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Ronald McPhee
November 5, 1938 - June 22, 2015
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<div itemprop="description">McPhee, Ronald (Retired Teacher St. Lawrence College and Retired Captain R.C.A.F.)<br /><br />Ronald Douglas McPhee passed away peacefully with his loving wife at his side at Trillium Ridge Nursing Home in Kingston on Monday, June 22, 2015. He was born to Clinton and Bernice (nee Park) McPhee on November 5th, 1938 near Glenavon, Saskatchewan. Ron is survived by his wife Mary Alice (nee Andrews); daughter Wendy McPhee of Toronto and her daughters Adriana and Kayleigh Bass; daughter DeeAnn Kennedy (Michael) of Hartington and their children Daphne, Ben, Melanie, Jaclyn, Shane and Maya; son David and his daughter Rachel Olsen of Pembroke. Ron also leaves his sister Norma Doerr and husband Don of Estevan SK, and their children Bob (Colinda) and Barb (Stan) Gessner; sister Carol McPhee of Regina SK and her daughter Lisa Marie; brother John McPhee of Yorkton, SK and children David and Angella. Ron was predeceased by his youngest brother Warren and is survived by Warren&rsquo;s widow Teresa Strachan (Vern) of Regina and their daughters Charmaine Filteau (Brad) and Sara Langley (Jesse). Ron also leaves his brothers- and sisters-in-law in Nebraska: Lucetta Andrews (late husband Don) of Cambridge; Bob Andrews also of Cambridge (who survives Connie); and Roger Andrews (June) of Grand Island. Ron was pre-deceased by his brother-in-law Dick Andrews and his wife Jan. Ron leaves several nieces and nephews in Nebraska, Wyoming and Kansas, and great nieces and nephews in Saskatchewan and the mid-west U.S. <br /><br />Ron completed a degree in Mathematics at the University of Saskatchewan in 1962. During a leave from the Air Force Reserve Officer&rsquo;s Training Program he completed his Masters in Mathematics at the University of Nebraska. He met Mary Alice Andrews in Nebraska and they were married on December 21, 1963. Ron was posted first to Summerside, P.E.I., then to Ottawa. Once he left the Air Force in 1968 he joined the Math Department at St. Lawrence College in Kingston. He taught at St. Lawrence until he retired in 1998, a year after he was diagnosed with Parkinson&rsquo;s Disease. Ron and Mary took two sabbaticals, one to Regina in the mid 1970&rsquo;s for two years, and another to Ballarat, Australia from 1986-7. Ron fell in love with Australia and returned there several times. Ron was dedicated to the United Church, the NDP, union activities, the Kingston Y Service Club, travel (he saw much of the world), jazz music, camping, the cabin he designed and built near Charleston Lake, gardening, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, creating Celtic knotwork and exploring genealogy. Ron faced Parkinson&rsquo;s with great determination and humbleness. His humour, humanity and energy will be missed. Donations may be made in Ron&rsquo;s memory to the Parkinson&rsquo;s Foundation or Crossroads United Church. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at The Gordon F. Tompkins Funeral Home, Township Chapel, 435 Davis Dr., Kingston, ON on Thursday, July 23rd with the memorial service on Friday, July 24th at 11:00 a.m. at Crossroads United Church, 690 Sir John A. Macdonald Blvd., Kingston Ontario.<br /><br /></div>