was to ensure in his lifetime he would be able to look at a plaque containing the correct information beside a Japanese naval gun his father's artillery regiment brought back with it from Kiska to the Vernon, B.C. army camp in early 1944. The gun had years after the end of the Second World War been designated a memorial by the Vernon B.C. Canadian Army Cadet Corps to the four Canadian soldiers who died on Kiska. He spent a number of years trying to get military authorities and others interested in replacing a plaque beside the gun which he noted contained some incorrect and incomplete historical information as to the principal Canadian military units that participated in the military operation in August of 1943.
That goal was accomplished finally, in early August, 2014 with the unveiling of a new historical information plaque, with the necessary corrections, and maintaining the credit given to the Vernon Canadian Army Cadet Corps memorial donation.
Bob's credo in life was to live it with love, compassion, honesty and humour, but most of all, "fully". This became evident as Bob made many life-long friends in every facet of his life.
Flowers gratefully declined. Please make donations to the M.S. Society Volunteer Legal Advocacy Program, or St. Michael's Hospice Burnaby.
A Service and Reception to celebrate Bob's life will be held at a later date.
To leave online condolences, please visit kearneyfs.com.
Published in the Vancouver Sun July 24, 2021