Obituary of Robert Beattie

ROBERT DENNIS BEATTIE Born November 10, 1935, Robert died peacefully in the palliative care wing of Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, on the morning of Saturday, December 13, 2014. Widower of his beloved wife, Patricia (née Wiley); father to Steven and Christopher; father-in-law to Sarah Dunn and Jennifer Wetherell Beattie; grandfather to Abigail, Ethan, and Xavier; brother to Anne Beattie; and brother-in-law to Peter and Mary-Estelle Wiley, Michael and Anne Wiley, and Jerome and Carol Wiley. Fondly remembered as a devoted and inspirational teacher of drama at Toronto's Oakwood Collegiate Institute, Robert was a lover of film, theatre, the music of Stephen Sondheim, good red wine, and rich desserts. He will be profoundly missed by all who knew him. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME A.W. MILES - NEWBIGGING CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Davisville Avenue) from 2:00 - 4:00 and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 17. A Service of Remembrance will be held in the chapel on Thursday, December 18 at 11:00 a.m. If desired, donations may be made to the Parkinson Society Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, or the Sunnybrook Foundation (Palliative Care Unit). Condolences and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymilesnewbigging.com. At this moment, he glints and shines, / as if it will be only a small dislocation / for him to pass from this paradise into the next. - "Parkinson's Disease," Galway Kinnell