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. William Ward Kendrick
Dr. Kendrick passed away peacefully on August 13, 2013 in Victoria, BC, at the age of 88. He earned a degree in Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1949, and a fellowship in Urology in 1956. While working in Regina, he met Joan Macfarlane, an operating room nurse. They married in 1958 and relocated to Victoria in 1962. Dr. Kendrick’s medical practice can best be summed up by the parade of patients who would drop by every Christmas to bring him presents. Fixing urological problems always came with a steady mix of anecdotes, humour and advice that endeared him to patients and the medical community alike. Once, when asked why so many of his patients remembered him, he replied, “you never forget the man who helps you pee again.” Bill had a “retirement” in 1994, but worked as a surgical assistant until he was 80 years old.
A veteran of World War 2, he served with the RCAF as flight engineer of a Lancaster bomber. He walked away from a plane crash during training. When the war ended he entered medical school and promptly broke his neck playing football. After spending a year in a body cast, he resumed his studies.
He was a gentle and generous man, sincerely amazed that he’d raised 4 children and not one of them had done prison time. He and his wife enjoyed 55 years of a happy marriage described by her as “never a dull moment.” Dr. Kendrick is survived by his wife Joan; 4 children, Kathleen (Dan Holte) and Victoria (Gary Bugeaud), of Calgary; Robert, of Columbus, OH; Michael (Eliza Coblentz), of Portland, OR. He is also survived by 5 granddaughters; Rachel, Zoe, Parkes, Rennie and Lucy; 2 step-grandsons Tyler and Chase; and former daughter-in-law Kealy Wilkinson of Victoria.
Adapted from legacy.com.
Dr. W. Alan Ernst
Dr. Ernst died peacefully August 16, 2013 at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax at the age of 89. He received a BSc in 1947 and an MD in 1951 from Dalhousie University. He completed 1 year post-graduate surgery at Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax, 1 year of surgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and subsequently received a Diploma in Urology from McGill University in 1956. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and an Associate Professor of Urology at Dalhousie University. During his career, he practiced both adult and pediatric urology and was the head of the Department of Urology at the IWK Hospital from 1961 to 1991, during which time he contributed significantly to the development of pediatric urology in Nova Scotia.
He is survived by daughters Patricia “Patsy” Ernst and Perri (Tom) McLeod, grandson Ryan Ernst, brother-in-law Ron Kirby, all of Halifax, sister-in-law Margaret MacLeod, Brockville, Ontario and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Fairlie (Prowse), his sisters, Marion Kirby, Gwendolyn Simpson and Kathleen Scouler, and a number of brothers and sisters-in-law.
Adapted from DignityMemorial.ca.