In Memoriam

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Those Who Have Passed

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  • 1950s

    Jay W.L. Lockerbie

    – BA’52, BPHE’53

    Winter 2021

    Peacefully at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, on Friday, April 16, 2021, Jay Lockerbie in his 91st year, loving husband to his dear wife Marjorie, father of daughter Jo-Ann (Jack), who predeceased him in 2015, and of son Brett (Laurie). Jay graduated from Queen’s University in Arts’52 and PHE’53 and played for the Gaels Football Team in 1949. He became a renowned educator for 33 years whose career included being the founding principal of LaSalle Secondary School in 1968. His teaching and administrative experience included Smiths Falls Collegiate, KCVI, TISS, Frontenac Secondary School, Ministry of Education (Kingston and London), and the Frontenac County Board of Education, retiring as a superintendent in 1988. He provided valued leadership and counsel at many teaching workshops and conferences for VPs and principals. He also golfed and curled at the Cataraqui Golf Club and is a recent honorary member there. 

  • Graduation photo of John Law.

    1960s

    John D. Law

    – BSc’62

    Winter 2021

    John passed away on June 30, 2021. He graduated with honours in mechanical engineering in 1962. He leaves behind his wife Joyce (Clarke), Arts’62; three loving sons, John C. (Andrea), William Alexander (Mia), and James H.R. (Marlene); six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. John spent half of his career with Ford Motor Company and the other half with the Alberta government. While doing so, he received many awards for technical innovations and economic improvements – his vacation time and summertime after retirement were spent at his Muskoka cottage.

  • Portrait of Helen Ann Johnson (Herron) in the 50s, wearing her nursing uniform.

    1950s

    Helen Anne Johnson (nee Herron)

    – BNSc’55

    Winter 2021

    We are sad to announce the passing of Helen, who will be greatly missed by her husband of 61 years, Bill, daughters Jennifer (Peter Hyland) and Andrea (Peter Brown), and adored granddaughters Kiley and Rebecca. Helen was born in Kingston in 1933 and is survived by her sister Eleanor Allison and brother Howard Herron (Pauline). A proud alumna of Queen’s University, she graduated in nursing science in 1955 and worked as a nurse in Belleville before settling in Ottawa in 1959. Never one to stand still, Helen was often seen tending her beautiful garden in the suburb of Crystal Beach, where she was an active member of the community, taught piano to local children, and made many dear lifelong friends. She enjoyed a career as a public health nurse for the City of Ottawa and, after retiring, volunteered for the Canadian Cancer Society for more than 15 years.

  • 1960s

    Brian Hennen

    – MD’62

    Winter 2021

    Brian had a highly distinguished career as an academic family physician. Among other positions, he served as head of the Departments of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University and Western University, Dean of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Brian was a leader and mentor in family medicine in Canada and around the world. He saw the family as a key influence on the health of the individual and worked diligently to have the importance of family medicine recognized in medical schools and in Canada’s health-care system. Compassionate care for the developmentally disabled was of great importance to Brian, who spent much of his retirement contributing to policy and medical education in support of this community. Queen’s recognized Brian’s work by establishing the Brian Hennen Chair in Family Medicine to foster and enable interdisciplinary research in primary care.

    The Celebration of the Life of our beloved Brian Hennen will take place IN PERSON AND ONLINE Saturday, July 23, at 2pm Atlantic Time at Grace United Church, 70 King St. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The service will be LIVE-STREAMED. If you have trouble connecting, you can watch later. There will be refreshments at the church after the service and live music throughout as Dad would have liked this. We understand if you cannot attend and we thank you deeply for your messages of condolence, memories and love.

    Margi, Albert, Leslie, Nancy and families

  • Portrait of Robert Fulford in suit and tie.

    1960s

    Robert Alan Fulford

    – MD’61

    Winter 2021

    Robert Alan Fulford died on Aug. 28, 2021. Robert was born in Windsor, Ont., on Sept. 10, 1936. He is survived by his wife Sharon Trent-Fulford, stepson Ian Trent, four children Dr. Susan Pacinda, Sean Fulford, Scott Fulford, Shelia Stein, and their spouses and children. Robert was a medical graduate from Queen’s University in 1961. He did post-graduate training at Kingston General Hospital and Montreal General Hospital, becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Canada in 1966. He practised in Montreal and Oshawa before moving to Houston in 1974 and starting practice at Kelsey-Seybold. He entered private practice in 1978, then joined Hopestar Orthopedic Group, later taken over by Baylor College of Medicine Orthopedic Group. His final years of practice were spent as a consultant.

  • Photo of Frederick George Fitzpatrick smiling at the camera while sitting at the bar

    1970s

    Frederick George FitzPatrick

    – BFA’78

    Winter 2021

    Frederick George FitzPatrick passed away at his home in Toronto on March 3, 2021. Frederick was a graduate of Frontenac Secondary School, Queen’s University, and the University of British Columbia (MFA). Fred had a passion for art in all forms, from sculpture to architecture, sketching pen and ink drawings to painting. Fred keenly studied art and architecture wherever he travelled, in Italy, Ireland, Morocco, Vietnam, Vancouver, and especially in his beloved city of Toronto. Although Fred began his career as a sculptor, he spent the last 33 years of his life
    working as a scenic painter with the American film industry (IATSE) in Toronto. He was predeceased by his parents, James Alexander and Margaret Layton FitzPatrick, and is survived by his cherished son Wesley James FitzPatrick, dear friend Heidi McLeod, brother Terrence James (Nancy), sister Gay Frances Keithly, nephews Adam and Ryan FitzPatrick, Sean Keithly and niece, Margo Keithly.