Obituary of Bruce McDougall

Bruce McDougall

January 2, 1930 – April 15, 2018

Father to Janice (Gervais Goodman) of Millarville, Alberta, Craig (Lynn) of Toronto; and grandchildren Kim, Blair, Erin and Grant McDougall. Predeceased in 2013 by his loving wife of 59 years Beth McDougall; his daughter Cynthia; siblings Lorna (Ness), Wanda (Harris), Keith, and Joyce (Bill and Sue Amos); and niece Susan Ness Anderson (Ross). Bruce was a dear uncle to Judy Ness; Arlene Harris-Tanner; Greg, Ian, and Eric Amos; Rick, Bill and Diane Henwood (Plitz); and great-uncle to David Anderson, and Katherine and James Scrivener.

Born in Toronto, Bruce made lifelong friends and stayed close to his fellow Upper Canada College and University of Western Ontario classmates. He valued the friendly competition and support of his skeet shooting buddies at the Uxbridge Shooting Club, and was a longtime member of the Granite and Caledon Mountain Trout Clubs.

Bruce enjoyed a long and successful career with Shell Canada. Upon retirement from Shell he was Assistant VP of Administration at the University of Toronto. He spent many years volunteering his business and financial skills as a CA with the Access Centre, Meals on Wheels, Living and Learning in Retirement, and other charitable organizations.

He enjoyed his apartment at Living Life on the Avenue, and made several good friends, including his special companion Eleanor Siegel, with whom he enjoyed travel to the cottage, Alberta and Florida, and many family gatherings.

The family wishes to thank the staff at LLoA; Dr. Sibai’s excellent team and the caring staff in the blood transfusion unit at Princess Margaret Hospital; staff and services of LHIN, including the stellar palliative team; staff at Sunnybrook and Toronto General Hospitals; his neighbours in Toronto and at the cottage; the many people behind the scenes who made things “happen”; and his caregivers Junite, Maxine and Osa for their kindness, humour, caring and compassion.

A reception in Bruce’s memory will be held later this spring. If you are so moved, please donate to your favourite charity, or become a blood donor.  Condolences, photographs and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymilesnewbigging.com.