{"id":36237,"date":"2025-12-22T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbf.ca\/?p=36237"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T04:31:22","slug":"in-memoriam-gowdy-bruce-douglas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbf.ca\/fr\/in-memoriam-gowdy-bruce-douglas\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam – GOWDY, Bruce Douglas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DougIn Memoriam – GOWDY, Bruce Douglas<\/h2>\n

5 f\u00e9vrier 1930 – 13 d\u00e9cembre 2025<\/p>\n

Il s’est \u00e9teint paisiblement au Southlake Residential Care Village \u00e0 Newmarket ON, le samedi 13 d\u00e9cembre 2025, \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de 95 ans.<\/p>\n

\u00c9poux aimant de Mia (n\u00e9e Leemet) pendant 63 ans. P\u00e8re bien-aim\u00e9 de Katarina (John Hele), Doug (Kim) et Karen (Charles Mountain). Fier grand-p\u00e8re de Katherine (Brendan Karson), Carson, Trevor, Grace et John. Oncle aimant de Peter (Ellen), Stephen (Liz) et Nancy (Tom Maher).\u00a0Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 dans la mort par ses parents Beatrice (n\u00e9e Brown) et Douglas Morrison Gowdy, ainsi que par sa s\u0153ur Barbara et son mari Bruce Kendall.<\/p>\n

Bruce a fait ses \u00e9tudes au Pickering College de Newmarket et a obtenu son dipl\u00f4me de l’\u00e9cole de commerce de l’Universit\u00e9 Western Ontario en 1954. Il a obtenu le titre de comptable agr\u00e9\u00e9 chez Clarkson Gordon et a occup\u00e9 divers postes financiers de haut niveau dans l’industrie tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re.\u00a0Bruce a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 actif au sein de nombreuses organisations communautaires, en particulier pendant les ann\u00e9es o\u00f9 il a v\u00e9cu \u00e0 Ajax, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sident des finances du conseil scolaire public d’Ajax en 1965 et pr\u00e9sident du Rotary Club en 1967-1968.<\/p>\n

La passion de Bruce pendant ses \u00e9tudes, sa vie professionnelle et sa retraite \u00e9tait le bridge. Il est devenu Life Master n\u00b0 269 en 1949, ce qui \u00e9tait un record \u00e0 l’\u00e9poque, car il n’avait que 19 ans. Bruce a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canadienne de bridge en 2014. Ses r\u00e9alisations dans le domaine du bridge ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nombreuses tout au long de sa vie, notamment la m\u00e9daille de bronze remport\u00e9e avec l’\u00e9quipe canadienne aux Olympiades mondiales de bridge en 1972. Il a \u00e9galement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada aux Olympiades mondiales par \u00e9quipes \u00e0 Turin en 1960, \u00e0 Monte-Carlo en 1976 et \u00e0 La Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans en 1978.<\/p>\n

Il s’int\u00e9ressait \u00e9galement au curling et au golf, r\u00e9alisant un trou d’un coup \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de 87 ans. Bruce et Mia ont v\u00e9cu une retraite extraordinaire, appr\u00e9ciant le th\u00e9\u00e2tre, l’op\u00e9ra, la musique live et diverses aventures de voyage.<\/p>\n

La famille remercie chaleureusement le personnel attentionn\u00e9 de Southlake. Une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie fun\u00e9raire priv\u00e9e aura lieu au printemps, suivie de l’inhumation.<\/p>\n

Les arrangements fun\u00e9raires ont \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9s \u00e0 Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Bruce Gowdy a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de la FCB en 2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Voir cette page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Il s’est \u00e9teint 13 d\u00e9cembre 2025, \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de 95 ans.
\nLa passion de Bruce pendant ses \u00e9tudes, sa vie professionnelle et sa retraite \u00e9tait le bridge. Il est devenu Life Master #269 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 19 ans.
\nSes r\u00e9alisations dans le domaine du bridge ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nombreuses tout au long de sa vie, dont une m\u00e9daille de bronze remport\u00e9e aux Olympiades mondiales de bridge en 1972. Il a \u00e9galement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada aux Olympiades mondiales par \u00e9quipes en 1960, en 1976 et en 1978. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de la FCB en 2014.
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