Dennis Allister Latham

Photo by Ed Nixon LATHAM, Dennis Allister Dennis died on February 6, 2021 at the age of 80 in Victoria, BC. He would often say he had had a good life but still he didn't want to leave his wife Barbara of 54 years, whom he adored, or his beloved children Allison (Los Angeles) and Warren (Toronto). He loved his grandchildren Eric, Nate, Calandre, Sullivan and Bronwyn and marvelled at their different talents (they did all eventually figure out that despite his enduring quote "I'm Johnny Cash" that he wasn't). Playing the euphonium was his life-long love starting from when his mother signed him up for the Moose Jaw Junior Band when he was 10 years old. He could have been "the greatest there ever was" (The Natural) but as he would say, "a pizza can feed a family of four but a musician can't" so he became a lawyer where he built a successful practice based on his trustworthiness and intelligence. He believed in education - a lot of it - getting his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and his MBA and his LLB from Queen's University. He was not known for sugarcoating the truth and was willing to ask direct questions, making sure conversations with him were never boring and certainly never about the weather. He read voraciously, knew everything about baseball there was to know, enjoyed managing his stock portfolio and was always ready to watch his favourite movies again. He valued his extended family, friends and community and appreciated the love and kindness he received especially in his later years, including from Brian Sagar, Jennifer Wells and their kids Cohen and Marlowe who he thought of as family. He has left an empty seat at the table and we will forever miss him. Due to COVID19, no memorial will be held. In memory of Dennis, donations may be made to support young musicians at UVIC through the Eugene Dowling Scholarship Fund: extrweb.uvic.ca/eugene-dowling-scholarship Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mccallgardens.com