Michael-Tarbotton-Obituary

Michael Tarbotton

Vancouver, British Columbia

November 2, 1946 - April 8, 2012

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Vancouver, British Columbia

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Michael Tarbotton passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia. The obituary was featured in The Vancouver Sun on April 13, 2012.

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An honour to work with mike

My sincere condolences to Mike's family. If it's any consolation, I remember Mike so well from way back as a valued colleague at Swan Wooster. I regret that I'll be unable to attend the memorial service on Sunday.

I like the comment in the obituary about spirited debate because that is how I met Mike as my seat mate on a BA flight to London. It is a great honour that he has named the CNIS (www.cnis.ca) as his favorite charity. Mike will be missed.

Your loss is immense. Michael made me laugh or argue or appreciate. His happy union with nature, family and friends is a model. I am deeply sad to loose Michael as a friend and as husband to Mary, father to our dear Jesse, and to Becky and Cameron. We miss him already. Rebecca Toolan and our family.

Mike was a scholar and a valued colleague. He knew the value of interdisciplinary research and forged links whenever he saw that the connections would lead to better answers to interesting questions. When we collaborated for a time, he freely shared his knowledge and experience from an engineering perspective with me, a marine ecologist, and I know our collective work was more powerful than I could have achieved alone. Throughout that time, Mike accepted that we each had professional...

Our deepest sympathy, condolences and prayers to Mary, Becky, Jesse and Cameron.
Mike was a gentleman and will be missed by so many.

Love,
Michael, Joanne Vondette and Family