M.D., F.R.C.S.(c) F.R.C.A.

We are saddened to announce Leith’s passing on Sept. 15, at the age of 80. He was born in Charlottetown and was the son of the late Ira and Ella Douglas. After receiving his medical degree from Dalhousie University in 1962 he went on to study plastic surgery in Toronto, Sweden, Austria and England. He practised in Toronto at The Wellesley and St. Michael’s Hospitals and finished his career in the operating room at Western Hospital in 2011. Leith will also be remembered for his enthusiastic work as a plastic surgeon to the Toronto Maple Leafs for 36 years. He is survived by his loving wife Lorna (Jordan), their daughter Ellen, son-in-law Peter Woodward and his three beloved grandchildren, Julian, Caroline and Liam of Cobourg, Ont. The family will receive their friends at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home, 6150 Yonge St., Toronto, M2M 3W9 on Friday, Sept. 23, from 6-9 p.m. The funeral will take place at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home on Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. with a reception to follow. Interment will be in Cobourg Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Leith’s memory to The Salvation Army, 25 Centre Ave., Toronto, Ont., M2M 2L4 or to the Palliative Care Unit at the Northumberland Hills Hospital, 1000 DePalma Dr., Cobourg, Ont., K9A SW6.

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