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PETER Le COUTEUR Obituary

Published by Vancouver Sun and/or The Province from Nov. 7 to Nov. 8, 2012.

Le COUTEUR, Peter
June 20, 1940 - November 4, 2012
Peter passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on Sunday after a short battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 43 years Penny, his sons Tim (Janna) and Alan (Jennie), and his grandson Owen. He is also survived by his two brothers, Allan and Bill (Rosie).
Peter was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and grew up in Auckland. He moved to Vancouver in 1966 to earn his PhD in Geology from UBC. Over the course of his career as an exploration geologist, he worked on every continent. He hiked, flew and sailed through some of the most remote and rugged parts of the world, living in camps, yurts and huts of every kind. He ran his own consulting practice and also co-founded a successful business processing till samples for diamond exploration in northern Canada.
He loved to travel with his family, and lived for periods in New Zealand and Indonesia with them. At home he enjoyed squash and field hockey, spending time with his boys, and working on rocks with the scanning electron microscope in his home lab. He lived a full and adventurous life, and leaves us with many fond memories. We are all richer for having known him.
A celebration of life will be held 10 am Saturday, November 10 at the Boal Chapel, 1505 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver. Special thanks to Dr. Paul Sugar, Melissa and the rest of the staff in the Palliative Care Unit at Lions Gate Hospital. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the BC SPCA.

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November 15, 2012

Peter's family:

I was out of the country and only heard about Peter's passing today. My regrets for missing the memorial.

In the late 1960s I was a geology undergraduate at UBC while Peter was a TA and doing post-graduate studies.

We at Discovery Consultants found Peter to be pre-eminent in his field of petrology and we contacted him whenever we needed a thorough understanding of the rocks.

We will miss Peter's professionalism and dedication. He will be difficult to replace.

Regards and our sincere condolences,

Bill Gilmour
Discovery Consultants
Vernon, BC

November 11, 2012

Val Newman

My deepest sympathy, Penny, in the loss of your husband. Thoughts are with you and your family at this sad time.

November 9, 2012

Penny - So sorry to read of Peter's passing. He was much too young. I will be keeping you and your family in my prayers.

Sonja Sanguinetti

November 7, 2012

Richard Chase

I'm very sorry to hear of Peter's demise. He was an interesting and intelligent graduate student whom I encountered when I first came to UBC in 1968, one of three kiwis in the department (the others were Lionel Carter and Chris Pharo). I ran into him later when he worked for Cominco. My sympathies to Penny and his family. Sincerely
Dick Chase.

PS I'd like to put a note into the Alumni Newsletter for 2013 of the UBC Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department.
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