LAUGHTON, SYDNEY
ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2006, SYDNEY FREDRICK WALTER LAUGHTON, SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY, DIED PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SYDNEY WAS A MAN OF GREAT COMPASSION, KINDNESS, GENTLENESS AND HUMOUR. ALTHOUGH DECEMBER 2ND NOW MARKS HIS PASSING, HE WILL LIVE ON IN THE LOVING SPACE HE CREATED IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS.SYDNEY WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1921. DURING WW11, HE SERVED IN THE BRITISH ARMY WITH THE CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS(REME). HE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1951 AND FOUND A CAREER FOR HIMSELF AT ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA, COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION. HE MARRIED ANNA MARIE ANGEL IN 1953 AND, IN 1965 THEY SETTLED IN KANATA WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, LESLEY, PAMELA, SCOT AND MEGAN. AFTER RETIRING IN 1979 HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO HIS FAMILY AND TO HIS PASSIONS OF READING, SAILING AND WOODWORKING. AND TO THE ENJOYMENT HE RECEIVED FROM HIS MANY FRIENDSHIPS. HIS FIRM HANDSHAKE WAS AS STRONG AS HIS CHARACTER, AND REFLECTED THE STRENGTH AND STABILITY HE CREATED FOR THE ONES HE LOVED AND WAS LOVED BY. HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED. A PRIVATE FAMILY GATHERING WILL TAKE PLACE IN OTTAWA AT BEECHWOOD CEMETERY IN THE SPRING OF 2007.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of SYDNEY FREDRICK WALTER LAUGHTON, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.