CARMICHAEL DAVID JOHN
BORN SEPTEMBER 24, 1921 IN VANCOUVER, BC
PASSED ON MARCH 2ND 2008 IN COMOX, BC
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY
HIS FIRST WIFE SUSAN AND HIS SISTER KAYE
DAVID IS SURVIVED BY:
HIS BELOVED WIFE AND BEST FRIEND MARION CARMICHAEL
SON DAVID CARMICHAEL (COLEEN) OF BUDAPEST
DAUGHTER MARY CARMICHAEL VICTORIA BC
SUE JOHNSTON (LORNE) COURTENAY BC
DEB DEWAR/HUNCHIAK (RON) COMOX BC
GRANDCHILDREN;
MICHAEL, DAVID, SEAN’, JAY, DAVID, CRAIG, COLE
SUSAN, TERRI AND MANY GREAT GRAND CHILDREN NEPHEWS AND NIECES
DAVID SERVED DURING
WORLD WAR 2 1942 – 1945 (EUROPE) RCAF ATTACHED TO RAF TO TRAIN PILOTS.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF
TRIUNE MASONIC LODGE POWELL RIVER AND THE
COURTENAY KIWANIS
DAVID GRADUATED FROM THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AS A DENTIST in 1950 THEN JOINED THE ARMY DENTAL CORPS WAS A PROFESSOR OF DENTISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA AND EVENTUALLY OPENED A PRIVATE PRACTICE IN POWELL RIVER.
IN HIS LEISURE TIME
HE WAS A GREAT FISHERMAN, ENJOYED GOLF, GARDENING, BRIDGE,
PLAYING HIS PIANO, WW2 MUSIC, FLYING AND AMATEUR RADIO (CDY)
HIS GREATEST LOVE WAS HIS BLENDED FAMILY AND HE ENJOYED THE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF ALL OF THEM. HIS FAVORITE PLACES WERE CAIRO AND HIS GARDEN. HE SAID “IF HE COULD LIVE HIS LIFE AGAIN HE WOULD TRY TO DO GOOD TO ALL.” HIS GOAL WAS TO WAKE UP EACH DAY IN A HAPPY FRAME OF MIND. HE DID BOTH THESE THINGS AND DID THEM WELL. HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIM MANY GOOD FRIENDS (YOU ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE).
A MEMORIAL SERVICE AND TEA WILL BE HELD AT THE COMOX VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON 725 ASPEN RD COMOX ON
Monday March 10th 2008 AT 2: PM
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO THE
DR. DAVID J. CARMICHAEL DENTAL PROGRAM BURSARY – CAMOSUN COLLAGE FOUNDATION – 4461 INTERURBAN ROAD, VICTORIA BC
OR THE ST JOSEPHS GENERAL HOSPITAL HOME CARE AND PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT.
1 - Corinthians Chapter 13 verse 13
And now abideth Faith, Hope, Love, these three; but the greatest of these is Love