James Barrett LAMB

LAMB, James Barrett
The well-known Canadian newspaperman and author passed away on February 20, 2000 in Delta, BC, aged 80. Born 1919 in Toronto to Thomas and Elsie Lamb, Jim attended Oakwood Collegiate, graduated as a naval officer from Royal Military College, Kingston and joined the RCNVR in 1939. During the war he served aboard HMCS Trail and commanded the minesweeper HMCS Minas and corvette HMCS Camrose and was mentioned in dispatches for D-Day service at Omaha Beach. After the war, Jim worked on newspapers in Woodstock and Moose Jaw and for 20 years was editor and publisher of the Orillia Daily Packet and Times. He wrote for many newspapers and magazines, and his 1964 editorial ;The Canada I Love: An Unfashionable Testament is the most famous and reproduced Canadian newspaper editorial of the 20th century. He retired to Big Harbour, Cape Breton in 1971 where he sailed and traveled and wrote 15 books, including the Canadian bestsellers ;The Corvette Navy and ;On the Triangle Run, both to be reprinted with new material this year. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Ruby (née Evans); sons Rev. Roderick Lamb of Petawawa, ON. and Jamie Lamb of Tsawwassen, BC; grandchildren Theodora and Maxwell of Tsawwassen, BC; sisters Margaret Terrill of London, ON. and Dorothy Lamb of Richmond Hill, ON.; He is remembered as a loving husband; a wonderful father and grandfather; a caring brother; a respected writer; a warm friend; a good man; a great Canadian. West Coast memorial service will be held at St. Andrews Chapel, Naden, CFB Esquimalt on Vancouver Island at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, February 24. A memorial service in Baddeck, Nova Scotia will follow in the spring. Delta Funeral Home (604) 946-6040.