Edward's Obituary at Beechwood web site

I actually never blogged the Obituary I wrote for Edward and that is on the Beechwood web site. I could have written pages and even then I would have missed so many of his wonderful contributions. Tributes to him on genealogical sites have captured a number of these items.

These few lines following do not fully capture my husband and so I have devoted many days to talking about him. 

 

Edward Burnice Kipp, HBSc, PhD, MLS, UE

Following a long illness bravely fought, Edward Kipp passed away at 2:19 am Saturday 10 April after an evening spent with his wife and two daughters. Edward Kipp was born 16 April 1943 in Burford Township, Brant County, Ontario. He was one of the two sons of his parents Lorne Kipp (born in Gobles, Ontario) and Phyllis Link (born in Carievale, Saskatchewan). His brother Allen and sister in law June predeceased him. He attended public school in Princeton, Ontario and high school in Paris, Ontario. He then attended Western University (formerly the University of Western Ontario) where he studied Chemistry and received his HBSc in Chemistry and PhD in Inorganic Chemistry. He worked as a Research Scientist for two years in Environmental Chemical Engineering. He returned to the Western University to do his MLS. He then worked at the National Research Council of Canada for nearly thirty years as a Research Information Specialist. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, daughters Margaret and Kathryn, son in law Rick, grandsons Felix and Thomas and his many nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews. During his seventeen years of retirement (and before) he was very involved with the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, co-led Historical Bus Trips into the United States and with his wife toured parts of the United States and Europe. In 2012 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his lifelong volunteerism. In lieu of flowers donations to the Ontario Genealogical Society would be very much appreciated. May God bless you and keep you dear Edward, may God’s Countenance shine upon you and give you peace. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

This was the original which is slightly different from the actual Obituary - partly because I emailed it to myself and didn't do a good job of capturing it all before submitting it and I added in the corrections/additions.