John Abbott (BCom) and Laurie (Gauchie) Abbott (BA’71), sent a big “Howdy” from the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede where they cheered on the Queen’s Band in the parade. “What a party! Sort of reminded us of Friday night at the Portsmouth Manor,” they say. Email: abbottj@shaw.ca
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John Abbott (BCom) and Laurie (Gauchie) Abbott (Arts’71), after 37 years of marriage, continue to live in Calgary and travel extensively. Their latest trip took them to Dubai, India and Nepal. John is now consulting with Watson Wyatt World wide and Laurie teaches part-time at bible colleges.
Published in: Summer 2008
John S. Abbott, BCom, and his wife Laurie (Gauchie), ArtSci’71, attended Homecoming weekend in October 2017. They took the long way there, flying from Calgary to New York City, then boarding a cruise ship to the Maritimes and Quebec City, and finally driving to Kingston. It was a great trip. Laurie recently retired from lecturing at Alberta Bible College and John is still pursuing his art, painting western Canadian landscapes.
Published in: Winter 2018
Fred Delaney (BCom, Law’75), who died in 2012, is being commemorated with a bursary in his memory, established by the classes of Commerce’72 and Law’75. The bursary will support first-year students entering Commerce or Law who have demonstrated a sense of community and service. Donate via qsb.ca/Fred_Delaney_Fund. A fundraising golf tournament, “Fred Delaney’s Last Pro-Bono”, will be held at Smuggler’s Glen, Kingston, on Friday, October 23, 2015 during Homecoming Weekend. Contact Jason Boyce at 1-613-659-2204 (ext. 720) for details.
Published in: Summer 2015
Ronald De Ré, BCom, died on Oct. 7, 2019, in Oshawa, Ont. Ron is survived by his longtime partner, Donna Warwick, and two sons, Jamie and Lee. At a final gathering before his death, Ron’s broad smile warmed the hearts of everyone present, just as it did throughout his life. Ron had a varied career but one constant was his love of music. This was evident at Queen’s, where for two years he was the director of the Queen’s brass band that enlivened Golden Gaels games at halftime.
Published in: Fall 2020
Allan Lorne Drinkwalter (MBA, Arts’70) died suddenly on Dec. 16, 2011, in the middle of family holiday preparations in Toronto. He had worked in computer systems for several multinational corporations before starting his own consulting practice. He is survived by his wife, Brenda (Campbell), Arts’70, children Alicia Holloway, Artsci’01 (David), and Graeme, BCom’03 (Amanda Rothwell, PHE’00, Artsci’01), and two grandchildren
Published in: Summer 2012
Sid Huff (MBA’72, BSc’68, MSc’70) (PhD MIT) and his wife Cairn have returned to Canada after 14 years in Wellington, New Zealand. Sid recently retired from the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington. Last year Sid was honoured by the Association for Information Systems by being named an AIS Fellow—one of only four such designations made annually by this global organization. Sid and Cairn are now living on the shore of Lake Huron in their new home, on the site of their former cottage.
Published in: Summer 2013
John Harold Richardson, BCom, died suddenly at 68, with his wife Janis by his side, on Dec. 14, 2017, on vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. John was the longtime owner of Keswick Marine, located on Lake Simcoe in Ontario. He was the father of Mark (Emily Kolenbrander); Paul and Caroline; grandfather of eight; and brother of Maureen (Robert Croswell), Joan Richardson, Karen (Kevin Cadieux) and Sheila Richardson.
Published in: Summer 2018
Allan Side, MBA, died in September 2016, in Calgary, aged 74. After attaining his BSc(Eng) at the University of Manitoba, he enjoyed a 12-year career in the Canadian Armed Forces before retiring and attaining his Queen’s MBA. He then pursued a career in the finance industry before moving to Calgary, where he co-founded oil-and-gas company Wellore Resources Ltd. He left Wellore to join Clarica Insurance Co., from which he retired in 2000. After the death of his wife Margaret (McKeon), he met and married Deborah Cooper, with whom he had three children. Predeceased by Deborah in 2010, Allan is survived by his children Brady; Amanda (Danny); and Jennifer (Dan); and his extended family.
Published in: Winter 2017
Wayne Smithies, BCom’72, had several jobs after graduating from Commerce, including a brief stint as a commercial real estate agent, before discovering property management. He retired in June after 34 years as president of Martello Property Services. “Edi and I left Toronto to move to Vancouver in 1975 . . . We recently bought a home in the Phoenix area and plan to winter there starting this year. Too old to ski anymore!” he writes.
Published in: Fall 2022