Otakar V. SIREK M.D.

SIREK, Otakar V., M.D., M.A., PhD, Professora Emeritus, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto
Born on December 1, 1921, in Bratislava, Slovakia (formerly Czechoslovakia) died May 5, 2006 in Toronto. He married Anna in 1946 in their native Czechoslovakia and in 1947 moved to Stockholm, Sweden for a Post Doctoral Fellowship. Accepting an invitation from Dr. Charles H. Best to do research and teach in his department at the University of Toronto, Otakar and Anna moved to Toronto in 1950. Otakar was a proud recipient of Charles H. Best Prize, Hoechst Prize, Starr Medal at the University of Toronto and the award of T. G. Masaryk. He will be missed by his wife, four children Ann, Jan, Peter and Terese, their spouses and ten grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, May 11 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 78 Clifton Road, Toronto. Interment will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The family would appreciate donations in lieu of flowers to the Covenant House, 20 Gerrard Street East, Toronto M5B 2P3.