FREDERICK BARNARD CUMMINGS-SYMS Feb. 16, 1918 - Nov. 24, 2006 It is with sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our cousin, Frederick (Ted) Barnard Cummings-Syms. He is survived by cousin Frank Douglas Barnard of Blind Bay and cousin Phyllis Marion Parkes (Dunne) of Kamloops, being his next-of-kin and by numerous second cousins living in England, British Columbia, Alberta and the USA. Ted was predeceased (when an infant) by his father, Frederick Cummings-Syms, who passed away in Vancouver during the disastrous flu epidemic following WWI and by his mother, Doris Marion Cummings-Syms (Barnard) who passed away August, 1971 in the Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops. Ted was born Feb. 16, 1918 in Vancouver and moved from Ruskin to Blind Bay with his mother following his father's death to join his grandfather, Frank Barnard. Blind Bay became their permanent home - their house surrounded by a beautiful garden with flowering shrubs and trees and masses of flowers. They also had a greenhouse full of delicious grapes and a small orchard on the ledge above the house where peaches, plums, pears, cherries and apples flourished. Ted attended Blind Bay School and went on to Salmon Arm High School, then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force when WWII broke out. During that time, he had a serious illness which left its mark on his life. At the conclusion of the war, he took on construction work, participating in the Columbia River dam projects and others nearer home. When working on the snowsheds in the Rocky Mountains, he contacted TB and spent a considerable time in the George Pearson Hospital in Vancouver. Ted always kept a large garden and was very generous in sharing his fresh vegetables, fruit and berries with his relatives, neighbours and friends until his health began to fail and he could no longer drive his car. He faithfully put out food for his feathered friends who gave him such pleasure and his hazelnut trees were a favourite of the local squirrels. Ted was also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion for many years. The family would especially like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Mudge and family for their great kindness to Ted over the years and to Ms. Donna Davies and Mr. Papworth who looked after his business and took an interest in his welfare. Thanks also go to the kind bus drivers who looked out for him every Thursday morning to take him to do his shopping in Salmon Arm, to the BC Hydro meter reader who discovered Ted and to the paramedics who did their very best to save him. A gathering to remember Ted will be held at a later date when his ashes will be interred in Blind Bay Cemetery next to his mother and the Barnard family plots. Email condolences may be sent to sympathy@bowersfuneralservice.com Arrangements were in the care of Bowers Funeral Service and Crematorium, Salmon Arm.