Uncle John was always a cherished uncle in my life. I can see his face and hear his voice and laughter very clearly in my mind. He helped create many great childhood, and adult, memories for me. I have fond recollections of Christmas mornings with John and Dede and family. Stockings were at the end of our beds to keep us a bit busy in the mornings allowing the adults to sleep just a little bit longer. Uncle John would request peanut butter and pickled herring on toast. All of us would sound a resounding "ewww" and I remember my mom, in particular, enjoying fits of laughter at his delicate palate choice. Uncle John endured many years at Wood's Island with Sylvia, Heather and I in our pre- and teen years. We had many late nights of talking, makeup sessions, and the like. I have vivid memories of his voice calling up to us in the loft to "keep it down". In later years, Uncle John and Aunt Dede would come to visit my husband, Bernd, and me at our home in Kingston. We were a central meeting point for weekends with my parents, Tony and Maria, and Uncle Harry and Jacinthe. We were so pleased to host a few easters and thanksgivings with Uncle John and everyone else.
He was a remarkable man and loving uncle. I miss him tremendously.
The first time I met John was when he came to Donnacona with the late Alkis Karnis. They were there from Research to test a piece of equipment called a Sutton Stoner, an integral part of our new RMP plant. I distinctly remember the thoroughness and organization John displayed and I often wonder just how much this influenced my later decision to move into Research myself. As colleagues in Mechanical pulping, and fellow members of ERGS, John and I got together on many occasions, which ranged from committee meetings to IMPC conferences all over North America and Europe. Later on, I acted as Course Leader for a number of courses given by PAPTAC and was privileged to have John as one of my instructors. He was the consummate professional in this assignment and in all other aspects of his career. He was someone you could always count on to do the job and to do it well. It was my pleasure to know him both professionally and socially and I was truly saddened by his untimely passing. Ron Dines.
I spent year 1987-88 as a visiting scientist in Paprican . John started working at Paprican about the same time and while his office was renovated he sat at the same lab with me downstairs. As he had experienced how to be a visiting scientist abroad, he took me with him to the mill visits. I learned to now a bright person with very good communicative skills. After one of these mill visits I also learned to know Diane when she was meeting us at Dorval airport. I admired the research he had done and even quite recently I went back to one of his liting papers from the seventies. I used to say John that to me he looks like John Lennon, and he was a bit amused of that. My condolences to Diane and all family members you have lost a great husband, father, grandfather and family member. Annikki Vehniäinen Former Heikkurinen from Finland
Uncle John was always a cherished uncle in my life. I can see his face and hear his voice and laughter very clearly in my mind. He helped create many great childhood, and adult, memories for me. I have fond recollections of Christmas mornings with John and Dede and family. Stockings were at the end of our beds to keep us a bit busy in the mornings allowing the adults to sleep just a little bit longer. Uncle John would request peanut butter and pickled herring on toast. All of us would sound a resounding "ewww" and I remember my mom, in particular, enjoying fits of laughter at his delicate palate choice. Uncle John endured many years at Wood's Island with Sylvia, Heather and I in our pre- and teen years. We had many late nights of talking, makeup sessions, and the like. I have vivid memories of his voice calling up to us in the loft to "keep it down". In later years, Uncle John and Aunt Dede would come to visit my husband, Bernd, and me at our home in Kingston. We were a central meeting point for weekends with my parents, Tony and Maria, and Uncle Harry and Jacinthe. We were so pleased to host a few easters and thanksgivings with Uncle John and everyone else.
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The first time I met John was when he came to Donnacona with the late Alkis Karnis. They were there from Research to test a piece of equipment called a Sutton Stoner, an integral part of our new RMP plant. I distinctly remember the thoroughness and organization John displayed and I often wonder just how much this influenced my later decision to move into Research myself. As colleagues in Mechanical pulping, and fellow members of ERGS, John and I got together on many occasions, which ranged from committee meetings to IMPC conferences all over North America and Europe. Later on, I acted as Course Leader for a number of courses given by PAPTAC and was privileged to have John as one of my instructors. He was the consummate professional in this assignment and in all other aspects of his career. He was someone you could always count on to do the job and to do it well. It was my pleasure to know him both professionally and socially and I was truly saddened by his untimely passing. Ron Dines.
ReplyDeleteI spent year 1987-88 as a visiting scientist in Paprican . John started working at Paprican about the same time and while his office was renovated he sat at the same lab with me downstairs. As he had experienced how to be a visiting scientist abroad, he took me with him to the mill visits. I learned to now a bright person with very good communicative skills. After one of these mill visits I also learned to know Diane when she was meeting us at Dorval airport. I admired the research he had done and even quite recently I went back to one of his liting papers from the seventies. I used to say John that to me he looks like John Lennon, and he was a bit amused of that. My condolences to Diane and all family members you have lost a great husband, father, grandfather and family member.
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