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  • 1970s

    Carol Kennedy

    鈥 BScPT鈥79

    Summer 2023

    Carol Kennedy passed away on March 14, 2023, after a valiant battle with cancer.

    Carol had a special respect and renown in the physiotherapy profession, which she loved and helped lead. A gifted and disciplined provincial-level swimmer, who worked with children with special needs, she chose a career in physiotherapy. She left Queen's with a keen interest in orthopaedic physiotherapy and a group of lifelong friends and colleagues. 

    Carol began her career at St. Boniface Hospital and later, the Sports Medicine Centre in Winnipeg. In 1983, she pointed her MGB towards Vancouver and joined Treloar Physiotherapy, her clinical home with friends and partners, Deb and Bill Treloar. She embraced life-long continuing professional development, acquiring post-professional credentials and a clinical master鈥檚 degree (MClSc 2011, Western University) and was among the first to attain the title of Clinical Specialist from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Carol contributed extensively to teaching, professional examinations, writing and clinical research in the field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy. She enthusiastically attended and spoke at national and international gatherings, including the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and became a trusted expert and mentor in physiotherapy treatment of the cervical spine.

    Carol's great passion was for clinical teaching and mentorship of younger colleagues. She was the lead instructor and developer of a graduate program at UBC (Graduate Certificate in Orthopaedic Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy). In 2022, Carol was awarded the Enid Graham Memorial Lecture Award, the highest honour granted by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and the Physical Therapy Distinguished Alumni Award at Queen鈥檚 School of Rehabilitation Therapy.

    Growing up in Kingston, Carol first discovered the West Coast on summer holidays with her siblings and cousins. Later, at Jericho Beach, Vancouver, when the ebbing wind stymied windsurfing plans, Carol and Roger Dewar, originally from Montreal, fell into deep conversation and love. They married in 1987 and Roger became, in Carol's words, 鈥渉er rock of support in all things, family and career.鈥 Carol and Roger, and their two children, Krista and Adam, developed a wide circle of friends at soccer and hockey games, the Arbutus Club and skiing. Carol loved spending time, winter and summer, with her family at Blueberry Hill in Whistler.

    While our time in this life is short, Carol made the most of hers. She was deeply saddened to leave her family and friends, who have supported her so strongly during her illness, her students and her many grateful patients.

    A fund in Carol鈥檚 memory has been set up at the University of British Columbia to support the Graduate Certificate in Orthopaedic Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy. are gratefully accepted. 

  • Barbara Diane Dodd, obituary

    1960s

    Diane (Hodgston) Dodd

    鈥 Arts鈥68

    Spring 2023

    Barbara Diane Dodd slipped away peacefully at home surrounded by her children and the embrace of their love on the morning of Jan. 1, 2023.

    Diane is predeceased by her husband David. She will be greatly missed by her loving children: Mary (Com鈥84) and husband, Dan Dederer (Sc鈥85); Michael (Com鈥86); Brian (Dana) and Theresa (Caleb); and also by her six grand-daughters, including: Claire (Sc鈥19) and Leigh (Sc鈥21) Dederer.

    Diane was born in Kingston in 1940. An outstanding student, she skipped two grades and attended Queen鈥檚 in 1958 at the young age of 17. There she met her beloved husband David (BASc鈥60), and married in 1960. With her marriage, Diane dedicated her life to being a fantastic mother, creating a welcoming home full of love, learning, and many, many pets. She was the foundation of her family for over 60 years and a second mother to many others.

    Diane and David moved numerous times in the early years of their marriage. During this period and with three children under the age of seven, Diane continued her university studies via correspondence, proudly receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Queen鈥檚 in 1968. Once her children reached school age, Diane embarked upon a career as a teacher, where her kindness, patience, and talent made her a gifted and celebrated teacher.

    In the last two years of her life, Diane met the challenge of cancer with courage, fierce determination, and a forward-looking love of life. Supported by her family, her inner strength was an inspiration to everyone and allowed her to fully participate and take joy in every day.

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  • 1940s

    Forrest Harley "Bud" Frappier

    鈥 BSc鈥46

    Summer 2023

    Forrest Harley "Bud" Frappier passed away on March 12, 2023. He was predeceased by his wife, Daye (Brunton); his parents, Tena (Sharp) and Frank Frappier; and siblings, Sybil (MacDonald), Curtis, Eileen (Borthwick), and Nadine (Trewin).  

    Forrest Harley "Bud" Frappier attended Glebe Collegiate, graduated from Lisgar Collegiate, started at Queen鈥檚, served in the Navy, then returned to Queen鈥檚 and graduated in 1946. His four-decade working career was with E.B. Eddy in increasingly responsible engineering positions. 

    Recreational pursuits included: racing and rallying with the Motorsports Club of Ottawa in the 50s; boating at the family cottage on McGregor Lake in the 60s; cross-country skiing in the Gatineaus; and large boat sailing in Kingston in the 70s. He had a talent for fabricating 鈥 a race car, boats, and trailers, among others. He loved exercising his skill at going faster, but in precise control of a moving vehicle. 

    Following his retirement in 1984, he and Daye moved closer to their boat in Kingston. After her death in 1993, he reconnected with another youthful passion 鈥 motorcycles. This led to regular summer treks to Nova Scotia and fall excursions to B.C., California, and Utah visiting relatives. When he took off his helmet, people were amazed, as they expected someone much younger! He biked into his 90s, then moved into a retirement residence in Ottawa in 2013.

    He had a special affinity for cats and they for him. He cherished the companionship of various ones over many decades. 

    He renewed his driver's license at age 98. He was mobile and remarkably healthy and with it to the end. He achieved his goal of reaching 100. He died peacefully after a life well-lived. He was

    quietly independent, and a great storyteller with a keen sense of humour. He looked forward to adventures. He was a wonderful colleague, neighbour, and friend. He was beloved by his and Daye鈥檚 families. 

  • 1950s

    Norman F. Cohrs

    鈥 BA'57

    Summer 2023

    Norman F. Cohrs passed away in Kingston on March 16, 2023. He was predeceased by his Ella, and older "Queen's" siblings, Raymond, Edna, and Charles.

    He was born in Sudbury and raised in Chapleau. Like his siblings before him, he attended Queen鈥檚. 

    He was a math teacher of note in Ottawa for 35 years in a profession he loved. He was predeceased by his beloved Maxine in 2018; parents, Carl and Ella; and older siblings, Raymond, Edna, Charles. He is survived by four children, Douglas, Stephen (Joan), Peter (Wilma) and Katrina; grandchildren, Paul, Heather, Andrew, Harrison, Elliot, Logan and Spencer; their spouses and great grandchildren, Ayden, Paige, Thea, Hudson and Parker (2022). He is survived, too, by his lively in-laws, Jacqui and Murray; nieces, Beverly, Nancy and Tara. 

    Born in 1930 in Sudbury, raised in Chapleau, he attended Queen's, graduating in 1957. He was a fine math teacher in Ottawa for 35 years, a profession he loved. He and his wife built a family with four energetic kids. They also built the beautiful ketch "Almitra" and sailed in Ottawa, then Kingston. Time on Almitra was his passion and elixir; the compliments he received about Almitra's classic good looks never ended.

    He had an inquiring mind and considerable vision. He was a bit cynical and contrarian too. He also had a legendary dry sense of humour. He had a lifelong interest in steam trains; he was a bridge player, a chatty raconteur, depression-boy frugal, who loved a bargain; and a man of conviction and contradiction, delightfully so. 

    He liked his knives sharp, his coffee hot, his politics left, his classical music loud, and the CBC always. He was a messy manager. He was very good with his hands; he could build almost anything with the most basic tools and he could solve (and create) almost any problem.

    Over the last few years, his physical capabilities declined, but he still had his sharp mind. He kept doggedly shuffling along, and enjoyed drives along the Adolphus Reach, reminiscing about the good old sailing days.

  • 1960s

    Terence Ross Carscadden

    鈥 BA鈥61, MD鈥64

    Summer 2023

    Terry Carscadden died peacefully in the arms of his family in Sudbury on Feb. 14, 2023. 

    Beloved husband of Sylvia Grace (Black). They were married in Applewood United Church in August 1959. He was the loving father of Susan Carscadden-Mifsud (Paul Mifsud), Barbara Maki (Bill), Ron Carscadden (Natalie), Janine Carscadden (Eva Ekeroth); inspiring grandpa to Kenny Maki (Emily Duhaime), Scott Maki (Cassandra Rees), Heidi Maki (Max Ryan), Sophie, Callum and Roman Carscadden; brother of Alan Carscadden and the late Robert Carscadden; brother-in-law to the late Betty (Agnew) Carscadden, late Norma (Lamon) Carscadden, late Peter and Susan Black, and Catherine Black.

    He was a doctor, a teacher, a joyous skier, and an avid golfer. He was kind, and witty, and he gave himself generously to his family and the patients for whom he cared. He had a curiosity that made him well-versed in all things mechanical, the human body, phone technology, YouTube clips, and violins and violin makers, to mention a few of his many interests.

    Terry was the son of the late Mabel (Ewing) and late Melville Carscadden of Sault Ste Marie, Ont. He attended Alex Muir Public School and graduated from Sault Collegiate. He went to Queen鈥檚 to study mechanical engineering, but his career path meandered and he graduated with a medical degree from Queen鈥檚. After interning at Toronto Western Hospital, Terry and Sylvia and their young family moved to Lively, Ont., where he joined the Lively Medical Centre with Drs. Jack Marlow and Peter Bayly. He was a respected family physician, who retired from his family practice in 2005, continuing to work in clinics until 2014. He described those 45 years as a 鈥渨onderful career.鈥

    Sports gave Terry鈥檚 life shape and focus. His first love was skiing, then he switched to driving fast; later he took up golf with a vengeance. He loved hockey and played with the Sudbury Hardocs. Finally, he bought the first Laser sailboat in the Sudbury area and learned to sail. He believed that he could learn anything by reading books and taking lessons from the 鈥渆xperts.鈥  Consequently, he nurtured a relationship and golfed with Sam Snead in 1992, and skied with Nancy Greene and Ernie McCullough.

    He was a violinist and played in the Sault Symphonette, the Kingston and Sudbury Symphony Orchestras and the Jubilee Folk Group. He sang in church choirs all his life, and he and Sylvia were regulars at the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound. He was the best roadie for Kampana Bells, Sylvia鈥檚 handbell choir.

    He taught his children and grandchildren to golf and ski. In the summer, they shared rounds of golf and endless miles of water skiing and boating at the 鈥渃amp鈥 on Long Lake, a favourite spot for friends and family. On his 80th birthday, Terry led a long line, in formation, of those he had taught to ski, down a run at Searchmont.

    His short teaching career at Alex Muir school in Sault Ste Marie left an indelible mark on his students, whom he encouraged to move ahead in an enrichment program that marked their lives with great opportunity and success. He was described as lively, dynamic, and supportive of his students.

  • 1940s

    Anton Chiperzak

    鈥 BSc鈥47

    Summer 2023

    Anton (Chip) Chiperzak of Tweed, Ont., passed away peacefully on March 9, 2023. He was 98.

    He is survived by his sons, Robert Jy Chiperzak (Arts鈥71) and Doug Chiperzak; his brother, Edwin Chiperzak, and sister Virginia Chiperzak; as well as three grandchildren, Gavin, Megan and Kasia; and three great grandchildren, Abigail, Carson and Mykayla. He is also survived by his god-daughter, Dorothy Ann Barrett. He is predeceased by his parents, Frank and Agnes; stepmother, Francis; his wife of over 60 years, Margaret (Peggy); and his brothers, Stanley and Victor.

    Chip was born in Chipman, Alta., on July 3, 1924, and grew-up on the family farm there. After high school, he attended Queen鈥檚, receiving a Bachelor of English and Applied Science, with a concentration in engineering. For much of the remainder of his life, he was an active member of the Queen鈥檚 alumni.

    After university, he was based out of Montreal until the late 1960s, before taking a position with the federal government in Industry, Trade and Commerce in Ottawa. During that time, he participated in numerous trade missions, which allowed him the opportunity to travel around the world. He loved playing golf and curling, but most of all figuring out how things work (the engineer in him). After retirement, he researched the family history and published a family record, which he distributed throughout the family.