Obituary of The Reverend John Charles Hilborn

HILBORN, Reverend John C. On Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at Sunnybrook and Women�s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, at the age of 70. Beloved husband of Glenna (n�e Connors). Loving father of Adam, Nicholas, Lisa (Mrs. Tony Anderson), Natasha (Mrs. John Viljoen), all of Toronto, and Conan, of Edmonton. Grandfather of Joseph, Jeffrey, Ben, Keisha, Michael and Stella. Predeceased by his parents Charles Stanley and Marion Hilborn. Devoted throughout his life to his ministry in the United Church of Canada, he served congregations in Courtland, Ingersoll, Sydney, Vancouver, Exeter and Toronto. John has been the Minister of Oriole York Mills United Church since 2001. While living in Nova Scotia, he was a founding member of the Nova Scotia Commission on Drug Dependency, First Chair of the local Sydney Commission on Drug Dependency, Chair of the Regional Board, representative to the Nova Scotia Provincial Commission and awarded the Sydney Citizen of the Year in 1973. After returning to Toronto, John was a founding member of the Woodgreen Red Door Family Shelter. Board member: Federal Government Order in Council Appointment to the Immigration and Refugee Board from 1994-1998. He will be remembered for his generosity, integrity, sense of humour, love for baseball, unselfish care and concern for so many, and his tireless commitment to improving the lives of those less fortunate. The family wish to thank the Oncology team at the Toronto East General Hospital and the staff of the Sunnybrook Hospital Palliative Care Unit for their care and compassion. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME - A.W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, April 2. A complete funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 3 in ORIOLE YORK MILLS UNITED CHURCH, 2609 Bayview Avenue, followed by a reception. If desired, donations in John�s memory to the Woodgreen Red Door Family Shelter, 875 Queen Street East, Toronto M4M 1J2 would be appreciated.