John BEARDSWORTH

BEARDSWORTH, Dr. John Hudson
1925 - 2013
Dr. John Beardsworth passed away at the Rosefield Care Center in Innisfail, on Monday, June 10, 2013 at the age of 87 years. John was born in Kinoulton, England and his family immigrated to Canada in 1926, homesteading in the Turtleford area of Saskatchewan. John completed grade 9 at Brooksdale School and began working as a farm hand for his father and then for various other farmers in the Mervin and Edam areas of Saskatchewan. At the age of 18 he joined the RCMP and spent five years in the force at various postings, most of which were located in the Northwest Territories and involved lengthy and lonely patrols by dogsled. A posting in Montreal was memorable as it involved providing security for President Harry Truman while addressing the Canadian parliament in 1947. During his years in the RCMP he completed grades 10 and 11 by correspondence and in 1948 he was granted an honorable discharge to attend full time school at Saskatoon Collegiate Technical, where he completed grade 12. He was accepted into medical school in Saskatoon and completed his degree at McGill in Montreal. His career as a family practitioner, surgeon and coroner was spent in Regina and Lashburn, Saskatchewan and finally in Innisfail starting in 1961. John is survived by three sons: Joe (Debbie) of Cochrane, David (Gloria) and Don (Pam) both of Innisfail, brother Roger (Maxine) of North Battleford and sister Joyce (Walt) of Saskatoon. He is also survived by eight grandchildren: Melanie, Lauren and Audra Beardsworth; Alexa (Jeff) Blish and Casi Beardsworth; and Grayson, Chance and Landon Beardsworth. He was predeceased by his wife Jocelyn in 2000, his brother Phil (Nan) in 1999, his father John in 1988 and mother Doris in 1986. A Celebration of John's life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch No. 104, Innisfail on Tuesday, June 18, at 2:00 p.m. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Innisfail Ladies Hospital Auxiliary.