In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
CONNOLLY, Edwin Cuthbert - On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2007 in Ottawa, at the age of 95. Born February 2, 1912 in Ottawa, Ed was a man who lived for his family, his friends and his faith. He will be remembered and sadly missed by his loving wife of 64 years, Nora (Murphy). Very proud father of Joan (late Gerard) MacGillivray, Michael (Madelyn Berry), Mary (Michael) Byrne, David (Nancy Devine) and Nora (Andrew) Gross; cherished grandfather of Martha, David, Jennifer, Patrick, Michael James, Kate, Erin, John, David, Lindsay, and Busman to Geoffrey and Sarah; and great-grandfather of Matthew, Elizabeth, Julia, Isaac and Ethan. Predeceased by his parents, Patrick and Josephine (Macdonald) Connolly and his brothers, John of Ottawa and Charles of Toronto. As a young man, in 1930, he was the Eastern Canadian Junior Single Tennis Champion. In 1932, he won the International Intercollegiate Downhill Ski Race and in 1934 the Canadian Intercollegiate Downhill and Slalom Ski Races for Queens University. He played competitive tennis out of the Ottawa Lawn and Tennis Club. Upon graduating from the University of Ottawa, he went on to Queens University and was president of the Commerce Club in 1934 and 1935. During the Second World War Ed served on the Quesnel, a corvette on convoy duty. While posted in Halifax, he met and married Nora Murphy. His employment years were spent largely with the Department of National Revenue as a chartered accountant, retiring in 1977, as Director General of the Tax Appeals Branch. They lived in Halifax, Regina and Ottawa and spent summers in Nova Scotia at Hubbards. Thank you to the nurses at the Civic Hospital and the staff at the New Edinburgh Square. Friends may visit at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home, 1411 Hunt Club Road at Albion on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral will be at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on Saturday, December 29 at 9:30 a.m. Interment to follow at Notre Dame Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada. Good Saint Anne, pray for him. (The Ottawa Citizen 27 Dec 2007)
HMCS QUESNEL - Appointed to QUESNEL 13 Mar 1944 as Lt, RCNVR
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