Peter Hendry

HENDRY, Peter - At the Guelph General Hospital on Sunday, January 25, 2009, in his 82nd year. Loving husband of Jean for 56 years. Survived by his two sons, Ian and Faed. Peter was born on the family farm north of McAuley, Manitoba in 1927. He was a graduate of the then Brandon College where he caught the journalism bug. After graduation he worked for many newspapers including the Winnipeg Free Press, Toronto Globe & Mail and the Montreal Star. At the Star, his farm roots came back to haunt him as he was assigned to the Family Herald, then Canada's oldest and largest farm magazine. He eventually became Editor- in-Chief of the Herald, a position he held until it folded in 1968. He then joined the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization where he worked as Information Officer for North America in Washington D.C. and later as Editor of FAO's Journal Ceres in Rome, Italy. Upon retiring in 1983, he settled in Guelph, Ontario where he quickly turned the back yard into a small farm and a spare room into a winery. He also kept busy playing tennis, doing some freelance writing, travelling and working for the local NDP. He will be missed by all. Friends will be received at the WALL-CUSTANCE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, 206 Norfolk St., Guelph, Wednesday, January 28, 2009 (2-4 and 7-9 p.m.). A private family service will be held. Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 1146, Guelph, N1H 6N3 or the Nature Conservancy of Canada, 400 - 36 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario M4R 1A1.