Dennis Victor Cue

July 03, 1929 - September 14, 2018

Dad died peacefully on September 14, 2018

at the age of 89 after a ten year struggle

with dementia. He spent his entire life in

West Vancouver, following his parents'

arrival from Northern Ireland in the late

1920’s. His first home was one of the small

cottages on Ambleside Beach that housed

many newcomer families during the early

Depression, before the family moved to their

permanent home at 1266 Haywood Ave. Dad

spent his childhood adventuring through the

North Shore’s untamed forests and beaches

with his brothers and his friends, an

upbringing that would always fill him with

happy memories. An excellent student, he

graduated fromWest Vancouver High School

in 1947 and his athletic skills led him to UBC

where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in

Physical Education in 1951. Over the years,

Dad’s official career covered a number of

disciplines but his love of sport propelled his

most meaningful work as a volunteer coach

and from1962 to 1978, Dad helped to establish and build Canada’s first wheelchair sports program.

As coach of the early BC men’s wheelchair

basketball team, he won nine national championships and several Pacific Northwest titles. He went on to serve as the head coach of Canada’s national wheelchair basketball team, competing at four Pan Am Games, winning gold in 1967, and at three Paralympic Games. The Canadian Men’s National Team competed at the Paralympics for the very first time at the Games in Tel Aviv in 1968, ’led by bench boss Vic Cue’ and

Dad was selected as Canada’s ’Chef de Mission’ for the 1976 Paralympic Games in Toronto. Dad never sought accolades but was nonetheless inducted into the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame, the Basketball BC Hall of Fame and won several ’builder’ awards for Canadian Wheelchair Sports. He was humbled by the athletes he had the honor of working with, the greatest in their fields and the most courageous in spirit, including Eugene Reimer, Terry Fox and

Peter Colistro among many others. Despite his accomplishments, Dad’s greatest source of happiness was his family and the home he and Mom owned for nearly 60 years at 4051 Rose Crescent. Dad’s unique combination of humor, intelligence, passion and love is missed by all who knew him and especially by his wife of 64 years, Daphne (also a West Vancouver original), his three daughters, Diana (Jim) Gostling, Mary (Chris) Lapointe and Jennifer (Antonio Targtaglione) Cue and his four grandchildren, Jessica, Lisa, Eleonora and Matthew. A celebration of Dad’s life will be held on Saturday, November 17th, 4:00 pm at West Vancouver Yacht Club, 5854 Marine Drive. We warmly invite all friends, family and thosewhose path crossed Dad’s to join us in order to share our memories and appreciation for him.