CHARLES ADAMSON LOW

In Loving Memory (December 31, 1939 – October 15, 2025) Charles Adamson Low was born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, at the tail end of the depression and the beginning of World War II. He was the second of six children (Katherine, Bill, Nancy, Bobby, Jeffrey). He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1961 and entered the Army as First Lieutenant to the Lord Strathcona Horse tank regiment in Calgary. He saw service when seconded for 15 months as part of the reconnaissance squadron to the United Nations Emergency Force in Gaza, acting as a peacekeeper patrolling the Egypt/Israel border. Charles had an incredibly fulfilling family, social, and professional life. Most of his career was spent in the pharmaceutical business and included acting as the President of the Canadian Cosmetics, Toiletries, and Fragrances Association (CCTFA). He loved time spent with family in St. Thomas and Port Bruce, at the Hagerman family farm in the Bay of Quinte and at the cottage on Six Mile Lake. He loved tennis, golf, and curling, but he was quick to point out that he loved his sports because they led to a rich social life. Charles loved life in all aspects. Right to the end, he was engaged in human achievement, science, politics, history, technology, and even a bit of philosophy. Charles passed peacefully at home, surrounded by family and will be profoundly missed by his wife of 58 years, Ellen; as well as his two children and their families. (Carey, Katie, Frances, Charlie and Jeff, Bo and Beckett).