William O. Codrington

William (Bill) Olvas Codrington passed away on August 23, 2014 at the age of 87.

He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on November 16, 1926 to Walter and Margaret Codrington. He attended John Oliver High School in Vancouver, and in 1944, at the age of 18, joined the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as a radar operator on a destroyer tasked with escorting convoys in the Atlantic. Upon completion of his military service, he attended the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1950 with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering degree. In 1950 he was the recipient of a scholarship from U.B.C. for post-graduate study in England, and in 1952 graduated from the English Electric Company's Graduate Apprenticeship program. He was recruited by the Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan) in England in 1952, subsequently becoming System Communication and Protection Engineer in Quebec. In 1954 he became Powerhouse Engineer for the startup of a 900,000 kilowatt underground powerhouse located in Kemano, British Columbia. It was in Kemano that he met his wife Lea (Melita) Taylor, a nurse on the project. In 1956 he was transferred to Montreal, where he became Project Engineer for the construction of a 700,000 kilowatt underground powerhouse located at Chute-des-Passes. Bill and Lea were married in Quebec in 1957, and their son William Craig was born in 1959. In 1960 the family moved to Arvida, Quebec, where Bill became Alcan Power System Planning Engineer and Chairman of the System Planning Committee. In 1964 he became System Operations Manager for Alcan's Quebec Power System and representative for the Canada-U.S. Eastern Interconnection committee. In 1969 Bill was transferred to Alcan's Montreal office, where he became Assistant Director of Purchasing for Alcan. In 1975 he became Product Manager for Carbon Raw Materials for Alcan internationally, and in 1976 became Vice-President of Alcan Trading Limited, which bought and sold raw materials involved in the production of aluminum. In 1978 he became Vice-President of Alcan Aluminum Limited and President of Alcan Basic Raw Materials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcan comprising 7 companies, including two shipping companies. In 1985 he retired from Alcan and the family moved to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, where he started his own raw materials consulting business. He was active in the community wherever he lived, serving as a Scout leader while in Arvida, and serving on the board of the Pine Valley Condominium Association and as President of Sugar Mill Country Club while in New Smyrna Beach. He enjoyed going on fishing trips and had a lifelong passion for golf.

He was preceded in death by his brother Robert (Bob), and will be greatly missed by his wife, Lea; son, William Craig; niece, Catherine, and her husband Paul; and by his extended family and many friends.

A donation in memory of William O. Codrington can be made to the Michael J. Fox

Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777.

Condolences may be made online at www.settlewilderfuneralhome.com