J. David Stuart

STUART, J. David (Dave) In Ottawa on Wednesday August 27, 2008, Beloved husband of Joyce C.(McIntosh) Stuart, Father of Ann L. (Robert Carmichael), Kemptville, Ontario and John D.(Judy) Stuart, Miramichi, N. B. , Son of the late Frank K. and Linnie W. Stuart, Saint John N.B. Predeceased by three Brothers; Ross, Hibbert, Dr. Frank K. and one Sister: Helen. Proud Grandfather of Andrew (Gail) and Shawn Carmichael, and Brittany Stuart and several nephews and nieces. Born in West Saint John, N. B. February 23, 1917, David was a graduate of Saint John High School and the Commercial Department of the Saint John Vocational School and an undergraduate of Carleton University, Ottawa. David served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Canada and in the United Kingdom from September 1939 until November 1945. He was employed as an administrator with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, Saint John, N. B. from 1945 until 1949 and as New Brunswick District Office Manager with the Department of Public Works of Canada, Saint John, N. B. until 1956, when he was promoted and transferred to the Ottawa Headquarters of that Department, from which he retired in 1981. He was active in community affairs all his life; unselfishly devoted to the service of others. In the Saint John area, he was a member of the Beaconsfield/Lancaster Volunteer Fire Department for 21 years, Secretary-Treasurer of the Beaconsfield School Board, a member of the West Saint John Y's Mens Club, an Executive Committee member of the Saint John Y.M.C.A. and a Director of the Saint John Community Chest/United way. In Ottawa, he served several terms as President of community associations, including the Ottawa Neighborhood Watch Coordinators Association of which he had been a founding member. He was an elected Trustee of the Ottawa Public School Board for one term. He was a life-long member of the United Church, serving as an Elder and Steward of the West Side Kirk, Saint John, N. B. and of the Rideau Park Church, Ottawa. He sang in the choirs of both Churches from his teen years until 1998, following training as a boy soprano in the choir of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Saint John N.B. Family and friends are invited to visit the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 315 McLeod Street on Sunday August 31st, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial Service will be held at Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Drive on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Ottawa Mission or the May Court Hospice of Ottawa or a charity of your choice.