SUTHERLAND, Lindsay Gordon Alan, P.Eng.– (February 13, 1938 - July 9, 2009). Passed away peacefully in his 72nd year, L.G. Alan Sutherland, on Tuesday, July 9th, 2009 at home in St. Catharines, Ontario with his wife and elder daughter by his side. He is survived and mourned by his devoted and cherished wife of 49 years, Alyce Elizabeth Sutherland (nee Casselman) and his children, Louise (David) Stanley, Welland; Mary (Robert) Wright, Grand Bend; Hugh (Felicia) Sutherland, Thorold; his grandchildren, Robert and Kathleen Stanley, Welland; Connor and Aidan Sutherland, Thorold; his loving sister Ann Helen Patricia Sutherland, White Rock, BC. Predeceased by his parents, Kathleen Magee (nee Yeates), London, Ontario and James Robert Gordon Sutherland, Limehouse, Ontario. Born in Victoria, BC on February 13, 1938, he grew up in Limehouse and London, Ontario and studied at the University of Western Ontario where he received his B.E.Sc. (Electrical) degree in 1960. After graduating, Alan married and moved his family to Montreal and then Newfoundland where he worked for Monenco and ShawMont. He served as a major in the Canadian Armed Forces Army Reserves and was Deputy Commanding Officer of the 56th Service Battalion, St. John’s. In 1978, he relocated his family to St. Catharines, where he kept up his interest in the Militia as the Deputy Commanding Officer of the 23rd Service Battalion, Hamilton. He continued to work as a Consulting Engineer until a stroke in 1994. While the years that followed challenged him, his resolve to live life to the fullest and to love his family never faltered. He was a Past Master Mason with Perfection Lodge 616 and a life member of the Military Engineers' Association of Ontario. Al had a lifelong interest in Amateur Radio that started in high school. He had call signs issued by Industry Canada in Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland over the years. Although he was not able to get on the air in the past several years the excitement of being able to talk to Amateurs in various parts of the world always remained. Al’s last recorded call was VE3EGY. When an Amateur passes away he is known as a “Silent Key” or “SK” and his call sign is appended thus. His life was brought joy with his passions - classical music, reading, camping and snowmobiling in Newfoundland and especially summers at the family cottage at Maple Grove, Grand Bend.Friends and family are invited to call at the family home, 97 Riverview Boulevard, St. Catharines for visitation on Monday, July 13 at 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The Masons will hold a service at 6:45 p.m. The funeral service, a Celebration of Alan’s Life, will be held at Silver Spire United Church, 366 St. Paul Street East, St. Catharines, on Tuesday, July 14 at 11 a.m. A reception will follow at the family home. Interment in Oakland Cemetery, Brockville on Wednesday, July 15. Memorial donations may be made to the Victorian Order of Nurses or to the Ontario March of Dimes. Funeral direction by Hulse and English, (905-684-6346) 75 Church Street, St. Catharines, Ontario. Memorial tributes may be made at www.mem.com.