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Stephen Lyon ENDICOTT

1928 - 2019

Stephen Lyon ENDICOTT obituary, 1928-2019, Toronto, ON

BORN

1928

DIED

2019

Stephen ENDICOTT Obituary

STEPHEN LYON ENDICOTT Passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his beloved family, on May 4, 2019 in Toronto, age 91. Born in Shanghai in 1928 of Canadian missionary parents Mary Austin and James Gareth Endicott, Stephen graduated from Vaughan Road Collegiate (1945) and from Victoria College, University of Toronto (1949). A political organizer and labour historian with a lifelong passion for politics, people, poetry and music, he was also an avid camper and white-water canoeist. A leader of the National Federation of Labour Youth (NFLY) in the 1950s, he taught East Asian Studies at York University's Atkinson College, and was a visiting professor at Sichuan University in Chengdu. His books include Red Earth: Revolution in a Sichuan Village and Raising the Workers' Flag: The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936. He received the Killam Senior Fellowship to research the biography of his father, James G. Endicott: Rebel Out of China. Predeceased by his wife, Lena Wilson Endicott (July 3, 2012), he is profoundly missed by daughters Marion (Nicholas Keresztesi), Lorraine (Wayne Burnell), Irene (David Blinkhorn), Valerie (Stephen Douglas); his seven grandchildren Gabriel (Mette Krüger), Laura (Andy Cragg) and Orion (Ella Bedard) Endicott Keresztesi; Veronica Endicott-Blinkhorn; and Vivien, Hannah and Gareth Endicott-Douglas, as well as his five great-grandchildren: Istvan, Leif, Beatrice, Seeger and Fife. He is missed, as well, by his large extended family and good friends in Ontario, British Columbia, China, and throughout the world. Our father died as he lived, with a profound and abiding belief that we can and will build a just and peaceful world, where each gives according to their ability, and each receives according to their need. The family wishes to express our gratitude to doctors Caroline Ruderman, Susan Woolhouse, and Paolo Mazzotto and his team. Our thanks, as well, to Dad's caregivers, most especially Susan Magtibay (and her dog, Max). A celebration of Stephen's life will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 7 p.m. at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church, in Toronto. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to Our Times Magazine, Suite 407, 15 Gervais Drive, Toronto, M3C 1Y8.

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Published by The Globe and Mail from May 11 to May 15, 2019.

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J. Morris

September 8, 2019

Just read parts of Mr. Endicott's biography of his father, Fascinating history of several lost worlds.

Suzanne Devenney (West)

June 1, 2019

Mr. Endicott was Commercial Director at Gordon Graydon High School. Many of us remember him as a kind and gentle human being. A great teacher. We were blessed to have known him.

May 28, 2019

Steve was an amazing colleague, boss, mentor and friend when I first startied teaching at Gordon Graydon MSS in the sixties. He contributed so much, Rmembering him fondly.
Karen (MacKinnon) Motherwell

Guang Xia

May 16, 2019

Steve died at the age of 91, an age by which death is, in biological terms, no longer a surprise for most people. In his lifetime, however, he was always a child with the pure heart of a newborn baby, he was forever young, full of energy, courage, enthusiasm, and determination, and he was never too old to be progressive, to keep pace with the times, and to live his life to the fullest.
Steve left us perhaps to be with God in Heaven, to meet with Karl Marx, to have an eternal reunion with his artistic wife and soulmate Lena, or to return to China to chat with some folks in a Sichuan village. He had led a wonderful life in this world, a world that becomes a better place because of his existence. One could only imagine that he will continue to have a wonderful afterlife, wherever it is.

Shirley Cheng

May 15, 2019

sending HuaXi Toronto Alumni deepest condolences to Mr. Endicott,His legacy lives on and beyond.

Paul and Evelina Pugh and Pan

May 14, 2019

A major figure in Canada's progressive movement, he will be remembered and missed.

Krisantha

May 13, 2019

Stephen always made us think of this poem:

" It is easy to sing when the streets are alive with singing,
When the drum beats the rhythm we want in us all . . .
It is easy enough to speak the words that move
When the crowd is aroused and wants what you wish to prove.
What's not so easy is to lead in the dark
From moment to moment knowing just where the spark
And just how strong, may be struck. For the real work
Is the work that no one sees and earns no remark.

Randall Swingler

Cathy Walker

May 12, 2019

I am so sorry to hear of Stephen Endicott's passing. He was an invaluable mentor to me in determining the best way to support Chinese workers and develop progressive relationships and friendship with Chinese unions.

Rick Fine

May 11, 2019

We are so sorry to hear of his passing. When I told Libby today she remembered him and Norman fondly. Even NFLY .
May his memory be a blessing

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Memorial Events
for Stephen ENDICOTT

Jun

15

Celebration of Life

7:00 p.m.

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church,

Toronto, ON