In Memoriam In Memoriam
The McMaster Alumni Association offers condolences to the families and friends of the following: Marion Bourns, the wife of former McMaster president Arthur Bourns, died March 4, 2008 at the age of 90 after a two-year struggle with cancer. Ronald Doren ’81, who died Nov. 23, 2007, was active in student politics as a Commerce representative. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn (Johnston) ’81. Murray Havers ’51, who had a 30-year career as a geologist with Gulf Oil, died Oct. 8, 2007 in New Westminster, B.C.
graduates of McMaster’s Hamilton campus, died in London, Ont., on June 30, 2007 at the age of 94. Brendan Kosnick ’06 died May 14, 2007. He is survived by his parents, Anne and Frank ’76, and grandmother, Bertha ’72, and his girlfriend Lisa Payette ’07. He is also survived by his sister and brother, Allison and Adam.
Vivian Huehn ’47 died Dec. 5, 2007 in Kingston, Ont., at the age of 82. The friendship she made at McMaster with Grace (Cockburn) Sinclair ’47 lasted her entire life.
After a four-year struggle with ovarian cancer, Margaret Rose (Elliott) Manktelow ’60 died Feb. 2, 2007. As a memorial, her husband Ralph Manktelow ’60 commissioned Saskatoon artist Alexander Gaspar ’60 to create a mural scale painting to be donated to the Toronto General Hospital.
Beatrice “Jean” (Thomson) Hurson ’34, one of the earliest
Peter Moes ’52 died in Toronto on June 18, 2007.
David Neill ’68, whose distinguished career at W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind inspired volunteers in an array of health-care organizations and foundations in Brantford, Ont., died from a brain aneurysm that struck him on Jan. 1, 2008. Dr. Derick Paquette ’81 died Jan. 2, 2008 in Guelph, Ont. He was a family practitioner and served as chief of family practice and president of the medical staff at Guelph General Hospital and as coroner for the County of Wellington. Osmond Ramberan ’70 died in Trinidad on Dec. 29, 2007. He taught with the HamiltonWentworth District School Board. In addition to his MA, he also earned a PhD from McMaster. He is survived by his daughter Alicia ’95. E. W. (Wil) Rice ’41, who was a coach and teacher at London, Ont., high schools for 30 years, despite being almost totally blind since 1962, died on Jan. 25, 2008, at age 89. Ruwani Seimon, who earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics (’92) and a BA in Music (’93), died on Nov. 7, 2007, of cancer in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She made her career in music, continuing from her singing activities at
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McMaster and coached several choirs in Colombo. Rev. Douglas Sherwood ’68 died in Peterborough, Ont., on Sept. 28, 2007. George Sobering ’63 died Aug. 18, 2007 at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. William John Culbertson Stewart ’49, who died in 2007, is survived by his wife Ruth, daughters Vicki Moore and Peggy Maycher, six grandchildren and his sister and brother-in-law Ina and Vern Turner ’50. Donald C. Summerhayes ’53 died on Nov. 8, 2007 in Toronto. He was retired from York University. Gordon Vichert ’57 died of Parkinson’s disease on Nov. 12, 2007, in Vancouver. He taught for several years then persued a career with the New Democratic Party in Saskatchewan. Harold F. Vollmer ’46 died at age 89 on Oct. 30, 2007 in Kanata, Ont. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1939-42. Cecil Yip ’59 died Nov. 27, 2007. He was retired from the University of Toronto.