JAMES SOUTHEY

SOUTHEY, THE HONORABLE JAMES BONHAM STRANGE Peacefully at home, in his 90th year, Jim Southey died July 29, 2016. Devoted husband for 63 years of Wendy (Hughson), dear brother of Mary McCarter (John 2001), and loving father of Sally (Benoit Belisle), George (Margaret Found), Peter (Julie Mathews), Ted (Cathy), and Michael (Wendy Hurlburt). Beloved grandfather of Wendy and Michelle Belisle; Awrey and Hilary; Matthew, Sarah and Andrew; Mackenzie and James; and Caitlyn, Campbell and Emily. Also he will be greatly missed by Max and Bets Hughson, Anne Hughson (David 1992) and all his nieces and nephews across North America. Born October 26, 1926, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Jim is predeceased by his parents Mary and Ted, and sister Sally (1935). After his family and friends, Jim loved the law. He was the Silver Medalist at Osgoode Hall (1953) and a partner with Tilley, Carson and Findlay in Toronto until his appointment to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1975. He was President of the Canadian Judges Conference, the Ontario Superior Court Judges' Association, and the Lawyers Club of Toronto, a member of the Saskatchewan Bar, and enjoyed the camaraderie of judges across Canada as a member of the Pension Appeals Board 1999-2011. Jim delighted in his years on the gridiron at Trinity College School and Queen's University, and relished the challenges of golf, tennis, skiing and learning French. He was a voracious reader of history and connoisseur of good jokes, limericks, and tall tales. Jim loved the beauty of the Canadian wild, especially white pines, from Haliburton to Algonquin Park, Georgian Bay, Blue Sea Lake, and the St. Lawrence River. He was the Chair of the Board at TCS and was an early advocate of the school becoming co-ed. Music resounded through every stage of his life, from hymns as a youth, Broadway with his dad, the annual Southey carol-singing party that he initiated in 1971- a tradition loved by so many and replicated across the country- to these last years when, often unable to put his thoughts into words, lyrics expressed what he could not. The von Southey Family Singers have lost their maestro. The family is indebted to Dr Nick Pimlott and the CBI team including Rahel, Bizrat, Azeb, and Luz. Funeral services will be held at Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge Street, August 9, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers donations to your favorite charity would be most appreciated.