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time.
LIFESAVING SOCIETY MEMORIAL WALL
Rod-Paul Martin
january 23, 1954 - December 12, 2011
Rod-Paul was a Lifesaving Society volunteer in
Ontario and then a staff member in British Columbia. He earned the
Eva McDonald Memorial Prize in 1984 for his significant
contribution to aquatics at both U of T and the Lifesaving Society.
He was named to the President's List in 1986, 1987 and 1988 as one
of the most active Examiners in Ontario. Rod-Paul was a Provincial
Instructor Trainer and served as Ontario's Instructor Training
Chairman from 1988-1990 when he moved to British Columbia.
Rod-Paul served as Education Director for the
Lifesaving Society BC & Yukon from May 1991 to October 2002. He
was the B.C. & Yukon representative for national program
revisions and also served in national positions as Revisions
Project Team Leader and Policy Team Leader. Rod-Paul was awarded
the Commonwealth Society's Certificate of Thanks (1989) and the
Service Medal (2000).
After leaving the Lifesaving Society, he spent
time in England, France and Germany working on language
certifications and skills. He returned to Vancouver where he
dabbled in ESL work and laboured part-time for the NDP and the
Green Party.
Rod-Paul will be remembered for his delightful,
infectious personality, his charm and his lifelong dedication to
helping others.
In Memoriam Donors 2011: Ed
Bean
Kirk Albert Walter Wipper, C.M., MA,
D.Mus.
December 6, 1923 - March 18, 2011
Kirk was a builder of the Society in Ontario
and in Canada. He was the Society's first Field Rep. He served as
the 7th President of the Lifesaving Society Ontario
(1965-1967), and subsequently as the 7th President of the National
Society (1985-1988).
Kirk was largely responsible for introducing
the mouth-to-mouth method of artificial respiration into the
Society's Canadian training program in 1959. He was a builder of
the National Lifeguard Service in Canada. He chaired the National
NLS Technical Committee (1965-1969) and hosted (1972) at Camp
Kandalore the first national NLS conference following the Society's
assumption of responsibility for NLS.
Kirk was a past owner/director of Camp
Kandalore near Dorset. Over a 45-year period, Kirk collected
hundreds of canoes, kayaks and rowing craft and housed them in the
Kanawa museum situated at Camp Kandalore. This historic collection
now forms the greater part of the exhibits at the Canadian Canoe
Museum in Peterborough.
Kirk retired from the faculty of the University
of Toronto's School of Physical and Health Education where had had
taught from 1950-1987. He received numerous honours for his
contributions to the university, to conservation and to camping.
Kirk was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2002. He was invested
as a Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth Vice President in 1986.
For outstanding volunteer service to the Lifesaving Society, Kirk
was awarded the Society's Centenary Medal (2008). The Society's
Kirk A.W. Wipper Cup is presented to the affiliated University or
Community College with the largest lifesaving program in
Ontario.
In Memoriam Donors 2011: Ed
Bean, Barbara Byers, Robbie Giles, Kelly Manoukas.
Michael R. Davis
January 17, 1942 - August 11, 2010
Michael joined the Society's volunteer ranks in 1975 as
chair of the Examiner Committee. He served as president of the
Ontario Branch from 1980-1982. Michael was
extraordinarily talented and incapable of seeing his
achievements as anything out of the ordinary. He was an artist and
entrepreneur. He was a great thinker, terrific communicator and
legendary wordsmith. He combined a shrewd, analytical mind with an
abiding respect and passion for people. Whomsoever you see in
distress, recognize in him a fellow man was not just a motto
to Michael, it was a way of life.
Michael had a delightful wit and laughed a lot. Working
with him was intellectually rigorous and always fun. He was genuine
and down to earth. He cared not for ceremony or status - but he did
cut off his pigtail when he became president.
Michael's years of dedicated works as a
committee member, Provincial and National Chair, and Ontario Branch
President are well documented in the Society's literature, its
minutes and its archives. For outstanding volunteer service,
Michael was awarded the Society's Service Cross (1987), the Queen's
Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) and the Society's Centenary Medal
(2008). But the lasting impact of his contribution can be seen
throughout Ontario communities in behaviour which places high value
on human life and its preservation through lifesaving
education.
In Memoriam Donors 2010: Ed
Bean, William Binsted, Barb & Jim Byers, Carol Cruikshank, Ruth
Cruikshank & Gerry Young, Patricia DaFoe, Peter Davis, Doug
& Wendy Ferguson, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Galina, Andrew Gerhard,
Duncan Hough, Anne Jackson, Vera Kameda-Lacroix, Katherine Keen,
Alida Lemieux, Pierre Lemieux, Kelly Manoukas, Susan Murray,
Mustang Drive-In - c/o Nancy Petersonal, Jocelyn Palm, Hilary
Roberton, Laura Sfreddo, Cheryl Sibany, George Wynott.
Evadne Sutherland
March 19, 1960 - January 12, 2010
Evadne joined the Lifesaving Society
Ontario office staff in 1992 serving as Leadership Secretary
and subsequently Training Programs Admin Assistant. Since 2002,
Evadne served the Society's members as our premier order processing
diva.
On first acquaintance, people made
the mistake of taking Evadne for a shy and reticent person. Evadne
had a thoroughly wry and occasionally wicked sense of humour.
One-line zingers were her specialty. She was a feisty
and gutsy woman who refused to let disability interfere in any way
with her ability. She took on curbs, slippery floors and door knobs
with calculation and determination.
Evadne was determined to do something
worthwhile with her life and we are forever grateful she chose to
help prevent drowning. She was a beloved and rambunctious member of
the Lifesaving Society family.
In Memoriam Donors 2010:
Ed Bean, Barb & Jim Byers, Randy Cavallin, Cliff's
Hair Place Limited - D. Jones, Ted Durbacz, Genevieve & Lyndon
Fernandes, Stallone, Tyler, Dylan Fernades, Jennifer Kessell,
Rebecca Lehman, Kristen Levy, Margaret & Gary Lizzotti, Jerry
Lynch, Kelly Manoukas, Dawn Maragh, City of Mississauga - Aquatic
Supervisors, Daksha Moti, Ann Palmer, Gale Payne, John Rapp, Laura
Sfreddo, Wellness at Work, Heather Williams-Hoffman, Shirley
Wong.
DIANE (leduc) TOZER
February 18, 1949 - December 20, 2009
Diane became a Lifesaving Society Instructor
over 40 years ago and at her death was still current as a National
Lifeguard. She held numerous Lifesaving Society certifications and
portfolios in her aquatic career. She served as Area Chair for
the Upper Ottawa Valley. She was a dedicated champion of drowning
prevention in all its forms. She was a prolific Examiner and busy
Instructor Trainer and Provincial Trainer. Diane's participation at
the Society's Think Tank always ensured the Society's priorities
were in tune with community needs. In her youth, Diane was a member
of the Society's "Demo Team" which traveled the province in the
summer months. Diane was awarded the Lifesaving Society's Bar to
Service Medal for her outstanding volunteer contributions to the
Society's mission over many years.
In Memoriam Donors 2010: Peter
Bradstreet, Catholic Women's League, Randy Cavallin, Corporate
Transcontinental Database Mktg., Diane Davis, Deb Halls, Dee-Ann
Martin, Diane MacCready, Corrin & Christian McWhirter, Laura
Sfreddo, Andrew Taylor, Town of Orangeville.
In Memoriam Donors 2009: Ed
Bean, Peter Bradstreet, Barbara and Jim Byers, Catholic Women's
League, Carol Cruikshank, Ruth Cruikshank and Gerry Young, Diane
Davis, Bruce Emmerton, Doug Ferguson, Patricia Kitchen, Margaret
and Gary Lizzotti, Diane MacCready, Wendy Mahony, Kelly Manoukas,
Dee-Ann Martin, Corrin McWhiter, Doris Stammi, Andrew, George and
Chris Taylor, Transcontinental Canada.