Richard Earl CUTTING

Richard Earl Cutting April 17, 1931 - May 22, 2005 Funeral arrangements by Atlantic Funeral Home (Dartmouth) CUTTING, Richard Earl - 74, Dartmouth, N.S., passed away, with his devoted wife and loving family by his side, in the QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, N.S., on May 22, 2005, after a long illness. Born April 17, 1931, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, he was the son of the late Earl I. Cutting and Winnifred Rook Cutting. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy and received degrees from the University of Maine at Orono, a B.Sc. in Wildlife Conservation with Highest Distinction and a M.Sc. in Zoology with a Fisheries major. He worked nearly fifteen years for the restoration and management program of the Maine Atlantic Sea-Run Salmon Commission. In 1968 his family emigrated to St. John's, NL, where he joined the then Canada Department of Fisheries and served as Senior and Chief Biologist for inland and anadromous resources. He transferred to Halifax in 1973 and worked in senior positions in the Resource Development Branch and the Freshwater and Anadromous Division of the now Department of Fisheries and Oceans. He was an avid vegetable gardener and, since retirement in 1996, was especially interested in genealogy in which he was able to trace family roots many generations back through New England and to Europe. He is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Patricia (Dore), formerly of Orono, Maine; three sons, one daughter and seven grandchildren: Dean and Pauline (Roy), Rouyn-Noranda, QC; Loreen and Philip (Gilby), Shayla, Paige, Maelle and Heath, Dartmouth; Glenn and Linda (Rahal), Amanda, Lower Sackville; and Nathan and Valerie (Moulton), Brandon and Kristal, Lower Sackville; and by one sister, Natalie A. Rodd, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He was predeceased by grandson, Alexander Brent Cutting. Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday, May 27, in Atlantic Funeral Home, 771 Main St., Dartmouth. Burial will be at a later date. Family flowers only, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or a medical research organization of choice. On-line condolences may be sent by visiting: www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com