John Ryerson Maybee [62590]

  General Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mabie%2Dmaybee&id=I17030



Sources:

Title: Maybee Society Card File
Abbrev: Maybee Society Card File
Repository:
Name: Maybee Society

Page: Royal A. Mabee
Title: Email sent to John MayBee the MayBee Society database
coordinator
Abbrev: email to Maybee Society
Page: Eugene Oatley, [email protected], 6 Jun 2009

  Noted events in his life were:

• Obituary, 22 May 2009, Ottawa, , Ontario, Canada. John Ryerson (Jack) Maybee died peacefully on May 20, 2009 in
his 91st year. Beloved husband of Nevitt (nee Black), cherished
father of John (Alies), Maylanne (John Whittall), Brenda (Val
Zanin), Chris Ryerson (Michele) and Alan (Peggy); grandfather
to Ryerson (Toni), Spencer, Christian, Richard, Andrea,
Benjamin, Joshua, Mark, Katie, Hayley and Jocelyn and
great-grandfather to Addison. Born in Moose Jaw, SK, educated
in Alberta and BC and at the University of Toronto, Jack
obtained his PhD in Letters in 1942 from Princeton University.
He joined the Navy as a lieutenant in 1943, making the shift
from letters to numbers and serving as a navigator patrolling
the North Atlantic. He married Nevitt on Aug. 4, 1945, and
joined the Department of External Affairs in 1946. His early
career included postings in China, Australia and Washington DC.
He was Ambassador to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and later
Ambassador to Nepal, and rose to the rank of High Commissioner
to India. Upon retiring in 1978, Jack studied journalism at
Carleton University before becoming editor of Crosstalk, the
newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, converting its
production to computer-based technology. Jack shared his
Christian faith as a chorister, sidesperson, warden, Sunday
school teacher and member of the Brotherhood of Anglican
Churchmen over the years. Jack was an avid gardener and
lifelong patron of the arts, and continued to enjoy nights at
the opera and being read to despite failing vision and the
onset of Alzheimers. In 2006 Jack became a resident of the
Perley-Rideau Veterans' Health Centre, where Nevitt visited him
daily, and where staff and residents appreciated his continuing
warmth and gentle nature. Friends may call at the Westboro
Chapel of Tubman Funeral Homes 403 Richmond Road (at Roosevelt)
on Friday, May 22 from 7 - 9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be
held at All Saints Anglican Church, Westboro on Saturday, May
23 at 11 a.m. Cremation to follow.

Source:
Email sent to John MayBee the MayBee Society database
coordinator
Abbrev: email to Maybee Society
Page: Eugene Oatley, [email protected], 6 Jun 2009

John married Living Black [62591] [MRIN: 551618182].