John WEATHERALL

1932 - 2024

JOHN WEATHERALL John Weatherall, former chairman of TD Asset Management, founder and president of Scarthingmoor Asset Management, loving husband, brother, uncle, godfather and friend, died peacefully on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at his home in Kingston, Ontario. He was 91. John was predeceased by his wife, Diana St Barbe Weatherall (nee Harrison); and his brother, Robert K Weatherall. He is survived by his sister, Karla O'Brien; his nieces and nephews, Robert, Alexander, Helen and Julia; five grandnieces, one grandnephew, two great-grands and three godchildren. John was born April 21, 1932, in Windsor, England, the second son of an Eton College master and a Czech mother. As a boy, John himself attended Eton College, where a fortuitous introduction resulted in an invitation from the Heward family for John to spend a summer at Fernbank, their cottage on the St. Lawrence, east of Brockville. That first visit established John's Canadian roots. After Eton and a year of National Service with the Royal Artillery, John graduated with honors in Engineering from Christ's College, Cambridge University. He then returned to Ontario for a full-time role as project engineer with Alcan Aluminum in Kingston. Later, John's relationship with Brian Heward led to a job with Ontario Steel in Gananoque, of which Heward was director and principal shareholder. Eventually, at Heward's urging, John left Ontario Steel to join Jones Heward & Company in Montreal as an investment analyst. John remained at Jones Heward for 15 years. John and Diana were married in Montreal in 1975. Two years later, they left Montreal for Toronto when John joined Greenshields Inc. At their home on Elm Avenue, John and Diana delighted in one another's company, Diana's ebullience the ideal complement to John's shyness. His mission for Diana was her happiness and wellbeing, and John withheld nothing in pursuit of both. From Greenshields John moved to Wood Gundy. There, his command of the extractive industries led to directorships at Ivanhoe Mines, Okanagan Skeena Group, Bell Molybdenum Mines, Dominion Anthracite, Indochina Goldfields, OGY Petroleum, Granduc Mines, Strathcona Resource Industries and Slocan Forest Products, among others. In 1990, John joined TD Bank as Vice-President of Investments, eventually ascending to Chairman, TD Asset Management. John is credited with strengthening the bank's portfolio management competencies and refining its investment products, notably the Green Line family of mutual funds. John earned particular respect for his stewardship of TD Bank's pension fund, not least from board member, Jimmy Pattison, who worked closely with John for many years. After retiring from TD Bank, John returned to Kingston. He and Diana bought a house around the corner from the then-fading Victorian whose thirrd floor apartment John had rented a half-century earlier. Over time, John acquired acreage on nearby Wolfe Island. Grandson of a farmer, John felt an abiding connection to Wolfe Island's agricultural heritage, and among his most treasured friendships were ones that sprang from that land. His attachment to the island was literal; John got immense satisfaction using Wolfe Island limestone in the renovation of his and Diana's Kingston home. John's abiding fondness for Kingston was manifested in his memberships of the Kingston Yacht Club and the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, which spanned 68 years. In addition, John and Diana contributed to Wolfe Island's Trinity Anglican Church, the Queen's University Economics and Medicine departments, the Kingston General Hospital, the United Way of KFL&A, the Kingston Symphony, the Kingston Choral Society, and St. George's Cathedral. The family invite friends to join them in celebrating John's life on Saturday, February 10th. His casket will process past the Anglican Church of the Trinity on Wolfe Island, in a horse drawn hearse, at approximately 10:45 a.m., proceeding to the cemetery where he will be interred beside Diana. Later, at 3:00 p.m., a Requiem Eucharist Service will be held at St. George's Anglican Cathedral, 270 King Street East, Kingston. A reception will follow. All are welcome to attend any of the day's events. Memorial donations, for those wishing, may be made to the Anglican Church of the Trinity, Wolfe Island. Online book of Condolences: www.ReidFuneralHome.com Arrangements Entrusted to the Robert J. Reid & Sons Funeral Home, 309 Johnson Street, Kingston.