CUAJ honours its members and friends who have passed away. We invite colleagues of the deceased to submit brief remembrances. Please limit your notice to 200 words. Send your notice to journal@cua.org or fax it to 514-395-1664.
Dr. Harold W. Estey
Dr. Estey, 85, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011. Dr. Estey passed away peacefully with his family by his side. Proud father of Robert (Shelly), Barbara and Douglas (Nancy). Devoted grandfather to Jeremy, Tyler, Aisha, Sydney and Jackson. Predeceased by wife Felice (nee Bolte), brothers Justice Clarence Estey (Virginia) and Justice Willard (Bud) Estey (Ruth).
In 1944 he moved to Ottawa with his parents where he continued his education at the University of Toronto and graduated from Medicine in 1949. While interning at the Toronto General Hospital he met the love of his life, Occupational Therapist, Felice Bolte. They married in 1953 and moved to London England where he received a scholarship to further his studies. He began his career in Heart Surgery but shortly switched to Urology. In 1956, a few months before receiving his fellowship they moved back to Toronto and eventually made their way home to Saskatoon. Harold joined the Urology practice of Dr. Jim Campbell and Dr. Dougald Blue in 1957 and went on to become senior partner. He was Head of Urology at St. Paul’s Hospital from 1973–1984 and President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Medical Arts Building from 1978–1980. He was on the St. Paul’s Hospital Board of Management from 1981–1989 and Chief of Staff from 1981–1988. His passions were airplanes, sports, traveling and family history. He will be remembered for his sharp sense of humour and incredible laugh which remained with him to the end.
Dr. F. Gordon Mack
Dr. Mack, 90, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at home after a brief illness. He was born in Halifax in 1921, the son of Dr. Frank and Muriel (Sculthorpe) Mack. He attended the Halifax Academy, and, being a third generation physician, went on to study medicine at Dalhousie University. He served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the RCNVR during WW2, and then did postgraduate work in Urology at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, qualifying as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. His subsequent career was based in Halifax, where he held senior staff appointments at all of the hospitals, was Professor and Head of the Department of Urology at Dalhousie University, Head of the Department of Urology at the Victoria General, and President of the Canadian Urological Association. He was revered as a teacher, and urological surgeons who trained under him have become leaders in their field in Canada and around the world. Named Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urology at Dalhousie, he remains legendary in his profession for his extraordinary knowledge and skill and for his cool-headedness under pressure.
In his 70s he married his lifelong friend Kathleen (Finley) Mack, and they shared a rich, spirited, and caring life together, deeply engaged in their family, their community, their city, and in the welfare of those around them until her death in 2008.
He is predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Mack, and sister Margaret Ross, and survived by sisters Mary Willard and Barbara Durham; stepsons Dr. G. Allen Finley (Dr. Linda (Mackie) Finley) and Dr. Robert Finley (Dr. Fiona Polack).
Footnotes
Adapted from Dignity Memorial Network, Inc. 2011.