JOHN ULICK MacWILLIAM

Formerly of Shelburne, Nova Scotia; passed away peacefully in Durham, England, UK, on 18 October, aged 89. Born in 1926 in Newry, Northern Ireland, John grew up in Bexley, Kent, in England, where his father was a GP. He attended school during the war years, then trained at Guy’s Hospital, London, qualifying as a medical doctor in 1952. He did his National Service from 1953-55 in Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, where he met Mabel Stephenson. Back in England, they married in 1956. John worked as a GP in northern England until 1963 when the family emigrated to Nova Scotia, settling eventually in Shelburne where he worked in the Shelburne Medical Centre and Roseway Hospital, eventually as the hospital chief of staff. After retiring, John and Mabel returned to England in 1992, spending a long and active retirement in Durham. John is survived by Mabel, their three sons, Richard (in Alberta), Ian (England) and Peter (Nova Scotia), and a granddaughter, Mekah (Alberta).