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for Grant REID
18 Entries
Jan Christianson-Wood
January 16, 2024
Finding Grant´s obituary while searching for contact information was a sad experience. He was a wonderful mentor and guide. I know I let him down when I opted not to continue my studies. The outcome was a happy one-one of our children continued to a D.Mus and is a tenured professor. Given Grant´s love of music, I´d hoped to share this with him. My condolences to Charlotte and Tim.
Christy
August 28, 2023
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Jeff Bartkiewicz
August 28, 2023
Please use this revised version -----
When I got off the train in Winnipeg on August 30th, 1984, Grant Reid was waiting to pick me up at the CN Train Station. I was 21. I was about to start the life I wanted going to school at the U of M, and I can still see him leaning up against the wall super ticked off because the train was so late. It´s a great memory, and then before he drove me down to the residence on campus, he took me to Kelekis Restaurant, the perfect thing to do.
I was at the U of M for the school year 1984-85, and he was good to me, kind and a family role model, and I think he appreciated me as family too. We didn´t really know each other, but by the end of the year we did. I bet he took me to six Jets games, and he paid each time. I was over for supper more than a couple of times at his place with Charlotte and Tim. And I´ll never forget Thanksgiving in particular. They were so different than anyone I´d ever known in my family and outside my family. We´d finished eating and were sitting off to the side of the table in the living room. The music was cultured. The meal was better than restaurant dining. The conversation was intelligent and artful. They were free in ways other people aren't.
He knew how to live, and he brought every element of life as a touchstone into that. He was intelligent and well read. He understood ideas. He sought out pleasures from the basic to the refined, and even if small, they came across to me as big. They were deliberate. He was thoughtful. He bought me a Winnipeg Jets sweater on the day I was leaving. The Jets had just beaten the Flames in the playoffs. I was choked. And he knew how to laugh. He smoked me on that one. I knew it. And he knew it too.
He and Charlotte? I have never seen two people more matched as a couple. These two understood each other. Absolutely entwined. Both proud to be from the 1960s. They understood space and how they wanted to share that space. He called her Bonny and Bonn, and easily they seemed bonded and in sync. A model for how to be happy.
Grant you are gone too soon, and you will be deeply missed. I know you knew I was making a serious attempt at writing novels, and you encouraged me. I feel I´m close to get them out, and I´m just sorry that you won´t be here to see them. I would have felt your pleasure. We were family. And that was important. To this day, I understand things about life that you taught me, and in your name Grant Reid, I will always be grateful.
Jeff Bartkiewicz
August 27, 2023
When I got off the train in Winnipeg on August 30th, 1984, Grant Reid was waiting to pick me up at the CN Train Station. I was 21. I was about to start the life I wanted going to school at the U of M, and I can still see him leaning up against the wall super ticked off because the train was so late. It´s a great memory, and then before he drove me down to the residence on campus, he took me to Kelekis Restaurant, the perfect thing to do.
I was at the U of M for the school year 1984-85, and he was good to me, kind and a family role model, and I think he appreciated me as family too. We didn´t really know each other, but by the end of the year we did. I bet he took me to six Jets games, and he paid each time. I was over for supper more than a couple of times at his place with Charlotte and Tim. And I´ll never forget Thanksgiving in particular. They were so different than anyone I´d ever known in my family and outside my family. We´d finished eating and were sitting off to the side of the table in the living room. The music was cultured. The meal was better than restaurant dining. The conversation was intelligent and artful. They were free in ways other people aren't. And I noticed something that I might have thought needed some attention, so I turned to Grant, "Grant, the cats are on the table," and I saw one eating some of the turkey. And Grant looked over and then back at me and spoke words I have never forgotten, "ah, don´t worry about it," and then we didn´t. Some stuff matters. Some doesn´t. And I thought, okay, and I was part of it.
He knew how to live, and he brought every element of life as a touchstone into that. He was intelligent and well read. He understood ideas. He sought out pleasures from the basic to the refined, and even if small, they came across to me as big. They were deliberate. He was thoughtful. He bought me a Winnipeg Jets sweater on the day I was leaving. The Jets had just beaten the Flames in the playoffs. I was choked. And he knew how to laugh. He smoked me on that one. I knew it. And he knew it too.
He and Charlotte? I have never seen two people more matched as a couple. These two understood each other. Absolutely entwined. Both proud to be from the 1960s. They understood space and how they wanted to share that space. He called her Bonny and Bonn, and easily they seemed bonded and in sync. A model for how to be happy.
Grant you are gone too soon, and you will be deeply missed. I know you knew I was making a serious attempt at writing novels, and you encouraged me. I feel I´m close to get them out, and I´m just sorry that you won´t be here to see them. I would have felt your pleasure. We were family. And that was important. To this day, I understand things about life that you taught me, and in your name Grant Reid, I will always be grateful.
David Shugarman (Shug)
August 23, 2023
So many good memories of and with Grant going back to the sixties. Wish there were even more. Whether at the dinner table, enjoying Charlotte and Grant's back garden, their patio, their visits with us in Victoria, fun on the golf course or discussing music and politics, it was a delight to be in his presence and what a wonderful presence he was. His smile, wit - sometimes wry - toughness, gentleness, kindness and frankness all admirable, all to be treasured.
How lucky we were to have him as a friend and to be able to rejuvenate that friendship on the west coast.
Donna and Laddie
August 8, 2023
I will remember Grant as a thoughtful and kind man who was respectful of others. He always had my best interests at heart and was willing to lend a hand when he could. Whether it be helping me with my garden bed, small jobs around my home, removal of the invasive garden gnomes or keeping my pup dog company; he did it with great care. He was loved by all his family and he cared deeply for them. There are fond memories of him playing his guitar, sometimes banjo, around the fire pit at the cabin. There was bridge playing at the kitchen table with long hours of laughter, bantering back and forth and of course the Grand Finale; "fireworks," for Tim, Sean and Christy. Grant lived a good life on the island, which he shared with friends and family. There were rounds of golf with Kevin, Sean, Bob, Sandra, and sometimes me. He enjoyed watching hockey and baseball and studied the players well. During the playoffs he was pretty much off the grid. Grant was a good man, his presence will be missed. As he would say to Charlotte on occasion "it´s all of a muchness."
Shine on Grant.
Salty
August 8, 2023
Vancouver Island.
Along with his gift of humour and wit he was an accomplished musician playing everything from blues, jazz and classical on his guitar.
In addition to being a gourmet cook , practitioner of tai chi, he was an ecowarrior all his life. We will miss that twinkle in his eye, quoting Robbie Burns, and his excellent Scotch. It is hard to think of a world without him.
Rest a while dear friend. We will meet again.
Paul Toolan
August 8, 2023
The suggestion of a smile in the photo speaks volumes about Grant's dry sense of humour. I'll miss him for all the time I've got left.
John Smith-Windsor
August 7, 2023
I have many wonderful memories of Grant who I met in our high-school days. On a hunting trip, we survived a serious car accident in his father´s new Buick. We had many other adventures at the U of S. Morris Sulatyski and I became the vocal group with Grant on his banjo and guitar. He knew all the folk songs and the artists and I still love to listen to many of the songs. I moved to Ottawa inn 1967 and Grant & Charlotte moved Toronto and then to the Island. Phone calls were expensive then but every once in a while my phone would ring at 2 am with a very distinctive greeting followed by a catch up on events. Eventually we drifted apart, but you don´t forget a friend like Grant Reid who was a very large part of my youth!
Farewell my Friend!
Sandra
August 7, 2023
Grant was a great cook. He brought back cuisine from his world travel. My family always loved to be invited for diner. We enjoyed many great regional dishes at his house over the years. We also got to enjoy his collection of classical music and conversations about politics, history, travels, food and wine.
Grant was fun to be with at the golf course. His humour and forever optimism about my golf swing kept the round going. When I first picked up the game, he gave me the nuance of the game. Ben Hogan´s Five Lessons and Penick´s Little Red Book were my reading, and later on more serious analysis of the mechanics of golf swing. We will miss golfing with him at Vancouver Island.
When he retired on the Island, family and friends have gathered for sea food & wine, beautiful beaches and nature trails.
Grant will forever be in our hearts.
Sandra
Mel Gill
August 5, 2023
Grant was seconded in 1974 from the Blakeney Government's Executive Council (known across Canada as hiring only the best of the brightest) in 1974 to develop a methadone program. He hired me to supervise the program in Saskatoon. I knew at the outset that I was in the sphere of an exceptional person. Once befriended, he was all in for you. Grant was a mentor. Sitting on the lawn in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature he set me on a lifelong journey to discover the meaning of the "Myth of Sisyphus". Grant mentored me on power dynamics in politics and organizations. We worked together to introduce the 'Manitoba Risk Assessment Scale' In Ontario and nearly succeeded. He and his wife Charlotte became lifelong friends, offering support, sagacity, hospitality, joy of gourmet cooking, and a zest for authentic, unpretentious living with acute observation of life and nature through (Grant's) music, philosophy, and Charlotte's keen insights and eye for capturing essence through a photographic lens. My wife, Daphne McDonald, and I will miss Grant's profound presence deeply. We wish Charlotte and Tim our best in a time of sorrow and rejuvenation. The photo below was taken in Nov. 2018 when we visited the Cathedral Grove in McMillan Park, Vancouver Island.
Mel Gil and Daphne McDonald
August 5, 2023
Grant was seconded in 1974 from the Blakeney Government's Executive Council (known in Canada as hiring only the best of the best) in 1974 to develop a methadone program. He hired me to supervise the program in Saskatoon. I knew at the outset that I was in the sphere of an exceptional person. Once befriended, he was all in for you. Grant was a mentor. Sitting on the lawn in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature he set me on a lifelong journey to discover the meaning of the "Myth of Scyphus". Grant mentored me on power dynamics in politics and organizations. We worked together in an attempt to introduce the 'Manitoba Risk Assessment Instrument' In Ontario and nearly succeeded. He and his wife Charlotte became lifelong friends, offering support, sagacity, hospitality, joy of gourmet cooking, and a zest for authentic living and acute observation of life and nature through (Grant's) music, philosophy, and Charlotte's keen eye for capturing essence through a photographic lens. My wife, Daphne McDonald, and I will miss Grant's profound presence deeply. We wish Charlotte and Tim our best in a time of sorrow and rejuvenation. The photo below was taken in Nov. 2018 when we visited the Cathedral Grove in McMillan Park, Vancouver Island.
Bob exner
August 5, 2023
I have known Grant since I was 10 years old. He would come to our house to visit, we would play chess then. As we grew in age he became my bridge partner while visiting at the cabin at Crooked Lake. We would often hear the refrain , `you dirty rat´ while playing cards. We played countless rounds of golf at Last Oak golf course, always a favourite place. We also played golf in Winnipeg and Vancouver Island. Playing golf with Grant was always a calming and memorable event. He was more my brother than a brother in law. Grants memories will be cherished, and he will be missed by all who loved him.
Christy
August 4, 2023
Kindest most thoughtful patient fun loving person I ever met. Such wonderful memories, singing and playing guitar by the fire at the cabin, playing cards and good ole chats with lots of laughs too. Grant "Grand" holds a special place in my heart now and always. You are in my thoughts during this time and sending love and hugs your way.
Christy xo
Philip Goodman
August 3, 2023
I´m so sorry. A great guy who made wonderful contributions.
Ruth
July 31, 2023
I had the honour of being his student when I continued my education in my middle age. His humour got me through statistics course and his mentorship continues to inspire me.
Definitely a life well lived. May he continue to inspire us as his stories live on. With warmth
Ruth
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