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Jessica Marie Hamather A hospice that acts as a home away from home for those near the end of life, Jessica’s House in Exeter, Ont., is named after University of Guelph alumna Jessica Marie Hamather (B.Sc. ’15). The 22-year-old died in late 2015 from a rare form of cancer. Intended as a place of compassion, dignity and respect that would honour Hamather’s memory, Jessica’s House opened this
past June as a three-bedroom residential hospice to provide palliative care. Health-care officials recognized a longstanding need for residential hospice beds in Huron County, where Jessica was born and raised. A two-year fundraising campaign collected $3 million for the building. Construction on the South Huron Hospital Foundation project began in summer 2017, and the facility opened a year later on land in south Exeter donated by a local family. Jessica’s mother, Maria Hamather, co-chaired the steering
Passages 1930s Helen Quinn, BSA ’35, Feb. 11, 2018 1940s Russel (Lloyd) Mitton, BSA ’42, March 26, 2018 Thomas (Tom) Hawke, DVM ’45, Aug. 29, 2018 Russell McDonald, DVM ’45, June 9, 2018 Allan (Al) Aitken, BSA ’47, Dec. 11, 2017 Cosimo (Cutts) Ferraro, DVM ’47, May 4, 2018 Benjamin (Ben) Levinter, BSA ’47, July 19, 2018 Winfred (Win) Benedict, BSA ’49, Feb. 28, 2018 Ellis (Kelly) Cameron, Dip. ’49, Aug. 14, 2018 Norma Chamberlain, Dip H.E. ’49, May 26, 2017 Robert (Bob) Lindabury, BSA ’49, March 29, 2018 1950s David (Dave) Gaunt, DVM ’50, June 18, 2018 Barbara Luckham, Dip H.E. ’50, Dec. 21, 2017 Edward (Ed) Booth, DVM ’51, July 21, 2018 Thomas (Tom) Green, BSA ’51, March 23, 2018 Clarence McTaggart, BSA ’51, April 12, 2018 Stanley (Stan) Raymond, BSA ’51, March 12, 2018 John Wiebe, BSA ’51, May 31, 2018 Betty Lambert, Dip ’52, BA ’74, Aug. 23, 2018 Jean Norry, B.H.Sc. ’52, May 23, 2018 Murray Hawkins, BSA ’53, July 18, 2018 Ronald (Ron) Duncan, Dip. ’54, March 26, 2016 John (Jack) Lanthier, BSA ’54, June 21, 2018 36 | PORTICO Fall 2018
committee for the project. She said as the project took shape that her daughter “would have loved this wonderful and peaceful place.” The Hamather family donated more than $500,000 to Jessica’s House, and several businesses and families each donated more than $100,000. Jessica graduated with distinction in 2015, receiving
Marvin Little, Dip. ’54, Dec. 8, 2015 Bertram (Bert) Stewart, Dip. ’54, Feb. 12, 2018 Mildred (Anne) Gray, B.H.Sc. ’55, June 28, 2018 James (Jim) Runions, BSA ’55, Oct. 19, 2017 Jane Clifford, B.H.Sc. ’56, Oct. 23, 2017 Warren French, BSA ’56, M.Sc. (Agr.) ’57, May 16, 2018 Donald Russell, Dip. ’56, Feb. 1, 2018 Carl Aitken, Dip. ’57, March 14, 2016 Howard Marks, Dip. ’57, Oct. 24, 2016 John Phelps, Dip. ’57, Jan. 20, 2018 Russell (Russ) Willoughby, DVM ’57, April 17, 2018 Francis (Frank) Brown, BSA ’58, Dec. 26, 2017 Kenneth (Ken) Jessop, Dip. ’58, March 16, 2018 Marian Macdonald, B.H.Sc. ’58, March 21, 2018 James (Jim) Macey, BSA ’58, July 29, 2016 Myrna Macey, B.H.Sc. ’58, March 31, 2018 Donald (Don) Murray, Dip. ’58, Aug. 19, 2018 Harry Erwin, BSA ’59, May 20, 2017 Andrew (Andy) MacKenzie, BSA ’59, Nov. 23, 2017 Archie Miller, DVM ’59, Feb. 15, 2018 Robert (Jim) Steffens, DVM ’59, Aug. 3, 2018 1960s James (Jim) Browne, DVM ’60, Jan. 30, 2018 Walter (Walt) Stirling, Dip. ’60, May 28, 2017 Joseph (Joe) Bray, BSA ’61, July 16, 2016 Clarence Duquette, Dip. ’61, Sept. 13, 2017 Kenneth Ryan, Dip. ’61, Jan. 11, 2017 Harry Seymour, BSA ’61, June 8, 2018 Robert (Jim) Darlington, BSA ’62, M.Sc. ’72, March 23, 2018 Arthur (Art) Gill, Dip. ’62, Dec. 31, 2017 Walter (Don) Hill, BSA ’62, June 13, 2018
an honours bachelor of science degree. She had planned to continue studies at U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College. Maria and Jessica’s father, Timothy, established the annual Jessica Marie Hamather Memorial Scholarship at U of G. The $1,000 award is available to a student in a biomedical science program with demonstrated financial need.
Carolyn (Carol) McCausland, Dip. H.E. ’62, Oct. 8, 2015 Kenneth (Ken) Richards, Dip. ’62, May 25, 2018 Patrick (Bev) Coveny, Dip. ’63, Sept. 9, 2017 Bruce Downey, DVM ’63, April 4, 2018 George Jensen, BSA ’63, Feb. 6, 2017 Bernard (Bernie) Murray, BSA ’63, Oct. 31, 2016 Deanna Perschbacher, B.H.Sc. ’63, June 6, 2018 Barbara (Barb) Pettit, B.H.Sc. ’63, Aug. 6, 2018 Cornelius (Cor) Van Ginkel, Dip. ’63, Nov. 17, 2015 Daniel Hambly, Dip. ’64, Sept. 22, 2016 James (Jim) Magee, Dip. ’64, June 24, 2017 Daniel (Dan) Pope, Dip. ’64, June 27, 2016 Rudolf (Rudi) Schubert, Dip. ’64, Dec. 10, 2017 Gerald Webb, Dip. ’64, July 26, 2015 William (Bill) Hurst, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’66, Dec. 24, 2016 Garnet Jack, Dip. ’66, Nov. 17, 2015 Johan (John) Schulte-Nordholt, DVM ’66, Dip. ’74, Jan. 15, 2018 Michael Demaiter, Dip. ’67, March 23, 2016 William (Bill) Dunnell, Dip. ’67, Oct. 19, 2015 Sam Fasullo, Dip. ’67, June 2, 2018 Janet Hossack, B.H.Sc. ’67, March 2, 2018 David (Dave) Lore, DVM ’67, March 28, 2016 Teresa Bates, B.Sc. ’68, March 30, 2018 Russel (Eric) Bray, B.Sc. (Agr.) ’68, Jan. 21, 2018 Ronald (Ron) Christie, Dip. ’68, Nov. 5, 2016 A complete listing of Passages may be found online.
To honour alumni who have passed away, the University of Guelph Alumni Association makes an annual donation to the Alumni Legacy Scholarship.
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