William Thomas GAUKRODGER

GAUKRODGER, William Thomas (M.D., F.A.C.S) Died peacefully at the Ottawa Hospital (Civic Campus), Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at the age of 78 years. Beloved husband of Alice Christina MacKenzie, his wife of 53 years. Fondly remembered by his three children, Leslie (Guy Nelson), Elspeth Gaukrodger (Robert McAdam) and David Gaukrodger (Tamara Mawhinney) and his four grandchildren, Ryan, Trevor, Jocelyn and Liseanne. Survived by his sister Gwen (Ralph Derby) of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Predeceased by his three sisters, Isabel Tennant, Eloise Steabner and Eleanor Nixon and his parents, Rev. Clement and Margaretta (James) Gaukrodger. Bill graduated with a Medical Degree from Queen's University in 1953, then he studied Ophthalmology at the University of Chicago Clinics and Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Bill practiced Ophthalmology in Ottawa for 37 years, in private practice and at the Ottawa Civic, Riverside, Grace and Perley Hospitals. He also lectured in Clinical Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Bill is remembered for his love of home movies, organ music, sailing, skiing, golf and travel. The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to the many caregivers who assisted Bill in his last days at Saint-Vincent Hospital and the Ottawa Hospital (Rehabilitation Centre and Civic Campus). The family will receive friends and former patients at the Tubman Funeral Home, Westboro Chapel, 403 Richmond Road, on Sunday, December 4, 2005 from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. A Memorial service will be held in the Chapel on Monday at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Published in the Ottawa Citizen from 12/1/2005 - 12/3/2005